Wednesday May 1
Widden Stud are proud to announce fees on a top class roster of 18 stallions spread between NSW and Victoria with our flagship sire Zoustar soaring to new heights in 2024 on the racetrack and in the sales ring.
Monday April 29
When you come to the Inglis Australian Weanling Sale seeking a premium product it’s hard to go past the credentials of Fairhill Farm for racetrack results and sale ring rewards and this year’s consignment will be parading at Riverside Stables from Thursday morning.
Wednesday May 1
Middlebrook Valley Lodge will once again present a stellar draft at the Inglis Weanling Sale this week, one that contains weanlings by a couple of sires that can do no wrong at the moment.
Thursday May 2
He’s the best stallion in Western Australia and statistically one of the best in the country so Darling View Thoroughbreds have announced a deserved increase for their flagship sire Playing God.
Wednesday May 1
Here is the full list of 42 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.
Wednesday May 1
It was back to where it all started for the gallant 6-year-old Kermadec gelding Tuvalu, who humped his top weight of 61,5 kgs to victory in the $200,000 Listed The Midfield Group Wangoom Hcp (1200m) at Warrnambool on Wednesday.
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Wednesday May 1
Zousain racked up a seventh first crop winner at Ipswich on Wednesday although needed the help of the stewards as talented gelding Rhumb Line just missed at the post.
Wednesday May 1
Dual Group One winner La Crique looked to be near her brilliant best at the Te Awamutu trials on Tuesday, with a trip to Queensland on the cards.
Wednesday May 1
Plans for Babylon Berlin are yet to be locked in, but a trip to Australia is high on the wish list for the top-quality sprinter.
Wednesday May 1
The Listed Woodlands Stud Stakes at Scone and a possible trip to Brisbane is on the cards for Toque after the 2-year-old Street Boss (USA) filly opened her winning account in the Robrick Lodge Mdn Hcp (1100m) at Canterbury on Wednesday.
Wednesday May 1
A first win at Warrnambool in twenty years for Nash Rawiller as the 2-year-old Puissance De Lune (IRE) colt La Pleine Lune won be panels on debut in the Rafferty's Tavern Hcp (1200m).
Wednesday May 1
The final catalogue for next week’s Chairman’s Sale has been finalised with eight s
Wednesday May 1
Arrowfield Stud has announced the fees for the seven stallions on its 2024 roster.
Wednesday May 1
Great stories always come out of Warrnambool's famous May carnival and day one of this year's edition produced a beauty - trainer Mark O'Donnell with his two horse stable able to upstage his bigger rivals with his talented four-year-old Prince Sonic recording a tough all the way victory in the 1200m BM70 contest.
Tuesday April 30
Here is the full list of 33 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.
Tuesday April 30
The trials were at Randwick on Tuesday morning with the juvenile trials featuring a million-dollar colt, a full brother to a Group One winner, and a couple on the way back after showing early potential.
Tuesday April 30
Highview Stud has added another touch of Australian flavour to its stallion roster with the recruitment of Mr Mozart, a Group Two-winning son of the champion sire Snitzel.
Tuesday April 30
Victoria’s Swettenhan Stud have announced their service fees for 2024 with their flagbearer, Toronado remaining unchanged.
Tuesday April 30
Yarraman Park’s champion sire I Am Invincible is on track for a third consecutive Champion Australian Sire Title and is poised to become the first Australian stallion in history to sire the winners of over $30million in a season.
Monday April 29
Here is the full list of 29 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.
Monday April 29
Thoroughbred Breeders Australia (TBA) has today opened applications for its successful Stud Start program, which provides a gateway for people with little or no previous experience to enter the breeding industry.
Monday April 29
The weekend produced some great racing in South Australia and Hong Kong with four individual new Group I winners emerging that involve a number of champion sires so let’s take a closer look at the pedigrees of some super interesting horses including 'a unique beast'.
Monday April 29
Champion sprinter Imperatriz, currently rated the world’s best mare on the Longines World’s Best Racehorse Rankings, will be offered at next month’s Magic Millions National Broodmare Sale on the Gold Coast.
Monday April 29
Former Hallmark Stud stallion Super Easy (NZ) has arrived at Roselee Park in Western Australia where he will stand for an introductory service fee of $5,500 (inc GST).
Monday April 29
The other feature race, the $500,000 IRT VOBIS Platinum Guineas (1600m), went the way of classy filly Elphinstone (Street Boss x Inflection), who avenged her defeat in last year’s Showdown for the Tony and Calvin McEvoy training team.
Monday April 29
The OTI Racing colours were in winning form at Longchamp where progressive stayer Sevenna’s Knight bolted away with the Group III Prix de Barbeville (3000m) and while it might be still April, connections are thinking Melbourne Cup.
Sunday April 28
Here is the full list of 65 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.
Sunday April 28
Coolmore have announced their 2024 roster with 13 outstanding stallions and while perennial favourite Fastnet Rock has earned a well deserved retirement and boom young gun Justify (USA) will remain in Kentucky, there is still a wealth of talent and diversity on offer for Australian breeders seeking to produce their next champion with not one but two Golden Slipper winners in the mix.
Sunday April 28
A “natural 2YO from a fast family’’ topped today’s HTBA Yearling Sale at Riverside in a result that was “far and away more’’ than the vendor was expecting.
Sunday April 28
It was supposed to be a fairytale farewell for Hong Kong superstar Golden Sixty in the Group I Champion’s Mile (1600m) at Sha Tin on Sunday, but Zac Purton rewrote the script on Starspangledbanner gelding Beauty Eternal leading all the way to win.
Sunday April 28
Following the defeats of the superstars Golden Sixty and California Spangle, Romantic Warrior (IRE) sent fans home happy when repelling a strong Japanese challenge to win a record third consecutive Group 1 FWD Queen Elizabeth II Cup (2000m) at Sha Tin.
Sunday April 28
It was sixteen years between drinks for trainer David Hall to earn a second win in the Group 1 Chairman's Sprint Prize at Sha Tin courtesy of the progressive Thronum gelding Invincible Sage.
Sunday April 28
Victorian Thoroughbred Racehorse Owners (TROA) Chairman, Jonathan Munz , claimed a big win for Racing with the forced departure of embattled Racing Victoria CEO , Andrew Jones .
Sunday April 28
Australian bred Pierro mare Uncorked started her career in the Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott stable winning a maiden at Sale in August 2022, but is now training in the US where she won the Group III Royal Heroine Stakes (1m) on turf at Santa Anita on Saturday.
Sunday April 28
A pair of regally-bred fillies featured in the finish of the Cambridge Raceway 2YO (1200m) on Saturday at Te Rapa, with Thooza coming out on top on debut over $1.3million I Am Invincible filly Sister Cynane.
Sunday April 28
Coolmore shuttler Wootton Bassett (GB) has been making news in Australia in  recent months with his first crop of locally bred yearlings lighting up sales around the country and overnight at Navan in Ireland he posted a brilliant debut winning two year-old with Royal Ascot aspirations.
Sunday April 28
Classic contenders are popping up all over and Dermot Weld unleashed overnight at Navan for Aga Khan Studs in the Group III Salsabil Stakes (1m2f) at Navan.
Saturday April 27
Kia Ora’s stallion roster for 2024 heralds exciting new developments that provide further value and accessibility for astute breeders.
Saturday April 27
Here is the full list of 109 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.
Saturday April 27
Well known bloodstock agent Shane McGrath has already had a hand in the purchase of one outstanding juvenile trained by Clinton McDonald this season in Hayasugi and he has also unearthed another with exciting Starspangledbanner gelding Stanley Express landing a sizable betting plunge to win the $1million MRC TBV Showdown (1200m) at Caulfield on Saturday.
Saturday April 27
Impeccably bred Savabeel filly Waikato Girl has added valuable black-type to her CV with a brave victory in the Listed Princess Stakes (1600m) at Eagle Farm on Saturday for trainer Michael Freedman.
Saturday April 27
Widden Stud’s flagship sire Zoustar had another red letter day on Saturday with a Group double at Morphettville when exciting juvenile colt Growing Empire bolted away with the Group III SAJC Breeders Stakes followed later in the day by progressive mare Climbing Star, who tipped out the favourites to score a tenacious win in the $1million SAJC Rober Sangster Stakes (1200m).
Saturday April 27
Fourth in the Listed Mode Stakes and Listed Gold Edition Plate last preparation, the 3-year-old Rich Enuff filly Tiger Shark went off an unloved $26 chance in Saturday’s Ladbrokes Mick Dittman Plate at Eagle Farm and came up trumps.
Saturday April 27
With the reins dangling around her shoulders, Vibrant Sun led home a trifecta for Arrowfield Stud’s ailing stallion The Autumn Sun in Saturday’s $1,000,000 Group 1 Sportsbet Australasian Oaks (2000m) at Morphettville.
Saturday April 27
It’s been a while between drinks for talented sprinter Extremely Lucky, but the five year-old son of Extreme Choice recaptured his best form at Morphettville on Saturday to win the Group III SAJC John Hawkes Stakes (1100m).
Saturday April 27
The 5yo Winning Rupert mare Seonee has won two stakes races in as many starts at Morphettville, the latest coming in Saturday’s $250,000 Group II Queen Of The South Stakes (1600m).
Saturday April 27
Just twenty-four hours after the passing of Wexford Stables figurehead Dave “DJ” O’Sullivan, the New Zealand training icon would have been looking down on Te Rapa with a beaming smile as promising filly I’munstoppable led from go to whoa to capture the Gr.3 Inglis Sales Cambridge Breeders’ Stakes (1200m) for the Matamata operation.
Saturday April 27
If Apostrophe has run her final race, the talented mare signed off on a successful career in style with a powerful finish to capture the Gr.2 Travis Stakes (2000m) at Te Rapa on Saturday.
Saturday April 27
Out of luck in two starts since kick-starting her career with three wins culminating in the Group II MVRC Moonee Valley Classic, Skybird burst back into the winner’s circle in Saturday’s Group II Sportsbet Tobin Bronze Stakes at Morphettville and earned a likely shot at the Group 1 Goodwood on May 18.
Saturday April 27
Two years after taking out the Gr.3 Manco Easter Handicap (1600m) with Carolina Reaper, Matamata trainers Graham Richardson and Rogan Norvall have repeated and surpassed that result with a one-three finish headed by the rising star Snazzytavi.
Saturday April 27
Patrick Payne seems to have found a winning formula in taking a small contingent of his Tasmania performers to the Adelaide Carnival.
Saturday April 27
The Zoustar colt Growing Empire continued on a rapid upward trajectory and will head to a winter break after a four-and-a-half length romp in Saturday's Group III Breeders' Stakes (1200m) at Morphettville.
Saturday April 27
It would not surprise to see several future topliners emerge from Saturday’s ATC Bookmakers Recognition Day Hcp for 2-year-olds at Rosehill, which was fought out by three first starters.
Saturday April 27
The Group III Bet365 Classic Trial (1m2f) was run overnight at Sandown with Godolphin unearthing a serious Epsom Derby contender by Dubawi.
Saturday April 27
Coolmore legend Fastnet Rock, one of the most celebrated stallions of modern times, has been retired from stallion duties and will enjoy retirement at Jerry’s Plains.
Friday April 26
Here is the full list of 44 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.
Friday April 26
A sensational day of racing at Morphettville on Saturday with seven stakes races highlighted by the $1,000,000 Group 1 Sportsbet Australasian Oaks (2000m) and $1,000,000 Group 1 Sportsbet Robert Sangster Stakes (1200m).
Friday April 26
Blue Gum Farm are delighted to welcome a new addition to their stallion roster for 2024 with brilliantly fast Exceed and Excel sprinter Oxley Road to join Sejardan and Flying Artie.
Friday April 26
The crowd will flock to Sha Tin on Sunday for Champions Day, which features three of the most popular horses in recent years: Golden Sixy, California Spangle, and Romantic Warrior.
Friday April 26
Trials were at Warwick Farm on Friday morning with five heats won by juveniles and they included some unraced youngsters by champion sires Snitzel and Written Tycoon as well as first season sire Yes Yes Yes.
Friday April 26
Woodside Park Stud have confirmed fees on their six strong roster for this spring headed by new addition Benbatl (GB), a triple Group I winning sin of Dubawi, who won the Group I MRC Caulfield Stakes in 2018 and chased Winx home for second in the Cox Plate.
Friday April 26
Te Akau Racing’s Mark Walker was busy packing on Thursday morning as he readied himself for a trip to Adelaide to link up with a five-strong arsenal from the team’s Cranbourne base that will contest most of the major events at Morphettville on Saturday.
Thursday April 25
Here is the full list of 94 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.
Thursday April 25
Pierro enjoyed a two state metro double on ANZAC Day with a pair of talented three year-old fillies saluting at Flemington and Randwick.
Thursday April 25
Cambridge Stud stallion Almanzor played a starring role at Flemington on Anzac Day, siring the quinella in the A$200,000 Listed VRC St Leger (2800m) with his three-year-old daughters Ahuriri and Alma Rise.
Thursday April 25
Cambridge raider Mr Mojo Risin’ capitalised on a dream rails run to capture his first stakes victory when he claimed the Listed TAB Anzac Mile (1600m) at Otaki.
Thursday April 25
Hallmark Stud have announced that their resident stallion Super Easy will continue his breeding career across the Tasman following his recent purchase by Lewthwaite Thoroughbreds.
Thursday April 25
A plan formulated when Epimeles made a winning debut at Sandown-Lakeside on March 27 paid off when the son 2-year-old son of Dundeel kept his unbeaten record intact in the Listed Anzac Day Stakes (1400m) at Flemington.
Thursday April 25
Heavily backed favourite Pareto looks to have an exciting future judging on his facile win on debut in the Martin Collins Australia Hcp (1000m) at the Sunshine Coast on Anzac Day.
Thursday April 25
A fantastic start to Anzac Day for Newgate Farm’s pensioned Deep Fied, with winners at Randwick and Flemington with a pair of 3-year-olds that promise better days to come.
Thursday April 25
Newhaven Park is thrilled to unveil its stallion roster for 2024, showcasing a trio of both proven and promising young sires.
Thursday April 25
Quality offerings by an outstanding line up of proven stallions will take centre stage at the 2024 Magic Millions National Yearling Sale on the Gold Coast in early June.
Thursday April 25
Yearling sale action continues on Sunday at Riverside Stables for the Inglis HTBA Yearling Sale with a catalogue of 224 and Holbrook Thoroughbreds will offer a draft of 13 that are all BOBS Eligible and by 10 different sires including Pride of Jenni’s sire Pride of Dubai.
Thursday April 25
Twin Hills Stud have a great mix of the proven and promising showcased in their five strong roster with fees to remain unchanged this year.
Wednesday April 24
Here is the full list of 47 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.
Wednesday April 24
Brae Sokolski secured the top lot in tonight’s ‘full’ Inglis Digital April (Late) Sale, buying proven broodmare Molto Allegro - in foal to Too Darn Hot – from the Oakland Park reduction for $300,000.
Wednesday April 24
Justify, the Champion 2YO Sire in North America and sire of outstanding Australian 2YO  colt Storm Boy, won’t be returning to stand at Coolmore Australia this spring and will remain at Coolmore’s Ashford Stud in Kentucky where he will cover a select book of mares to southern hemisphere time late in the year.
Wednesday April 24
The promising 2-year-old Shalaa (IRE) colt Shall Be will target the $200,000 Inglis Challenge to be run on May 17 at Scone Racecourse after breaking his maiden in the New Era Technology Maiden Plate at Newcastle on Wednesday.
Wednesday April 24
Consistent three-year-old Beau Brummell commenced a successful journey south for jockey Warren Kennedy, who picked up a trio of winners at Phar Lap Raceway on Wednesday.
Wednesday April 24
Promising filly Bedtime Story will be looking for a fairytale ending to her three-year-old season when she heads to Te Rapa on Saturday to contest the Gr.3 Inglis Sales Cambridge Breeders’ Stakes (1200m).
Wednesday April 24
Sam Mynott has been ticking up the air miles over the Tasman Sea this week and she is hoping it will all be worth it when she lines up her first horse in Australia on Saturday.
Wednesday April 24
Royally-bred Fastnet Rock filly My Xanadu still has plenty to learn, which adds further merit to her winning debut in the Roderick Insurance Maiden Plate (1212m) at Geelong on Wednesday.
Wednesday April 24
After winning her last two jumpouts, the 3-year-old Sioux Nation (USA) filly Sioux Spirit was favoured to make a winning debut in the Dean Holland Memorial Maiden Plate at Geelong on Wednesday and did not disappoint anyone.
Wednesday April 24
Spring is in the air in the UK with the Listed Betfred Blue Riband Trial (1m2f) run at Epsom overnight and there was some Aussie interest with Chief Little Rock, a Galileo colt from Australian Group I winning Fastnet Rock mare Amicus engaged, but he came up short finishing third to a promising colt by Sea the Stars.
Wednesday April 24
Fresh from siring his first Group I winner in ATC Australian Oaks winner Autumn Angel, The Autumn Sun has suffered a pelvic injury with Arrowfield Stud hopeful he will make a full recovery before the breeding season starts on September 1.
Wednesday April 24
Off the back of announcing a world class addition to the 2024 stallion line-up, Cambridge Stud has announced service fees for its full roster.
Tuesday April 23
Hawaii Five Oh is an exciting newcomer to Vinery Stud’s seven-strong roster and breeders will be pleased to know that there have been no service fee increases to the line-up this year.
Tuesday April 23
Here is the full list of 15 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.
Tuesday April 23
It was a very nice turn of foot shown by the promising De Venus at Sale today, the Mark Webb trained four-year-old son of Bombora Downs' De Gaulle racing away to an easy win at just his third outing.
Tuesday April 23
The Sale meeting on Tuesday had some excitement to start the program when a three year-old filly by champion sire I Am Invincible blitzed her rivals to win as she pleased.
Tuesday April 23
November Rain was a standout filly for Matthew Goodson and Dianna Perron, but she has proven to be a test of patience as a broodmare for the husband-and-wife duo, which was rewarded on Saturday through the deeds of her daughter No Rain Ever.
Tuesday April 23
Progressive filly Moonlight Magic took a significant last-start step toward the goal of a third Group One winner for The Sunlight Trust with her breakthrough success at stakes level.
Tuesday April 23
Trial action was at Rosehill on Tuesday morning with five heats for juveniles that included some unraced winners by champion sires Snitzel and Written Tycoon, plus some expensive youngsters caught the eye with strong finishing runs into the placings.
Tuesday April 23
Darley in Australia has announced the fees for 18 G1-winning stallions set to stand in New South Wales and Victoria for the 2024 breeding season with Too Darn Hot (GB) afforded a big rise in the wake of his exciting colt Broadsiding winning the Group I ATC Champagne Stakes last Saturday.
Monday April 22
With three of our first season sires posting Group I winners this season and five in total siring the winners of over a million with three more months of this season to come, we’re entitled to speculate on whether these guys have the makings of a vintage crop of sires such as we saw in 2020/2021.
Monday April 22
Newgate Farm have announced their 2024 roster and fees headlined by three first season horses in top class Group One winning colts, Ozzmosis and Militarize along the highly rated Group Two winner King’s Gambit.
Monday April 22
Here is the full list of 22 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.
Monday April 22
Top-class 3YO filly Tutta La Vita (The Autumn Sun) is the latest star attraction confirmed for The Chairman’s Sale, where she will be offered as part of the supplementary catalogue.
Monday April 22
Aimee Peterken has only been breeding thoroughbreds for a few years, but she is already starting to leave her mark.
Monday April 22
Westbury Stud stalwart Swiss Ace continues to be a reliable source of winners and the Group One-winning sprinter was again to the fore at the weekend.