Fresh from a super successful sale at the Magic Millions on the Gold Coast, leading South Australian vendors Mill Park are now focused on the 2019 Inglis Premier Yearling Sale at the refurbished Oaklands complex in Victoria.
Plenty of interesting two year-old trials around the country in the past week so here are all the placegetters with their breeding and sale information.
This week’s barrier trial report on the older unraced horses for the past week, including plenty kicking off in Hong Kong – all unraced triallers with breeding and sale data.
Prepared by Anthony Cummings, Fastnet Rock filly Mrs Madrid was successful at Hawkesbury on Thursday and has now won her past two starts over 2000 metres bringing an important update for her Inglis Premier bound half-sister.
With five barrier trials under her belt, the Bjorn Baker-trained Tuesday Special had a good grounding for her career debut in a 1300 metre maiden at Hawkesbury on Thursday and it paid off with a thoroughly professional performance.
A two year-old half-brother by Snitzel to world champion sprinter and successful sire Starspangledbanner was always going to be an obvious pick as the ‘One to Watch’ from Hawkesbury on Thursday.
It was a record breaking night for popular online auction site bloodstockauction with thousands of people across the country and beyond logging in.
A one time rogue headed for the broodmare paddock is now a Randwick winner thanks to an inspired purchase and the patience and skill of Adam Mackrell and his team at Bell View Park Stud.
Talented two-year-old Bavella is helping Karaka trainer Lance Noble break new ground.
The first Group I event for juveniles this season, the MRC Blue Diamond Stakes is run at Caulfield this Saturday and of the 14 runners, 10 were offered at auction so a look at the Sale Mail is full of interest.
Goldin Farms and Swettenham Stud are pleased to announce that Akeed Mofeed (Dubawi), a rising star of Australia's stallion ranks, will relocate to Nagambie to join the Swettenham Stud roster for the 2019 season.
The Lindsay Park training team produced a promising winner for champion sire Fastnet Rock on Wednesday at Sandown with good looking colt Rona’s Rock casting off maiden status in style.
Astute bloodstock agent Carmel Size has a great eye for a yearling and looks to have unearthed another promising horse with a sparkling debut victory at Randwick on Wednesday for Classique Legend, who topped the 2017 Inglis Classic Yearling Sale.
A half-sister to Group III winner Estelle Collection, the dam of Australian Horse of the Year Lankan Rupee, promising three-year-old filly Spring Delight is a bridesmaid no longer.
With the first ballot order released last week, the countdown to the inaugural VOBIS Sires Showdown is well and truly on.
Woodside Park Stud did not have to wait long for the first dividend on their 2019 recruit Foxwedge, whose progressive daughter, Alassio, opened her stakes account in the Group III Robrick Lodge Triscay Stakes over 1200 metres at Randwick.
Te Akau Racing has enjoyed a stellar season on the track and principal David Ellis is hoping that will continue this weekend when Melody Belle lines up in the Group I Haunui Farm WFA Group One Classic (1600m) at Otaki.
The first major rewrite of the rules governing Australia's Thoroughbred racing industry will take effect from 1 March.
A lovely filly by exciting young local sire Safeguard topped Book Two of the 2019 Magic Millions Perth Yearling Sale in the Swan Valley.
Sam Pritchard-Gordon is making the move to the Barossa Valley this week to start in the key role of Bloodstock and Nominations Manager at Cornerstone Stud.
A $240,000 purchase from the 2016 Inglis Australian Broodmare Sale from the Bell View Park draft looks to have resulted in a very nice two year-old homebred for Sun Stud.
Dual Group One-winning three-year-old Madison County will head to Sydney in preparation for an autumn campaign after his sale to Hong Kong fell through.
Riccarton trainer Michael Pitman has never been afraid to travel his horses in search of lucrative prizemoney and the right conditions.
The field and barrier draw are out for the Group I MRC Blue Diamond Stakes at Caulfield this Saturday with five colts and nine fillies accepting for the $1,5 million feature over 1200 metres.
A beautifully related colt by leading Hunter Valley based sire I Am Invincible has topped Book One of the 2019 Magic Millions Perth Yearling Sale.
Multiple Group I winning stallion Trapeze Artist was the obvious star at the Randwick trials on Monday morning with a dominant win, but there were also some interesting two year-olds in action including a couple of seven figure Magic Millions purchases with Golden Slipper aspirations.
The current order of entry for the Golden Slipper has no less than seven two-year-olds in the top 30 sired by Yarraman Park’s I Am Invincible.
Join Caroline Searcy for the one-hour 2019 Inglis Melbourne Premier Yearling Sale Preview, Tuesday February 19 at 9pm AEDST on Sky Thoroughbred Central (Foxtel Ch 528).
Karaka graduate Beauty Generation (NZ) (Road to Rock) continued his spectacular dominance of Hong Kong racing with another emphatic victory in Sunday’s HK$10 million Group 1 Queen’s Silver Jubilee Cup (1400m) at Sha Tin.
The $10million Hong Kong Classic Cup (1800m) at Sha Tin on Sunday featured a hot field including Queensland Derby winner Dark Dream and last start Hong Kong Classic Mile winner Furore with victory going to another talented Australian bred four year-old in Mission Tycoon.
Voting closes today for the inaugural running of the rich All Star Mile to be run at Flemington on March 16 and those waiting until the last minute to make their decision would be wise to consider the exciting three-year-old O'Tauto.
Apprentice rider Shiarna Johnson was the quintessential picture of calm as she scored the first winner of her fledgling career when guiding home royally-bred filly Simogramor at Gisborne.
Impressive Group winners for High Chaparral's champion sons So You Think and Dundeel on Saturday highlight the need for diversity in our stallion rosters and give hope for breeders who think about more than producing a five furlong speedy squib that can win before Christmas.
Outstanding mare In Her Time secured her second Group 1 when winning the Black Caviar Lightning Stakes at Flemington.
Cambridge trainer Tony Pike left Ellerslie racecourse on Saturday evening flush with the success of producing a winning treble on the day along with the anticipation of potentially snagging an even bigger prize in two weeks’ time.
Sir Mark Todd, New Zealand’s greatest Olympic eventer, has taken on a new challenge and is training regally-bred racehorse Eminent and plans to run the five-year-old son of Frankel at Group One level in Sydney in autumn.
Woodside Park Stud did not have to wait long for the first dividend on their 2019 recruit Foxwedge whose progressive daughter, Alassio, opened her stakes account in Saturday’s Group III Robrick Lodge Triscay Stakes (1200m) at Randwick.
The Group II ATC Light Fingers Stakes (1200m) at Randwick on Saturday featured a crackerjack field of fillies including Group I winners Oohood and El Dorado Dreaming, but the race produced a surprise result and unearthed a potential superstar in Nakeeta Jane.
She may be a real plain Jane but under the unremarkable exterior of In Her Time beats the heart of a dual Group 1 winner.
Racking up his fifth consecutive win at Flemington on Saturday in the Group III VRC CS Hayes Stakes was exciting Tasmanian trained three year-old The Inevitable, a son of progressive young sire Dundeel.
It’s quite amazing witnessing the effect that Winx has on racing.
Talented five year-old mare Eckstein became the newest millionaire performer for her sire I Am Invincible when scoring a tenacious win in the Group III ATC Southern Cross Stakes at Randwick on Saturday.
Top class Sebring filly Amphitrite was the find of the 2018 Melbourne Spring Carnival rising from a maiden win in September right through to capturing the Group I MRC Thousand Guineas and she showed at Flemington on Saturday that she was ready to pick up right where she left off.
Waverley visitor Glory Days made her first visit to Ellerslie a memorable one when she fought tooth and nail to win the Group II Coca-Cola Avondale Cup (2400m) at Ellerslie.
Matamata raider Weaponry made up for some bad luck at his last start when he stormed to victory in Saturday’s Listed ILT Ascot Park Hotel Southland Guineas (1600m) at Invercargill.
Godolphin’s embarrassment of riches in the two-year-old division rolled on to Flemington on Saturday with the Exceed And Excel colt Microphone turning a competitive looking Listed Talindert Stakes (1100m) into a walk in the park.
Lightly raced three-year-old Surely Sacred showed he will be awfully hard to beat in the Group I Vodafone New Zealand Derby (2400m) in a fortnight when he scored handsomely in the Group II Schweppes Avondale Guineas (2100m) at Ellerslie.
The way the Godolphin juveniles are firing of late the international powerhouse may make up half of the Golden Slipper field.
The opening act of The Auction, a ground-breaking partnership between ARQANA and show jumping organiser EEM (Christophe Ameeuw), generated some highly promising results.
Talented filly Andrassy Avenue was super impressive when racing clear for a dominant victory at Moonee Valley on Friday night.
Nanango–based trainer Glenn Richardson is enjoying a hot-winning streak with his $4,800 gavelhouse Australia purchase Bel Seleva who notched her fourth in a row on Saturday at Gladstone.
Plenty of interesting two year-old trials around the country in the past week so here are all the placegetters with their breeding and sale information.
This week’s barrier trial report on the older unraced horses for the past week – all unraced triallers with breeding and sale data.
It must be quite soul destroying for a breeder to send a young, well-performed, superbly-bred mare to the best stallion in the land and have the result come up negative.
The biggest and best domestic and international buying bench will present owners, breeders and vendors witha world class opportunity on the Gold Coast this May and June.
Young Exceed and Excel stallion Knight Exemplar posted his first winner at Wagga on Thursday with a dominant debut win for three year-old gelding Feel the Knight.
Hall of Fame trainer Murray Baker has made a habit of winning Derbys in recent years and reckons he will have a good idea if he can add another one after Saturday's Group II Schweppes Avondale Guineas (2100m) at Ellerslie.
Two well bred three year-old fillies cast off maiden status at Pakenham on Thursday, one of them a half-sister to a Group I winner and the other out of a Group I winner.
Murrulla Stud capped off “the week of a lifetime’’ when an Unencumbered colt they offered topped today’s inaugural Highway Session at Riverside Stables.
The progeny of leading young sire ShamExpress (O’Reilly) continued their winning ways at Te Aroha on Wednesday with a raceday double.
The 2019 Inglis Classic Yearling Sale produced it's share of pinhook winners with Newhaven Park selling two of the top three most profitable youngsters.
A once in a lifetime opportunity for a young horse person with animal welfare at heart to run their very own profitable OTT program.
The first Tuesday in November, 2001.
Classy Tasmanian based sire Needs Further was in hot form at Launceston on Wednesday delivering the quinella in the Listed Gold Sovereign Stakes with undefeated filly Mystical Pursuit scoring a narrow victory over Deroche.
Goulburn trainer Kurt Goldman will be braced with a $50,000 credit at tomorrow’s inaugural Highway Session (Classic Book 2) after Safe Landing won today’s Country Highway at Warwick Farm.
The Championships has attracted a record number of nominations, bursting through the 1500-mark, following the closing deadline for the sixth running of the highly-successful series.
The performance of first season sires at the 2019 Inglis Classic Yearling Sale produced some interesting results with the highest average for a sire with three or more yearlings sold going to No Nay Never (USA) ahead of Kermadec, Exosphere and Press Statement.
The juvenile maiden at Warwick Farm on Wednesday looked a strong affair on paper with victory going to talented Wandjina colt Deep Chill, who will now be aimed towards Group I races such as the ATC Sires Produce Stakes and Champagne Stakes.
Referred to as ‘tough and tenacious’ by her trainer Mick Price, the daughter of Magnus, Princess Of Queens has now added a Group win to her hot run of form.
Savabeel siblings Hasahalo and Hasabro made a pleasing return to the track on Tuesday for Ardmore trainer Stephen McKee at the Cambridge trials.
A full brother to Australian Horse of the Year Lankan Rupee, four year-old Redoute’s Choice stallion Regal Stage made a winning debut at Gosford on Tuesday.
An emotional Tim Nolan of Murrulla Stud struggled to find the right words to describe just what it meant to be the new record holder of a Classic yearling.
It’s only Tuesday and already it’s been a big week for Darley’s young I Am Invincible son Brazen Beau, who has moved to the top of the Australian First Season Sires List by earnings and had two cracking colts set the sale ring alight at Riverside Stables on Tuesday selling for $550,000 and $480,000.
Proven Thoroughbreds enjoyed plenty of success with Choisir gelding Sir Moments, who won over $800,000 and they will be having more fun with this impressive maiden winner by Choisir at Gosford on Tuesday who has a sibling headed for the 2019 Tasmanian Magic Millions Yearling Sale.
The action continues at the 2019 Inglis Classic Yearling Sale on Thursday with the Highway Session and Bowness Stud have seven more youngsters to tempt buyers that are all BOBS eligible and include the half-brother to Caulfield Guineas winner Long John.
The 2019 Inglis Classic Yearling Sale continues on Thursday with the Highway Session and Holbrook Thoroughbreds will offer a further seven yearlings all BOBS eligible.
Kooringal Stud is excited to announce that dual Group One winning stallion Prized Icon will join our roster in 2019.
The list for Daily Debutants on Tuesday includes the full brother to an Australian Horse of the Year.
It takes a bit to shock Newhaven Park’s John Kelly, but a “totally unexpected’’ result saw their Star Witness filly top Day 3 of the Inglis Classic Yearling Sale.
Smart Cambridge sprinter Ardrossan is to continue his Group One path in Australia.
Brazen Beau’s Tassort gave no reason to doubt his Golden Slipper favouritism when scoring an impressive barrier trial win in an interesting set of heats at Rosehill on Monday morning.
Following a debut win at Hanshin back in March last year, the $850,000 Inglis Easter graduate Fratelli lost his way at his next three starts but the son of Frankel looked to be back at the top of his game when keeping up a relentless gallop to win eased down by nine lengths in a 1900 metres allowance at Kyoto on February 8.
There were tears then cheers as the hammer fell on lot 249 on Day 2 of the Inglis Classic Sale when Jilly Henderson’s Noogee Park sold the day’s top lot.
On Friday, Godolphin tasted stakes success in Tasmania with Epaulette three year-old Cossetot and on Sunday were back in the winner’s circle in Hobart with another Epaulette three year-old after Rock Dove captured the Listed Strutt Stakes (2100m).
Former Widden Stud resident and now China-based stallion Tickets was represented by his first stakes-winner when the local hope Eastender turned back the interstate challenge in Sunday’s Group III Hobart Cup (2400m).
The legend of Tasmania’s latest star, Mystic Journey, continues to grow after the daughter of Needs Further came from last to run down the near $1 million earner Hellova Street in Sunday’s Magic Millions Thomas Lyons Stakes at Hobart.
Newgate Farm's exciting young sire Deep Field added two new stakes horses to his tally on Saturday with Hawker Hurricane a strong finishing third in the Group III MRC Blue Diamond Prelude at Caulfield and Cosmic Force a fine second in the Listed ATC Lonhro Plate at Warwick Farm.
Exciting two-year-old prospect Harlow kicked off an outstanding day for trainer Jamie Richards and the Te Akau Racing team when she came from last to win on debut over 1200m at Te Rapa on Saturday.
Making his return to racing after being skittled on the first turn in the Melbourne Cup, Godolphin’s import Avilius (GB) looked a long way off the finished article in the saddling paddock but he looked a million dollars at the finish of Saturday’s Group III T S Carlyon Cup at Caulfield.
Winner of a Listed race at Morphettville in December, fourth behind the high-class Whispering Brook in a Group II at Moonee Valley in January, Princess Of Queens continued her run of hot form when winning Saturday’s Group III Bellmaine Stakes at Caulfield and trainer Mick Price credits the rejuvenation of the 5-year-old daughter of Magnus to her regular trips to the beach.
The sky’s the limit for exciting young galloper Samizdat after an incredible win in the $150,000 Magic Millions WA 3YO Trophy (1200m) at Pinjara on Saturday.
In this business timing is everything, just ask Twin Hills Stud's Olly Tait.
With more than double the number of stakes-winners of any other sire this season, Yarraman Park’s I Am Invincible enjoyed another super Saturday with a new stakes-winner in Crack the Code, an unbeaten Blue Diamond contender in I Am Immortal and the winning return of established star filly Fiesta.
Fillies dominated the opening night of the Inglis Classic Yearling Sale, featuring in five of the top six lots at Riverside Stables.
Castelvecchio - a colt “destined for big things’’ by an up-and-coming stallion described as “the new Zabeel’’ – today won the inaugural running of the $2m Listed Inglis Millennium at Warwick Farm.
Star filly Fiesta (I Am Invincible x Now Now) shone brightly at Warwick Farm, bravely running past Golden Slipper winner Estijaab to win the $1million Inglis Sprint.
$40,000 Select Sale graduate On The Rocks (NZ) (Alamosa) was already a dual Group 2 winner who had delivered priceless thrills for his owners, but he went to a new level in Saturday’s $400,000 Group 1 Herbie Dyke Stakes (2000m) at Te Rapa.
Bought for just $57,500 at the 2016 Premier Sale, Melody Belle (NZ) (Commands) is now a four-time Group 1 winner.
The Tony McEvoy-trained Manuel had one stakes win, the Listed Kilmore Cup, to his name so it looked like connections were having a throw at the stumps when they entered the five-year-old Commands gelding against a field of seasoned Group 1 performers in Saturday’s C F Orr Stakes (1400m) at Caulfield.
Sun Stud’s highly popular stallion Fiorente (IRE) has a live chance in the Group 1 Australian Guineas with the progressive Hawkshot who carried the Sun Bloodstock colours to an imperious victory in Saturday's Group II Hyland Race Colours Autumn Stakes (1400m) at Caulfield.