Pierro - New Winner

With a $500,000 prize, the Listed TABtouch-Placid Ark Stakes drew a field of promising 3-year-olds at Ascot on Saturday, and the winner looks a bit special.

Darling View Thoroughbreds Playing God enjoyed a remarkable Saturday at Ascot, siring the winners of three of the five stakes races.

The catalogue for the 2025 Classic Yearling Sale – the best value yearling sale in the Southern Hemisphere – is now available online.

Interesting stakes race on the all weather track at Newcastle in the UK overnight with multiple Group I winner Dubai Honour sent out favoruite, but beaten comprehensively by Churchill four year-old The Foxes in the Listed Bet UK Churchill Stakes (1m2f).

The Group I MRC Sir Rupert Clark Stakes (1400m) at Caulfield on Saturday produced a first G1 winner for Yarraman Park based sire Hellbent last year when four year-old mare Magic Time took the prize and this year it was another Yarraman sire in Brave Smash (Jpn) taking the honours with his high class four year-old daughter Kimochi saluting for Yulong.

After a luckless second at Bendigo on debut, the Spirit Of Boom gelding Hot Digity Boom made no mistake at start two over 1235m at Geelong on Sunday.

Outstanding spring campaigns on opposite sides of the Tasman have propelled Bellatrix Star (Star Witness) and Savaglee (NZ) (Savabeel) to the top of the order of entry for the $1.5m TAB Karaka Millions 3YO (1600m).

Former Kiwi galloper Nikau Spur continues to provide Toowoomba trainers Corey and Kylie Geran with huge thrills and the momentum continued when scoring a last-stride victory in the Listed New Zealand Bloodstock Beauford (2300m) at Newcastle on Saturday. 

The Overshare filly Storyville came from last on the turn under a rails-hugging ride by Willie Pike to capture Saturday’s Group III Tabtouch - WA Champion Fillies Stakes (1600m) at Ascot.

Here is the full list of 107 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.