Sires With Winners - Friday October 11

The Magic Millions two and three year-old races scheduled for January 11– both worth a whopping $3million - were always going to get a big shuffle up last week and it’s been the fillies on the move.

We all know the champion racehorses of 2024 that are household names, but what about the horses that are legends in the homes of their owners?

We’re talking to the man of the moment from last Saturday at Randwick, Scott Darby of Darby Racing and he opens up about a day to remember at Randwick and how a little investment and a lot of passion can go a long way in the world of bloodstock.

The bloodstock world is in mourning following the sad news of the passing of Peter Heagney, a much loved and respected auctioneer and director with Inglis for many years.

It’s early days for the current juvenile season with only a tiny percentage of the crop seen in action so far, but as we head into the Christmas holiday period three of the top five sires on the two year-old sires list are all first season horses and that’s good news for Kia Ora Stud, Yulong and Vinery Stud.

Here is the full list of 51 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.

Shaun and Emma Clotworthy are enjoying the best of both worlds with their highly regarded three-year-old Willydoit.

Saturday’s A$300,000 Group Three Grand Prix Stakes (1800m) at Eagle Farm marked a new peak performance for Karaka graduate Beau Dazzler (NZ) (Ardrossan), who has a full-brother in the catalogue for Book 1 of Karaka 2025.

There were three heats for 2YO’s at Hawkesbury on Monday and also on show was Golden Slipper winner Lady of Camelot, who might be a fruit out of season as an elite three year-old tuning up for race day a week out from Christmas, but the lure of the $3million Magic Millions Sunlight slot race has enticed connections to curtail her post spring break.

We got a timely reminder ahead of Magic Millions as to the merits of Arrowfield shuttler Maurice(Jpn) in Japan on Sunday when his two year-old colt Admire Zoom won the Group I Asai Hai Futurity Stakes (1600m) at Kyoto.