Randwick Barrier Trials

While Joe Pride prepares his star Al Maher gelding Private Eye for Saturday’s $1,000,000 The Newcastle Herald Hunter, his $5,000 Al Maher filly Brigidine Gal showed she has a bright future when overpowering Jolly Good Fellow and the $1,000,000 yearling Leconfield in the $100,000 Ranvet Super Maiden (1400m) at Rosehill on Wednesday.

The release of the 2025 Magic Millions catalogue on Tuesday has kept the IT team at Breednet busy integrating the data into our system and one of the most popular innovations around that is Family Search, which allows the user to search for any named horses to find all yearlings to be offered from that female family.

Emerging filly Costae has taken the rarest of avenues to the Gr.1 New Zealand 1000 Guineas (1600m) at Riccarton, where she will bid to deliver a dream result for a new ownership group.

Patiently handled mare Acquarello has the looks to match her rich pedigree and she’s now added winning black-type form to her record to boost her future broodmare value.

Here is the full list of 44 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.

There were just two heats for juveniles at Rosehill on Friday morning, but they held plenty of interest with colts by Wootton Bassett (GB) and Farnan catching the eye.

Family connections make Cool Aza Rene a filly close to Te Akau’s heart and the youngster again did them proud at Riccarton on Wednesday.

Shamardal’s Group I winning son Lope de Vega started his stud career shuttling to Patinack Farm in Hunter Valley from 2011 to 2014 at fees of $27,500 and then $22,000, but has shot to fame in the years since then with Ballylinch Stud in Ireland announcing his 2025 fee at €175,000.

Currently making a one-act affair as leading French First Season Sire, Cambridge Stud shuttler Hello Youmzain (FR) is off the mark in the southern hemisphere with Hello Romeo in the Avis Bendigo Hcp (1000m) at Bendigo.

Kopua attended to unfinished business in style on the middle day of the New Zealand Cup carnival at Riccarton when he produced an irresistible finish to claim top honours in the main event on the card.