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.

Australia will host more million-dollar races than America and Europe combined in 2025; while locals are also embracing the sport with more than 140,000 people owning a share in a racehorse.