From a $20,000 purchase by syndicator Hancox Bloodstock, to victory in the Listed Daybreak Lover Stakes on Saturday, Brave Monarch took his earnings over $280,000 to be TTR’s Buy of the Weekend. He will run in the G2 Queensland Guineas next for trainers Chris and Corey Munce.
April 21st 2026
The fifth annual Rugby, Racing and Beer Sale will be held at Riccarton Racecourse on Thursday, April 23. It’s a charity fundraising lunch with a horse auction on the side and promises to be plenty of fun for the sold-out crowd.
April 21st 2026
Former Champion Griffin Sky Jewellery returned from injury to headline a four-timer for John Size, who moved within nine wins of Trainer’s Premiership leader Caspar Fownes. Zac Purton achieved a century of wins for the season, marking the 11th time in his career he’s hit that benchmark.
April 21st 2026
Cambridge Stud’s 2026 roster will be headed up by Sword Of State, whose fee leaps to NZ$50,000 off the back of multiple first crop stakes winners. The roster also welcomes World Champion Miler and Cartier Champion Older Horse of 2024 Charyn, shuttling for the first time.
April 20th 2026
The Inglis yearling sales series concluded on Sunday with the Inglis HTBA Yearling Sale, where colts by Artorius and Home Affairs secured the top money en route to the Inglis Ready2Run Sale, and a half-brother to G1 Australian Oaks runner-up Profoundly rounded out the top three.
April 20th 2026
The Magic Millions Gold Coast National Weanling Sale is set to take place on May 24, and Magic Millions have unveiled a 354-strong catalogue that features some of the first opportunities to purchase offspring by 18 first season sires.
April 20th 2026
Even since his passing mid-last year, champion sire Snitzel continues to have an incredible influence on Australian racing and breeding, siring three more stakes winners at Randwick on Saturday, highlighted by Fireball taking out the G1 Champagne Stakes, with another G1 winning son Campione D’Italia filling the quinella. Chris Waller won four races on the card at Randwick.
April 19th 2026
Trainer Dan Morton collected his third G2 Karrakatta Plate in four years with exciting juvenile Afireofgidgeecoals, and the son of Too Darn Hot burned the unbeaten record of the next two home. Home Affairs added a new stakes winner in New Zealand with Miss Janet, and two exciting prospects were unearthed with The Speed Machine and Silken Salute.
April 19th 2026