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Saturday Summary: Fireball leads Snitzel’s Randwick stakes sweep
Juvenile Summary: Too Darn Hot scorches hot Karrakatta Plate field
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
$10.5 million Flightline colt smashs records at Ocala
Donato Lanni, bidding on behalf of Saudi businessman Amr Zedan, went to all-time high US$10.5 million to acquire a colt by champion Flightline from the Hartley/DeRenzo Thoroughbred consignment. The colt lifted the Ocala Spring Breeze Up sale to records in all metrics.
April 19th 2026
Saturday preview: Clash of returning All Aged winners to light up Randwick
The last three winners of the G1 All Aged Stakes face off to find out if any of them can be a dual winner on Saturday, while Adrian Bott thinks top maiden Miss Chanel can break her duck in the G1 Champagne Stakes. Meanwhile, brother Private Eye and King's Secret battle it out in the G3 Hall Mark Stakes.
April 18th 2026
'There are a lot of nice horses at the sale': Inglis ready for HTBA sale
The last yearling sale in the Inglis calendar, the Inglis HTBA Yearling Sale, takes place at the Riverside Stables Sales Complex on Sunday. The Inglis team are cautious on how the value end of the market will perform in the current economic environment, whilst remaining confident there is plenty to interest buyers in the sale.
April 18th 2026
FBAA announces mentees for the 2026 Mentorship Program
The Federation of Bloodstock Agents Australia have announced a trio of mentees for their 2026 Mentorship Program, which aims to give people with a true passion for bloodstock a formal path into joining the industry.
April 18th 2026
$1.3 million Bolt d'Oro filly tops third day of lively trade in Ocala
With vibrant trade throughout the day, the Ocala Breeders' Sales Company's Spring 2-Year-Olds in Training Sale concluded its third session well ahead of its 2025 renewal and on track for a record-setting gross, average and median ahead of the auction's final session. A filly by Bolt d'Oro became the auction's fourth million-dollar juvenile when purchased by Bill Childs's CSLR for $1.3 million.
April 18th 2026
The data is in: Buy a yearling if you want a stakes winner at two
The numbers from this season's juvenile stakes results say something the industry already suspects but rarely states plainly: the yearling sales ring is, by some distance, the single biggest predictor of whether a horse wins a stakes race at two.
April 17th 2026
Danehill: The longest shadow in Australian racing
Five winners by his direct descendants. Eight more carrying his blood through the dam. Danehill hasn't been near a breeding shed in over two decades - and he still dominated the biggest carnival of the Australian racing year.
April 17th 2026
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