With US$536 million spent across 12 sessions, the recently completed Keeneland September Sale was the highest-grossing yearling sale in history. Run The Numbers looks at whether it speaks only to the American market or reflects a broader global demand for elite bloodstock.
Legendary Japanese sire Deep Impact made a major mark on Australian racing from less than 50 runners. Does the emergence of Sheza Alibi point to that influence continuing to his sire sons as well? Run The Numbers takes a look.
After a major decline in trans-Pacific shuttling of stallions, there are no stallions standing in Australia in 2026 that have shuttled directly from the United States. Fifteen years ago, 23 made the annual trip. Run The Numbers looks at how this trend has evolved.
Both General Nediym and Snitzel were champion sprinters who became highly influential stallions. As this week’s Run The Numbers finds out, the combination of their bloodlines is now becoming one of Australia’s most successful on the track.
It is arguable there has never been a better-performed horse to have topped an Australasian yearling sale than Autumn Glow, who is set to resume in this month’s Winx Stakes. But what of the other sale-toppers? This week’s Run The Numbers digs into the data across Australasian yearling sales since 2020.
Each season, the champion general, broodmare, first-season, second-season, two-year-old and three-year-olds sires are celebrated, but there are other ways to cut the cake when it comes to sire influence. This week’s Run The Numbers takes a final look back at the 2025/26 Australian racing season through that lens.
At 49, Craig Williams may become Melbourne’s oldest premiership-winning jockey but he is far from alone when it comes to defying his birth certificate to eclipse the best in town this season.
Part of Chris Waller’s success over the past 15 years has been his ability to compete at scale. But as Run The Numbers reports, his record-breaking feats of this season have been achieved without a significant growth in the core number of horses in his stable.
Australia's two-year-old ranks provide an invaluable insight into the future of the racing and breeding industry. Run The Numbers examines the season's juvenile winners, their trainers, owners, sires and sale-ring prices and finds Lindsay Park’s re-emergence as a powerhouse of Australian two-year-old racing.
Only 10 commercial-level stallions in Australia have had their fees raised ahead of the 2026 breeding season, but, as Run The Numbers finds out, service prices remain close to record highs.
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