After Wordsmith became the eighth non-Group 1 winning racehorse to sire a Group 1 winner in Australia this season, Run The Numbers looks at how commonplace this pattern has been over the years.
While one famous equine winning streak came to an end earlier this month, at the weekend, another rolled on as Jigsaw extended his run to seven straight victories. We look at Australian racing’s best current streaks.
Idle Flyer’s victory in the Queen of the Turf Stakes provided her late damsire Street Cry with his fifth Australian Group 1 winner in that role this season, well clear of any other stallion as the remarkable record of the produce of his daughters continues to build.
The victories of Joliestar and Sheza Alibi at Randwick on Saturday mean that 14 times this season, a filly or mare has upstaged the colts and geldings in an open-age Group 1 in Australia. Is this dominance becoming more common? Run The Numbers investigates.
Australia’s yearling market has grown in almost every key indicator to this point in 2026, despite the two major sales taking a step back. Run The Numbers takes the temperature after the Australian Easter Yearling Sale.
Australian breeders’ desire for international pedigrees has arguably never been stronger, with a historically high number of progeny of non-Australasian-bred mares represented at the Inglis Australian Easter Yearling Sale. Run The Numbers examines long-term trends.
With James McDonald poised to surpass Damien Oliver’s Australasian record of 129 Group 1 wins as a jockey, Run The Numbers has had a look at all the numbers that add up to this incredible achievement.
In a nation of 354 racetracks, there is no shortage of options for where to take your horse for a race if you are willing to do the miles. But which trainers do more miles than any other? Run The Numbers investigates.
The recent high-profile purchase of Super Seth and the Group 1 heroics of the progeny of Ghaiyyath, Too Darn Hot, Ole Kirk, Bivouac and Alabama Express this Australian racing season pose an interesting question. Run the Numbers attempts to determine which of these rising stars is the best emerging stallion.
Never renowned as a sire of two-year-olds, the late stallion Magnus now has his first juvenile Group 1 winner with his second-to-last crop, thanks to Streisand. Run The Numbers looks at the son of Flying Spur’s ongoing influence.
