The recently completed Inglis Classic Sale, regarded as the best guide to the health of the all-important middle market, produced the same median figure as it has in five of the past six editions. What does that tell us? Run The Numbers finds out.
It has been 11 racing seasons since two sons of the same stallion quinellaed the Australian sires championship, but Snitzel and The Autumn Sun are, at this stage, on track to re-create that achievement. Run The Numbers digs into the detail.
Frankie Dettori brought his 40-year riding career to an end with a Grade 1 success on his final day in the saddle. The most prominent global jockey of the past half-century had elite success in 17 different countries, but famously never in Australia. Run The Numbers digs into his remarkable career.
Buyers’ desire to source yearlings with an earlier foaling date is having a significant impact on the Australasian bloodstock market, with August foals commanding a 10 per cent premium compared to average throughout 2025. Run The Numbers digs into the details.
It was more than just an improved clearance rate on the Gold Coast, which gave strong signs of confidence in the Australian yearling market, with a record number of buyers on the sheets. Run The Numbers digs into the details.
Recently published data revealed Yulong’s rising star Alabama Express covered no fewer than 21 Group 1-winning mares in 2025, confirming the son of Redoute’s Choice’s status as No.1 seed at Australia’s biggest breeding operation. Run The Numbers breaks down his career at stud so far.
The number of two-year-olds racing in Australia might be on the decline but the importance of elite juvenile racing remains as strong as ever. Run The Numbers looks at who the most influential stallions are in this aspect of Australian racing.
With the calendar year about to come to its conclusion, Run The Numbers looks at which sires are the global leaders for overall winners, with a former shuttle sire to Australia leading the way.
As Romantic Warrior closes in on becoming the first horse to earn more than AU$50 million in prize money, Run The Numbers looks at world racing’s biggest earners.
A race named after one Western Australian Hall Of Fame inductee has been completely dominated by another, with Bob Peters winning his eighth edition of the Northerly Stakes as both an owner and breeder, this time with a horse by a shuttle stallion out of a female line which extends back over 200 years in Australia.
