Less than 24 hours after Shocking underlined his claims for a second Melbourne Cup win at Flemington, Saratoga witnessed the twelfth G1 winner for shuttle sire Street Cry when Here Comes Ben romped home to win the Forego Handicap.

Celtic Swing, the sire of champion Australian sprinter Takeover Target, has died at stud in Italy.

Tattersalls is to restructure the calendar for its two breeze up sales in 2011.

Elusive City added two stakes wins to his northern hemisphere tally last weekend.

Classy Keeper mare Keep The Peace added the G1 Mudgway Partsworld Stakes to her black-type resume at Hastings on Saturday.

Freshman sire Bernardini opened his Group account on August 28 when his daughter Theyskens' Theory landed the Prestige Stakes at Goodwood.

There was no record breaker but Doncaster's Premier Yearling Sale finished with figures on a par with 12 months ago thanks to a strong middle market.

Following a great sale at Deauville, buyers proved keen to snap up Excellent Art's first progeny at Doncaster's Premier Yearling Sale this week.

An emotional Peter Reynolds was shocked when the announcement was made that Ballymacoll Stud was the Connolly's Red Mills/The Irish Field Breeder of the Year winners for 2009/2010.

Young shuttle sire Any Given Saturday provided the top lot at the Ocala Select Yearling Sale in Florida on Tuesday.

Australasia's first two-year-old event of the new season also heralded the launch of the battle for the 2011 Karaka Million.

Japanese stud interests have won the race to secure champion stayer Harbinger for stud duty.

Lomitas, the German sire who was involved in episodes worthy of a Dick Francis novel, has been nput down due to health reasons at the age of 22.

The blueblood stallion Colombia is proving to be one of New Zealand's most versatile sires, producing winning sprinters, stayers and jumpers at a rapid rate.

Exciting sire Dubawi recorded his ninth European Group winner on Saturday when Poet's Voice strolled to a facile win in the G2 Celebration Mile at Goodwood on Saturday.

Australian mare Lovetorn sent her broodmare value soaring in South Africa when she won the Listed Jockey Club Stakes at Arlington on August 27. .

Florida's Ocala August yearling sale posted significant increases across the board for a second straight session on August 25.

New Zealand Bloodstock's first sponsorship of the season takes place at Caulfield on Saturday with an epic clash in the Group 2 New Zealand Bloodstock Memsie Stakes.

The news is all good for Haunui Farm's high class import Iffraaj.

Cheveley Park sire Kyllachy headlined Day One of the Doncaster Premier yearling sale on Tuesday.