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AUS/NZ stallion and broodmare analysis, breeding schemes and sale economics that allow you to make decisions with confidence. 💡

[Martin @MartyJ]

Before the next crop of yearling sales get underway, here are my top 50 recommendations from the 2026 cohort of yearling sales across Aus and my expectations on how they will perform over the next 2 years.

https://t.co/oXuy5UiWas

[Martin @MartyJ]

@TheBrownAndrew I don't have the exact numbers, but this spring in Aus seemed to be one of the worst I can remember for awhile.

Ohope wins crashing over Half Yours in the Caulfield Cup was horrendous to watch. We had an apprentice jockey killed in a race fall last week. It's been rough.

[Martin @MartyJ]

$1.6m yearling having its first race start today.

Illawarra R1 (1300m) #5 Lady Resolute (3yo F)
I Am Invincible x Avantage (Fastnet Rock)

Dam is a 9x G1 winner in NZ up to 2000m

5+ barrier trials so far. Pedigree points heavily to speed despite the dam

How will she go?

[Martin @MartyJ]

@Mattunchained how many horses have won more than $14m in pm in Aus? If you don't think she has beaten good enough horses, that's on them

[Martin @MartyJ]

Lot 918, filly by Home Affairs: half-sister to King's Legacy, who has 1 yearling here.

Any of those take your fancy? 👀️

[Martin @MartyJ]

10 yearlings at the @mmsnippets Gold Coast yearling sale in January are brothers or sisters to a stallion with yearlings of his own in the same catalogue: 2 full, 8 half.

Let's start with the full brother to the most represented first-crop sire ↓

[Martin @MartyJ]

Lot 200, filly by Zoustar: half-sister to Bruckner, who has 1 yearling here.

Lot 237, filly by Hawaii Five Oh: half-sister to Prince Fawaz, who has 1 yearling here.

Lot 628, colt by Extreme Choice: half-brother to Captivant, who has 1 yearling here.

[Martin @MartyJ]

@StaroftheNorth1 sounds like we're building similar db's (fun isn't it!). My findings align to what you've shown but with 1 exception. I'm finding dosage to be one of the stronger signals (applying to the mare only)... which doesn't help with mating options for a single mare, but as a whole...

[Martin @MartyJ]

@jamesarthur83 smaller breeders as well...

[Martin @MartyJ]

@SwiftRABBI Why? What are you trying to solve? dumb decisions by breeders on unproven stallions?

Plenty of failed sires exist that had decent racing careers and won plenty of prizemoney

[Martin @MartyJ]

Which 1st crop sires will impress at the 2027 @mmsnippets MM GPR sale? Here's a look at how they performed at weanling sales this year.

Shinzo might be the one to watch?

[Martin @MartyJ]

@AndrewNJHawkins @mmsnippets not to mention the full brother to Ozzmosis being offered too

[Martin @MartyJ]

Interesting snippet for the @mmsnippets 27 Gold Coast sale.

The 2nd most represented sire is Ozzmossis with 47 lots, this is his first crop to hit the yearling sales 🏇️

Lot 402... is a full brother to Ozzmossis 👀️

Could be some interesting side stories from this sale 🤔️

[Magic Millions @mmsnippets]

BREAKING NEWS: Spectacular Catalogue for 2027 Gold Coast Yearling Sale

The next generation of racetrack superstars will kick away 2027 in style with a spectacular catalogue today unveiled for January’s Magic Millions Gold Coast Yearling Sale.

Read more: https://t.co/kTzFA2THtd

[Martin @MartyJ]

Wild Ruler the top 3yo sire in Aus right now? Where are all the I am Invincible 3yos?

https://t.co/qtmpJt6C22

[Kestrel Thoroughbreds @bruceaslade]

Not preaching! 🎥

I am involved of plenty of purchases who don’t reach our hopes & expectations on race day, but we have a process we use to ⬆️ increase our chances of getting racehorses who can take our @GaiWaterhouse1 owners to the big races on the big days.

Here is an insight into what we look for on type in our yearling purchases - @inglis_sales Lot 641 a colt by IN THE CONGO https://t.co/RyjbFv3wkj

Similar to our previous video with the Anamoe filly - but a different horse with different strengths 💪

Note: if you have not seen his 3/4 sister win her debut by 8L & then her Gr2 by 4L at her second start - see comments below ✈️

[Martin @MartyJ]

@garykingTDN @NewgateFarm @TTRAusNZ Impressive winners to runner ratio of 40% too

He is actually the highest earning sire on Provincial tracks in Aus, which is kind of interesting and maybe important to some, his metro stats are a bit lower.

Alpha Sofie looked good winning a G3 last weekend didn't she

[Martin @MartyJ]

@John1986ire I love data... can give us so many cool things to look at.

I'm looking at data from the current racing season only (Aus, NZ, HK) and all crosses that have had a minimum of 10 runners this season. Here's the table sorted by % of SW's, equal top with Lonhro x Street Cry and 60%W/R