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Less than 20 lots from the day's end, a Wootton Bassett filly (lot 141) caught the eye of Blandford Bloodstock at 2.6 million gns to become the top-priced filly of the session. Offered by Mountarmstrong Stud, the daughter of G1…
Seldom can so accomplished a stallion have bowed out so quietly. I'm afraid we were as culpable as anyone, at TDN, relegating news of his retirement in July to half-a-dozen paragraphs on Page 10. It was Haskell day, and three…
A new European record for a yearling colt was set at Tattersalls on Tuesday as Godolphin went head to head with Coolmore in pursuit of a Night Of Thunder colt (lot 130) from the draft of Norelands Stud. Anthony Stroud…
Bobby Flay did his bit to turn up the heat at Book 1 of the October Yearling Sale at Tattersalls on Tuesday from afar when, bidding online, the American native secured a Blue Point filly from Paddy Burns' Loughtown Stud…
Few trainers have left a bigger mark on British racing than Mark Johnston. Renowned for the scale and consistency of his operation, Johnston became the first trainer in Britain to saddle 5,000 winners before handing over the licence to his…
3.45 Navan, Mdn, 2yo, 8f 40yT Boasting the strongest maiden form in Europe, JESUS GREEN (Ghaiyyath) heads to Navan on Wednesday for that all-important confidence-boosting first win. Second to one his generation leaders Darkness Falls in last month's Golden Fleece…
The O'Callaghan family of Yeomanstown Stud celebrated a massive pinhooking profit at the Tattersalls October Yearling Sale on Tuesday when their Ghaiyyath colt – a €200,000 purchase at the Goffs November Foal Sale – was knocked down to Godolphin for…
Edited Press Release New Zealand is set to lead a world-first effort to turn decades of injury research into an early-warning system for racehorses through the New Zealand Equine Safety Initiative (NZESI), according to a statement released Tuesday. The initiative…
Remi Bellocq will open the winter lecture series at Keeneland Library when he discusses his cartoon book, Horses Are Funny: The Racing World Through the Eyes of Remi Bellocq, Nov. 20. The lecture series continues Dec. 9 when Barry Irwin…
Croom House Stud enjoyed another outstanding result with prize mare Loch Lein (Invincible Spirit) on Tuesday when her Wootton Bassett colt sold to Godolphin for 3.8 million gns at Book 1 of the Tattersalls October Yearling Sale. It was Godolphin's…