DEL MAR, USA — From the shock win of Arcangues in the 1993 Classic through the great Goldikova and Six Perfections to Talismanic, French-trained horses have left their mark on the Breeders' Cup roll of honour and it will be no surprise to see that list extended this year. Only one French trainer is here [...]

DEL MAR, USA — As the World Series continues its three-game run in Los Angeles, at Dodger Stadium it's all about Japanese baseball sensation Shohei Ohtani. Head a little farther down the Californian coast to Del Mar and the Thoroughbred World Championships, aka the Breeders' Cup, features plenty of Japanese participation of its own. American [...]

A name has recently appeared among the ranks of trainers in France which is both familiar and new at the same time. Lavinia Fabre, the daughter of Andre and Elisabeth Fabre, wasted little time in securing her first winner with just her second runner at Saint-Cloud on October 16, but her stint as a sole [...]

DEAUVILLE, France — Trade may have slightly shifted down a gear, as is to be expected of a graded sale, but right from the word go on Wednesday there was a noted surge in demand, along with a new wave of faces on the ground for this second session, which saw a rise in the [...]

The announcement that Joe Osborne is to step down from his role as managing director after more than three decades with Godolphin Ireland brings to a close a significant chapter, both for that operation and in Irish bloodstock more generally.  “This is my 32nd year with the firm, whether as Darley or Godolphin. I'm 62 [...]

DEAUVILLE, France — There is no getting away from the name Night Of Thunder right now, whether on the racecourse or in the sales ring. He ruled Arqana in August when his daughter of Prudenzia sold for €3 million and the Darley sire was back in the top spot as the October Sale got underway [...]

DEAUVILLE, France — In TDN Europe we have banned the use of the word fireworks in relation to action in the sales ring but as it is almost officially fireworks season let's just say that it would be no surprise to see a few whizz-bangers in Deauville on Tuesday. The Arqana October Sale gets underway [...]

Qipco British Champions Day should be one of those occasions when some of the stallions of next year go out in a blaze of glory on the track. Richard Fahey's Powerful Glory did indeed enhance his future stallion credentials when delivering a 200/1 shock success in the British Champions Sprint, but the other major winners [...]

We should have seen it coming really. Night Of Thunder burst onto the scene in 2019 to be champion first-season sire with seven stakes winners to his name. Not all leading freshmen go on to put themselves into contention for champion sire honours, of course, but six years later this is exactly what the prolific [...]

Night Of Thunder colt Gewan ignited another Classic dream for his owner Yuesheng Zhang, who has already won the Irish Oaks with Magical Lagoon (Galileo) and came close to 2,000 Guineas glory with Lucky Vega (Lope De Vega), who is now a stallion under his dual-hemisphere Yulong operation. Zhang already has a significant racing and [...]

The team at Kamel and Pauline Chehboub's Haras de Beaumont has been extended by the appointment of Sylvain Vidal in the role of nominations and client relations. Vidal's return to the stallion business revives an old partnership with long-time friend and ally Mathieu Alex, the manager of Beaumont. “Mathieu called me a few weeks ago [...]

Four weanlings from the first crop of Equinox are bound to attract attention when sales action returns to the Northern Horse Park in Hokkaido on Tuesday, October 21. The single-session Mixed Sale features a selection of 135 weanlings, fillies out of training and broodmares. Plenty of pedigrees familiar to European breeders feature among the 68 [...]