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The Hong Kong International Sale has been delayed, according to the South China Morning Post. The sale, originally slated for Friday, March 6, has been rescheduled until either late June or early July. Quarantine issues for Southern Hemisphere horses were cited as the cause of the rescheduling. “There was just a problem with quarantine,” the...
Elite Status has his first mares scanned in foal. The son of Havana Grey, who won the G3 Prix de Cabourg and G3 Hackwood Stakes, stands for £8,000 at Whitsbury Manor Stud this year. Some of the mares in foal to the G2 Norfolk Stakes runner-up include Harry Sounds (Due Diligence), a sister to multiple...
Victorious Forever will break new ground at the Cheltenham Festival when the Declan Queally-trained Carrigmoornaspruce (Diamond Boy), no bigger than 14-1 for next Thursday’s Grade 2 mares’ novice hurdle, will carry the leading Bahraini-based owners’ familiar red and white silks for the first time under National Hunt rules. Shaikh Nasser bin Hamed Al Khalifa’s Victorious...
Tuesday’s Prix de la Serpentine at Chantilly featured some choice pedigrees among the debutantes and it was the Poule d’Essai des Pouliches and Prix de Diane entry The Last Dance (Iffraaj) who stole the show in scintillating fashion to become a TDN Rising Star, Presented by Hagyard. “We have the right to dream with a...
Juddmonte newcomer Lead Artist has had his first mares scanned in foal, including the Listed winner Classical Times (Lawman), a half-sister to the GI Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf heroine Newspaperofrecord (Lope De Vega). The unraced Whispering Dawn, a Mehmas mare from the family of the Group 1-winning sire Zoffany, is also among the mares...
Mujahid, who enjoyed his career highlight when winning the G1 Dewhurst Stakes in 1998, has died at Allevamento di Besnate in Italy. He was 30. The Shadwell homebred was trained by John Dunlop and ridden by Richard Hills in each of his 12 career outings. He won three of his four starts at two, culminating...
Lord Charles Allen has resigned as chair of the British Horseracing Authority (BHA) after just six months in the role, having been unable to achieve the governance change that he proposed when taking up his post on September 1. Lord Allen was first nominated as chair in November 2024, but the start of his tenure...
Guillaume Herrnberger, currently managing director of AFASEC, has been appointed to the role of deputy managing director of France Galop, alongside Henri Pouret who has held the same title since February 2024. France Galop will now be managed in tandem by Pouret and Herrnberger, both of whom will report to the president, Guillaume de Saint-Seine,...
Observations on the European Racing Scene turns the spotlight on the best European races of the day, highlighting well-bred horses early in their careers, horses of note returning to action and young runners that achieved notable results in the sales ring. Tuesday’s Observations features a horse to follow at Chantilly. 3.05 Chantilly, Debutantes, 3yo, f,...
All four newcomers to the Darley stallion ranks in Europe – Inisherin, Rosallion, Shadow Of Light and Tribalist – have now had their first mares scanned in foal. Rosallion and Inisherin, both Group 1-winning grandsons of Sheikh Mohammed Obaid Al Maktoum’s blue hen Reem Three, have recently embarked on their first seasons at Dalham Hall...
Kyllarney (Kyllachy), a half-sister to the G2 Duke Of Cambridge Stakes winner Move Swiftly (Farhh), is among the first mares confirmed in foal to the GI Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Turf winner Unquestionable. Kyllarney has already produced the G3 Solario Stakes second Inishfallen (Exceed And Excel), while another proven mare confirmed in foal to the son...
Turbulente was a prophetic winner at Chantilly on Friday considering the events that would transpire less than 24 hours later across the Middle East. The Wertheimer-bred daughter of Australia from the family of a horse whose greatest exploits came in Australia – Americain (Dynaformer) – looks one to follow as the French Classic trials come...