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Luxury residential yacht community ULYSSIA has been announced as the new joint title partner alongside Fitzwilliam Sports for the Goffs London Sale. Initial entries for the 2026 edition will be announced in the coming days and feature international racing prospects and Royal Ascot-bound runners, with further entries to be added closer to the sale. As the curtain-raiser to the Royal Meeting, the Goffs London Sale remains the only auction in the world where buyers can purchase a horse declared to run at Royal Ascot just 24 hours later. Alain Gruber,...

Arena Racing Company [ARC] has announced the appointment of Julian Thick as Group Delivery and Special Projects Director.  Thick has held senior roles at various Jockey Club Racecourse venues, as Chief Executive of Newbury Racecourse and a Board Director of Racecourse Media Group. Most recently, Thick has been working as a business advisor to Levy UK.  Thick will oversee a wide range of projects across ARC venues in relation to both the racegoer experience, as well as non-racing related business. The new role will sit within the Senior Leadership Team...

The Timeform rankings return to highlight the top-rated maiden/novice winners in Britain and Ireland from the last fortnight (May 18-31), with the team at Wathnan Racing sitting pretty following impressive victories for two of its expensive breeze-up purchases. 5. SERGEI DIAGHILEV (IRE) Wootton Bassett (GB) - Embellish (Ire), by Galileo (Ire) Timeform performance rating: 90 For the fourth consecutive year, the 6f maiden run at the Curragh on May 23 was won by Aidan O'Brien and Ryan Moore, with odds-on favourite Sergei Diaghilev producing a polished display to follow in...

Thursday, Baden-Baden, Germany, post time: 16:35, 48TH KRONIMUS BADENER MEILE-G3, €55,000, 3yo/up, 8fT Field: Next Mine (Ger) (Dabirsim {Fr}), New Emerald (Ger) (Protectionist {Ger}), Sir Tommy Cen (Ire) (Dark Angel {Ire}), Sommersby (Ger) (Amaron {Ger}), Aster (Ger) (Outstrip {GB}), Ayada (Ger) (Areion {Ger}). TDN Analysis: Eckhard Sauren's uber-consistent Next Mine was 1 1/2 lengths off a victory when third in Saint-Cloud's G2 Prix du Muguet at the beginning of May and last term's G2 Premio Vittorio di Capua hero is one of the protagonists in this return to domestic action....

5.30 Leopardstown, Mdn, 2yo, f, 7f 20yT Coolmore and Flaxman Stables' newcomer IBELIEVEICANFLY (Frankel {GB}) is out of G2 Prix Corrida second That Which Is Not (Elusive Quality) and thus kin to the ill-fated G1 Irish Derby and G1 Tattersalls Gold Cup placegetter Piz Badile (Ire) (Ulysses {Ire}) and the dual Group 3-placed Yosemite Valley (GB) (Shamardal). Rivals of the Ryan Moore selection include connections' Aidan O'Brien stablemate Alpha (Ire) (Sea The Stars {Ire}), who is out of four-time Group 1 heroine Alpha Centauri (Mastercraftsman).

A colt by Blue Point topped the first edition of the Aktem Breeze-Up Sale at Maisons-Laffitte, selling to Marco Bozzi for €50,000 on Wednesday. Sold as lot 17B from Knockanglass Stables, the son of French listed heroine Firebird Song (Invincible Spirit) is a half-brother to Mehmas filly Burguesinha, a listed winner in France. G3 Sirenia Stakes victor Symbol Of Strength (Kodiac) is under the second dam, while Group 1 winner and sire Territories is under the third dam. Lot 24, a colt by Kameko, caught the eye of Michael Keady...

Aidan O'Brien annexed the last three editions of the Curragh's Sky Bet Club Irish EBF Maiden--with Amadeus Mozart, Henri Matisse and Unquestionable--and made it four in a row when Aix La Chapelle (Justify), a son of dual Group 1 winner Immortal Verse (Pivotal), pounced in the closing stages of the seven-furlong contest. "They were horses that we were getting out in case they were [Listed] Chesham horses and we're delighted with him," O'Brien commented. "They went along there and he did well as he was never away [from home] and...

He's run placed in the Blue Riband Trial and the Lingfield Derby Trial as well as partaking of the Derby gallops morning, meaning that no horse in the field for Saturday will have greater experience of the oddities of Epsom than Balzac.  His owner and trainer Jane Chapple-Hyam will be flying the flag not just for Newmarket but also for Australia, and her participation in the Betfred Derby represents long-term planning by the Melbourne native.  She says, "You always say it when you buy a horse, don't you? 'This is...

With just six horses in training in Europe, Shapoor Mistry operates on a scale that is dwarfed by the powerhouse operations - but it has proved no barrier to success for the Indian native who, off the back of a dream fortnight stacked full of important winners, could enjoy his greatest success yet when homebred Thundering On (Frankel) lines up in the Betfred Oaks.  Bloodstock agent Anthony Stroud has played a massive role in Mistry's excellent run of form. Recent juvenile winners Havana Lightning and Shimmering Sun, along with Group...

Victorious Forever's 900,000gns Craven Breeze-Up Sale topper Senorita Bonita (Starspangledbanner) entered the mix for this year's Royal Ascot meeting after securing a last-gasp triumph in Wednesday's British Stallion Studs EBF Maiden Fillies' Stakes at Nottingham. The straight five-furlong dash has been annexed by a trio of Karl Burke Royal Ascot-bound contenders in recent years. "Midway through the race, it wasn't looking good," said Simon Crisford.  "We couldn't get the cover that we wanted and I think she's had to do it the hard way. Her turn of foot was exceptional,...

Over 800 horses have been catalogued for the Tattersalls July Sale from July 7-9. Consisting of 803 lots, the sale is divided between 758 horses and fillies in/out-of-training, 41 mares in foal and four mares with foals at foot. Graduates of the sale include a Breeders' Cup winner, with GI Turf hero Ethical Diamond (Awtaad) picked up for 320,000gns out of the 2023 sale. Prominent owner-breeders Godolphin, Shadwell Estates and Juddmonte have 87 lots catalogued between them. Representing Godolphin is Wild Angel (Too Darn Hot) (lot 198), a half-sister to...

Fitzdares has announced a new two-year partnership with National Hunt trainer Jamie Snowden, who enjoyed his best season to date in 2025/26 when earning just shy of £1.2 million in prize-money. Among 86 winners for the team at Folly House, Lambourn was Johnny's Jury (Jukebox Jury), who notably won the G1 Albert Bartlett Novices' Hurdle at the Cheltenham Festival. Together, Fitzdares and Jamie Snowden Racing will collaborate on a series of exclusive owner and member experiences, as well as providing behind-the-scenes content throughout the National Hunt season, bringing racing fans...