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Saturday, Milan, Race 4, 14:40 PM, CET PREMIO ST LEGER ITALIANO-G3, €70,400, 3yo/up, 3000mT Field: 1-Almenkonig (Ger) (Millowitsch{Ger}), 2-Ismahane (Ger) (Isfahan{Ger}), 3-Jolly Jumper (Ire) (Free Eagle{Ire}), 4-Lordano (Ger) (Adlerflug{Ger}), 5-Maestro Del Mar (Ire) (Grendisar{Ire}), 6-Moon Wolf (Fr) (Intello{Ger}), 7-Nonna Vanda (Ire) (James Garfield{Ire}), 8-Oberer (GB) (Cracksman{GB}), 9-Orion Queen (Fr) (Sea The Moon{Ger}), 10-Taany (Ire) (Teofilo{Ire}), 11-Thine Be The Glory (GB) (Showcasing{GB}). TDN Analysis: Taany is back to defend her Italian St Leger title after winning this by 10 lengths in 2024. The Luciano Vitabile trainee has landed a pair of Group...

The stallion Chanducoq (lot 709) topped the Arqana Autumn NH Breeding Stock Sale in Deauville on Thursday when selling for €450,000 to Valentin Adam of Adam Bloodstock on behalf of Haras de Cercy's Jacques Cypres. Offered by Haras de la Barbottiere, the 12-year-old is the sire of Grade 3-winning hurdler Rooster Crowning among several other winners. He is also a half-brother to fellow Cercy stallion Cokoriko. "We were keen to get some Voix du Nord blood, as he gave us so much," said Cypres of the son of Voix Du...

France Galop received a trio of awards including the Grand Prix of Sport Business 2025 for their 'Horses in the City' event at CNOSF on Wednesday evening. The Grand Prix of Sport Business recognises the best initiatives and activations led by public and private stakeholders in support of sport and its ecosystem in France. They also received the Prix Or, for the best event activation in support of sport, and the Prix Argent for Best Marketing by a sports organisation, for its sportainement strategy to reconnect the French public with...

There can be few forces more unstoppable than a stallion on fire and Yeomanstown Stud's recent purchase Sands Of Mali ensured that the warm glow that burned bright in the sales ring throughout this year's Goffs November Foal Sale remained ablaze until the bitter end on Thursday.  Sands Of Mali was responsible for two of the most expensive lots - a filly and a colt at €100,000 and €90,000 respectively - on a day when the turnover climbed by 24%, the average by 17% and the median by 27%. Such...

Tally-Ho Stud's new recruit Maranoa Charlie, a Group 1-winning son of Wootton Bassett, has been introduced at a fee of €20,000 for the 2026 breeding season. Trained in France by Christopher Head, the three-year-old is a four-time Group winner, those victories including the Prix de la Foret on Arc weekend.  This year's champion first-season sire-elect Starman has received a significant boost in fee, which rises from €10,000 to €40,000, while his stud-mate Mehmas, who was himself champion freshman sire in 2020, has been held at his 2025 fee of €70,000....

The first edition of the Emirates Racing Authority (ERA) Online Sale will be held under the conditions of the ERA and hosted on the Tattersalls Online platform from November 24-27. Bidding will open from 12 p.m. (GMT) on Monday, November 24 and close beginning at 10 a.m. (GMT) on Thursday, November 27. The unique online event is set to feature 15 lots including 13 Thoroughbreds and two Purebred Arabians and has been supported by leading stables and trainers with drafts featuring from Dubai Racing Club, Michael Costa, Ibrahim Al Hadrami,...

Winter Watch will have its time between now and the return of the Flat for real next March, but first let us bask in a snapshot of summer, celebrating our diamonds in the rough who graduated from all-weather unknowns to titans of the turf in the space of 12 months. Last winter's action might not have given us another Classic winner, à la Notable Speech, but once again the flourishing all-weather programme lived up to its reputation as a breeding ground for black-type performers of the future. At the very top...

Willie Mullins, Gavin Cromwell, Henry de Bromhead, Gordon Elliott and Ger Lyons' Glenburnie Racing are among the team captains confirmed for the Treo Eile Christmas Show on Thursday, December 11 at Emerald Equestrian Centre near Enfield. Also stepping up to the plate for the HRI Treo Eile Thoroughbred Classic team event are a number of past or present jockeys, including Paul Townend, Jack Kennedy, Patrick Mullins, Jody Townend, Mark Walsh, Colin Keane, Nicola Burns, Robbie Power and Kevin Manning. The HRI Treo Eile Thoroughbred Classic, the feature class on the...

The word was out about the William Haggas newcomer Bayaann (Too Darn Hot) at Lingfield on Thursday and the half-brother to I Can Fly (Fastnet Rock) duly delivered with a display full of promise. Sent off the well-backed 5-4 favourite for the seven-furlong maiden on the Polytrack, Sheikh Ahmed Al Maktoum's 410,000gns Tattersalls October Book 1 purchase took a while to find his stride but as soon as they had straightened for home had begun to loom. Giving generously for Rossa Ryan to overwhelm his peers in the last half a furlong,...

Calandagan, winner of the King George VI And Queen Elizabeth Stakes and Champion Stakes, has been named Cartier Horse of the Year. He becomes the fourth horse bred by the Aga Khan Studs to be given that honour following Daylami (1999), Dalakhani (2003) and Zarkava (2008).  By Gleneagles, who was himself the Cartier Two-Year-Old Colt of 2014, Calandagan is the first Cartier winner for the operation since the passing of His Highness Aga Khan IV in February. Trained by Francis-Henri Graffard, the four-year-old has won three consecutive Group 1 contests...

Richard Knight and Salhia Stud paid 100,000gns to secure a breeding right in group stallion Palace Pier (lot 185) during the Tattersalls Online November Sale on Wednesday. Already the sire of eight black-type horses, his best progeny so far are G2 Lowther Stakes heroine Royal Fixation and G3 Solario Stakes winner A Bit Of Spirit. Knight commented following the sale, "We are delighted to secure the breeding right to Palace Pier. He is a stallion that appears to be on the up and we very much had him in mind...

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. Thursday's Observations features a half-brother to group winner I Can Fly (Fastnet Rock). 12.45 Lingfield, Mdn, 2yo, 7f (AWT) BAYAANN (GB) (Too Darn Hot {GB}) debuts for Sheikh Ahmed Al Maktoum and the William Haggas stable, over a year after fetching 410,000gns at Tattersalls October Book 1. He is...