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Peter Nolan and Noel Meade are out on their own as the leading buyers at the Autumn Yearling Sale with their €167,000 spend headed by a Coulsty colt that the trainer labelled "as nice a horse as we've seen at Goffs all week." The Coulsty colt is the most expensive horse to sell at Autumn Yearling Sale - which comes to a close on Wednesday - thus far. He cost €60,000 and was consigned by Rathasker Stud. All told, the County Meath-based handler has added 10 yearlings to his team...

The four-strong 2026 roster of Newsells Park Stud stallions is led by Nathaniel at £17,500. The Classic sire stood for £20,000 in 2025. On the back of his son Zavateri's exploits, Without Parole will stand for an increased fee of £10,000, up from £8,000 this year. Zavateri won the G2 July Stakes, G2 Vintage Stakes and the G1 National Stakes this term. Rounding out the roster are A'Ali at £5,000 and Isaac Shelby at £7,000, who both stand at unchanged fees. All fees are October 1st, special live foal terms....

Taller ladies need not apply for a date with Havana Grey in 2026 as Whitsbury Manor Stud has confirmed that the star stallion will continue to cover mares with a height restriction in place for next year. His fee remains private while Showcasing has been dropped by £5,000 to £30,000 and newbie Elite Status introduced at £8,000. Dragon Symbol and Sergei Prokofiev will operate at that same fee. Joe Callan, Head of Bloodstock and Sales at Whitsbury, commented, "Havana Grey will once again have his fee listed as private. This...

The 2025 Pat Smullen Race Day and the Curragh to Curragh Charity Cycle has officially raised €351,631 for Cancer Trials Ireland, bringing the total funds generated since the initiative began in 2022 to over €1.2 million.  This exceptional support has been instrumental in advancing life-saving cancer research and treatment development through Cancer Trials Ireland. The Pat Smullen Race Day at the Curragh Racecourse, now a much-anticipated highlight of the flat racing calendar, unites two major fundraising efforts in aid of Cancer Trials Ireland. The Pat Smullen Cancer Trials Ireland Charity...

Jamie Melham has become the second female jockey to win the Melbourne Cup, guiding Half Yours across the line first at Flemington Racecourse. The Australian is also the first woman to claim the Melbourne Cup-Caulfield Cup double. Her win comes 10 years after Michelle Payne created history riding Prince of Penzance. Following the victory, Melham told Australia's Nine Network: "This is why we get up out of bed every morning at 4am... it's tough. It's not all glorious and perfect, as everyone can see sometimes. "I've had an amazing year....

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 well-bred newcomer by first-season sire Palace Pier. 16.25 Wolverhampton, £7,300, Mdn, 2yo, f, 7f 36y (AWT) Godolphin's PIERCHIC (GB) (Palace Pier {GB}) is a half-sister to three black-type performers headed by G3 Oh So Sharp victrix and G1 Oaks runner-up Dance Sequence (GB) (Dubawi {Ire})....

Alessandro Marconi was left thanking his lucky stars he missed a flight to America on Monday as a last minute decision to re-route himself to Goffs for the Autumn Horses-In-Training Sale resulted in the bloodstock agent signing for the top lot - the 104-rated Aga Khan-owned Tangapour (Wootton Bassett) - for €185,000 on behalf of an unnamed client.  "I have never been so happy to miss a flight before," he said. "I was meant to be on a flight to America for the sales in Keeneland this morning but I...

Tuesday, Flemington, Australia, post time: 15:00 (04:00 GMT/23:00 ET {Monday}), LEXUS MELBOURNE CUP-G1, A$10,000,000, 3yo/up, 16fT Field: Al Riffa (Fr) (Wootton Bassett {GB}), Buckaroo (GB) (Fastnet Rock {Aus}), Arapaho (Fr) (Lope De Vega {Ire}), Vauban (Fr) (Galiway {GB}), Chevalier Rose (Jpn) (Deep Impact {Jpn}), Presage Nocturne (Ire) (Wootton Bassett {GB}), Middle Earth (GB) (Roaring Lion), Meydaan (Ire) (Frankel {GB}), Absurde (Fr) (Fastnet Rock {Aus}), Flatten The Curve (Fr) (Zarak {Fr}), Land Legend (Fr) (Galileo {Ire}), Smokin' Romans (NZ) (Ghibellines {Aus}), Changingoftheguard (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}), Half Yours (Aus) (St Jean {Ire}),...

News needs to be special if it is going to knock the horses off the top spot, even for a short while, during Breeders' Cup week. The story which was able to do that was the announcement of Frankie Dettori's imminent retirement and his plans for the future. That is understandable because Frankie has been big news throughout his fabulous career. Arriving in Newmarket aged 14 in 1985 to join the stable of his compatriot Luca Cumani, Frankie was already an experienced and race-winning rider in Italy by the time...

Champion jockey Oisin Murphy has received a 15-day ban for repeated breaches of the whip rules. Murphy, who secured his fifth title at the formal conclusion of the championship at Ascot last month, was referred to the British Horseracing Authority's judicial panel for a fast-track hearing after using his whip once above the permitted level on Gladius at Newmarket on October 11. He was given a 15-day ban, five days of which are suspended for six months or 200 rides, with one day to be spent receiving coaching on his...

Ace Stud has announced that Shaquille, the brilliant dual Group 1-winning sprinter, will stand for £10,000 next year. Shaquille was crowned Cartier Champion Sprinter and Longines World's Best 3YO Sprinter in 2023. Trained by Julie Camacho, he won seven times, with those top level triumphs coming in the Commonwealth Cup at Royal Ascot followed by the July Cup. Paul Curran, Ace Stud's Bloodstock and Racing manager said, "Champion European Sprinter Shaquille has been really well-supported by top breeders since retiring to stud. He has covered more than 275 mares in...

Just two days after recording a first Group 1 winner, Ghaiyyath has another candidate for honours at the highest level after his well-related two-year-old son Nation's Hope delivered a stunning debut display in Monday's British EBF Future Stayers Maiden Stakes at Kempton to earn a 'TDN Rising Star, presented by Hagyard' rosette in the one-mile contest. Godolphin's homebred bay, a half-brother to multiple Grade I-winning globetrotter Nations Pride (Teofilo), outclassed 11 rivals to become the third Rising Star for his sire (by Dubawi) and joins G1 Poule d'Essai des Pouliches...