Europe

Sunday, Tokyo, Japan, post time: 15:40, TENNO SHO (AUTUMN)-G1, ¥574,260,000, 3yo/up, 2000mT Field: Cosmo Kuranda (Jpn) (Al Ain {Jpn}), Urban Chic (Jpn) (Suave Richard {Jpn}), Justin Palace (Jpn) (Deep Impact {Jpn}), Sol Oriens (Jpn) (Kitasan Black {Jpn}), Tastiera (Jpn) (Satono Crown {Jpn}), Brede Weg (Jpn) (Lord Kanaloa {Jpn}), Masquerade Ball (Jpn) (Duramente {Jpn}), Ho O Biscuits (Jpn) (Mind Your Biscuits), Museum Mile (Jpn) (Leontes {Jpn}), Ecoro Walz (Jpn) (Black Tide {Jpn}), Shirankedo (Jpn) (Declaration Of War), Seiun Hades (Jpn) (Silver State {Jpn}), Meisho Tabaru (Jpn) (Gold Ship {Jpn}), Queen's Walk...

DEL MAR, USA -- As Balantina was led back to the winner's circle after her victory in the Juvenile Fillies Turf, one man was smiling more broadly than any other, and it wasn't her trainer or any of her owners. For Aidan O'Brien, watching his son Donnacha win his first Breeders' Cup race would probably have been enough to make his day - and it was a day that had started with the disappointment of having to scratch his own red-hot favourite for that same race, Precise.  But O'Brien Sr...

Group 1 winners lie thicker in the field than the falling leaves on the ground in the G1 Tenno Sho (Autumn), set for Sunday in Kyoto. However, it is G1 Tokyo Yushun (Japanese Derby) runner-up Masquerade Ball (Duramente) who leads in the advance markets as an 8-5 chance against 13 rivals, seven of them Group 1 scorers. Yet to salute at the highest level, the 2024 Listed Ivy Stakes winner's only blip in six lifetime starts was an unplaced run to his Derby conqueror Croix Du Nord (Kitasan Black) in...

Saturday, Newmarket, Britain, post time: 13:07, EUROPEAN BLOODSTOCK NEWS EBF MONTROSE FILLIES' STAKES-Listed, £40,000, 2yo, f, 8f 0y Field: Aspiral (GB) (Bated Breath {GB}), Brigid's Well (Ire) (Ulysses {Ire}), Classic Cuvee (GB) (Siyouni {Fr}), Just A Girl (GB) (Bobby's Kitten), Morning Rose (GB) (Dubawi {Ire}), Ourbren (Ire) (Starman {GB}), Pintara (Ire) (Pinatubo {Ire}), Previous (GB) (Havana Gold {Ire}), Sacred Ground (GB) (Kingman {GB}), Wetsand (Ire) (Acclamation {GB}). TDN Analysis: Three undefeated fillies take centre stage with the once-raced winners Sacred Ground, Morning Rose and Pintara all set to feature prominently...

La Renommee (Doctor Dino) (lot 72) topped the third edition of the Goffs British NH Breeders' Showcase at Doncaster on Friday. Sold for £70,000 to Coolmara Stables, she was offered by Linacres Farm. The seven-time winner won the Listed Yorkshire Silver Vase Mares' Chase in 2024 and was carrying to Logician. The highest-priced foal was a filly by Nathaniel (lot 50) from Goldford Stud. A daughter of the listed winner and Grade 2-placed mare One Gulp (Hernando), she made £60,000 on the bid of Jerry McGrath. She is a half-sister...

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. Saturday's Observations features a daughter of a G1 Matron Stakes winner. 12.32 Newmarket, £10,000, Nov, 2yo, f, 7fT Juddmonte's hitherto unraced SERENETTA (GB) (Kingman {GB}) is out of G1 Matron Stakes victrix Emulous (GB) (Dansili {GB}) and thus a half-sister to multiple Group 1-winning Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe...

Precise (Starspangledbanner), the red-hot favourite for the GI Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf, has been withdrawn from the race after she was found to be coughing. She was one of three late European scratchings on Friday morning, with Godolphin's Military Code (Wootton Bassett) pulled from the GI Juvenile Turf Sprint and Arizona Blaze (Sergei Prokofiev) being ruled out of Saturday's GI Turf Sprint. Aidan O'Brien, who also has the favourites for today's GI Juvenile Turf and GI Juvenile Turf Sprint in Gstaad (Starspangledbanner) and True Love (No Nay Never), said...

Trade was down marginally at this year's Autumn Horses-In-Training Sale, with Tattersalls boss Edmond Mahony acknowledging many sectors of the market had been "challenging", as play came to a low-key close on Friday.  The Horse Watchers, well known for unearthing bargains, paid 42,000gns for the most expensive horse sold on the fifth and final day of the sale - that was the winning Kieran Cotter-trained sprinter Arklow Lad (Kuroshio).  Martin Dixon confirmed that the Irish recruit would join trainer Mick Appleby, and said, "He hadn't shown a lot in his...

Breeders' Cup victor Magnum Force has been retired and will stand at Ballyhane Stud in Ireland from next year. A fee for the Grade I-winning son of Mehmas will be announced later. The Ger Lyons trainee won at second asking at Cork, before running second in the Listed Julia Graves Roses Stakes at York last August. Third in Doncaster's G2 Flying Childer's Stakes in September, he triumphed by a half-length in the Juvenile Turf Sprint at Del Mar on November 1. The son of the Fastnet Rock mare Tropical Rock...

The 2025 Markel Magnolia Cup raised £834,170 for King's Trust International's Project Lehar, a record-breaking amount for the charity race, Goodwood Racecourse announced on Friday. Project Lehar operates in the Indian states of Bihar and Uttar Pradesh, with a focus on empowering adolescent girls through vocational training, skills development and promoting gender equality within their communities. The Markel Magnolia Cup, for amateur female jockeys, takes place during Qatar Goodwood Festival presented by Visit Qatar. This year, the race was won by Markel International underwriter Sophie Forsyth and mount Woodcote Girl...

Friday, Newmarket, Britain, post time: 14:12, IRISH STALLION FARMS EBF BOSRA SHAM FILLIES' STAKES-Listed, £40,000, 2yo, f, 6f 0y Field: Anaisa (GB) (Ardad {Ire}), Azleet (GB) (Tasleet {GB}), Birdcall (Ire) (Night Of Thunder {Ire}), Brisk Symphony (Ire) (Sergei Prokofiev), Chicory (GB) (Ardad {Ire}), Coconut Cove (Ire) (No Nay Never), Elara May (GB) (Bated Breath {GB}), Eternal Solace (GB) (Tasleet {GB}), Fairy Oak (GB) (A'Ali {Ire}), Golden Palace (GB) (Palace Pier {GB}), Inside Story (Ire) (Siyouni {Fr}), Palmeira (GB) (Havana Grey {GB}), Rogue Attraction (Ire) (Invincible Spirit {Ire}), SOlana Rose (Ire)...

DEL MAR, USA -- More elusive than the Scarlet Pimpernel, Frankie Dettori, who dropped a new retirement bombshell the previous afternoon, was nowhere to be seen as the sun came up over the Del Mar backstretch on Thursday morning. But that didn't stop the press pack from seeking him here, seeking him there.  Would he be aboard Wimbledon Hawkeye as he emerged to take a turn on the turf around 7.15am? Nope. Nor was he to be found aboard the Japanese mare Argine, whose participation in the Breeders' Cup Mile...