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Like so many of his predecessors from Lodge Park Stud - and indeed this family - the Night Of Thunder colt who went through the ring as lot 134 proved a red-hot commodity during Tuesday's session at Book 1 of the Tattersalls October Yearling Sale, with the Juddmonte team making its first purchase of the sale in securing him for 1,000,000gns. Juddmonte's Simon Mockridge said, "He is just a super horse, a lovely horse, and that is what you have to pay - it is very expensive in there [the...

A total of 108 horses have been catalogued for the Goffs October HIT & Yearling Sale at Doncaster on Tuesday, October 21. The sale, which includes a 15-lot unreserved dispersal from Brookhouse Racing, begins at 11 a.m. Both Flat and NH horses are in the Brookhouse consignment, among them listed bumper winner and maiden hurdle winner Aslukgoes (Yorgunnabelucky) (lot 75). Still Have Faith (Expert Eye) (lot 76) has won four times on the Flat and has also struck over hurdles, while lot 77, My Chiquita (Postponed), has won three of...

There is a new top lot at Book 1 of the October Yearling Sale as Godolphin went to 3.7 million gns to secure a Sea The Stars colt [lot 90] consigned by Eugene Daly's Longview Stud.  Anthony Stroud, bidding on behalf of the powerhouse owners, went on to land a Too Darn Hot colt [90] from Airlie Stud for 1 million gns shortly afterwards.  That horse became Godolphin's third individual seven-figure purchase with a total spend of 8.75 million and counting on Tuesday afternoon.  Speaking after signing for the new...

The annus mirabilis for James Hanly and his Ballyhimikin Stud continued at Tattersalls on Tuesday with the sale of a Blue Point colt to Godolphin for 1,000,000gns, making him the second seven-figure lot during the opening session of Book 1 of the October Yearling Sale. Lot 67 is out of the G3 Ballyogan Stakes second Boston Rocker (Acclamation), who is the dam of six winners from as many runners to date. They include the G2 Zabeel Mile scorer and G1 Poule d'Essai des Poulains third San Donato (Lope De Vega),...

Will Douglass is to join Ocala Breeders' Sales Company as its international representative. The agent established Will Douglass Bloodstock in January of this year. Previously, he had worked for Charlie Gordon-Watson since 2010 and as an assistant to Classic-winning trainers Luca Cumani and Ed Dunlop, and Australian champion trainer David Hayes. "I am looking forward to working with [the] team at OBS and helping them expand their international client base," Douglass said. "OBS has a long history of selling outstanding horses that are successful all over the world such as...

By Dane McLeod/TTRAusNZ Ka Ying Rising (Shamexpress) finished a close-up third in his pre-Everest trial at Randwick on Tuesday, with the world's champion sprinter cruising into the minor placing under a hold behind the G1 Randwick Guineas winner Linebacker (Super Seth) and A$10.5-million earner and dual Group 1-winning sprinter Overpass (Vancouver). Plenty in the crowd were keen to catch their first glimpse of the outstanding Hong Kong sprinter, who enjoyed the strong hit-out and clocked a fast time ahead of the A$20 million feature Saturday week. The line-up was stacked...

It didn't take long for the Amo Racing team to make its presence felt as Book 1 of the October Yearling Sale got underway at Tattersalls, with Kia Joorabchian outbidding MV Magnier of Coolmore at 3,600,000gns for lot 15.  The brother to last year's sale-topper, by Frankel out of the G2 Duke of Cambridge Stakes winner Aljazzi (Shamardal), was bred and consigned by Graham Smith-Bernal's Newsells Park Stud. "The boys love him," Joorabchian said. "We have a lot of people that really liked him around us and we couldn't really...

The International Federation of Horseracing Authorities (IFHA) held the 59th International Conference of Horseracing Authorities (ICHA) at Le Méridien Paris Arc de Triomphe in Paris, France on Monday. During this year's Conference, there was a particular focus on racing betting, both in the legal and illegal markets, along with marketing and customer experience. Throughout the course of the day, 165 delegates from around 40 countries heard from leaders from around the globe on these pressing topics. "The International Conference has for many years provided a platform for all of us,...

By Joseph Joyce Sometimes in life, things happen that make you stop and wonder why - little moments that seem like mistakes at first but turn out to be fate's way of leading you somewhere special. It was 2003, my first time at the Tattersalls sales. I made what seemed like a simple mistake - I walked into the wrong stable. I didn't think much of it then and went on my way to meet my friend, Martin Cullinan, who I was supposed to join in looking at another horse....

Anticipation is building towards Book 1 of the Tattersalls October Yearling Sale and bloodstock agents Deuce Greathouse and Jamie McCalmont along with Yulong's Paul Curran, assistant trainer Kate Harrington and trainer Eve Johnson Houghton, weigh in on the big questions ahead of Tuesday's sale.  So, how have the yearling sales treated you so far?  Deuce Greathouse: It's been very hard work. Horses have become very expensive but, at the end of the day, I think we found a lot of value. Kate Harrington: We got a lot of business done...

The victory of Daryz (Sea The Stars) in the G1 Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe at ParisLongchamp has been rated as the best performance in Europe this season by the experts at Timeform. In inflicting a first defeat this season on Minnie Hauk (Frankel), with the pair well clear of the remainder, Daryz achieved a Timeform rating of 131 (from 122p), passing the benchmark of 130 for top-class form. Timeform's European rankings had previously been headed by Ombudsman (Night Of Thunder) and Field Of Gold (Kingman) on 130. Hong Kong...

The first two from last month's G1 National Stakes at the Curragh, Zavateri (Without Parole) and Gstaad (Starspangledbanner), feature among 14 confirmations for Saturday's G1 Darley Dewhurst Stakes, along with Distant Storm, one of three potential runners for Charlie Appleby as he seeks a fourth win in the race since 2019. Last seen winning the G3 Tattersalls Stakes over Saturday's course and distance, Distant Storm heads the betting for the Dewhurst at a general 2/1, although his trainer will be keeping an eye on the weather in the coming days,...