Europe

Group winner Revival Power will not contest the G1 Prix de l'Abbaye on Sunday week, according to owner King Power Racing's racing manager Alastair Donald. The G3 Cornwallis Stakes on October 10 is a possibility for the full-sister to G1 Nunthorpe heroine Winter Power. The daughter of Bungle Inthejungle broke her maiden at Thirsk in May and learned plenty when 11th in the G2 Queen Mary Stakes at Royal Ascot. Second in a conditions race at Goodwood in July, the King Power Racing runner won the Listed Roses Stakes at...

Monday, Bordeaux-Le Bouscat, France, post time: 15:57, GRAND CRITERIUM DE BORDEAUX - PRIX DU HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB-Listed, €54,900, 2yo, 8fT Field: Nebur (Fr) (City Light {Fr}), Siciliano (Fr) (Time Test {GB}), Arlong Fal (GB) (Study Of Man {Ire}), Suspended Sentence (Fr) (Without Parole {GB}), Mefie Toi (Fr) (De Treville {GB}), Agiota (Fr) (Birchwood {Ire}), Centauri (GB) (Sea The Stars {Ire}), Zambezi (Fr) (Zelzal {Fr}), Royal Chapel (GB) (Kingman {GB}), Swiss Moon (Fr) (Fantastic Moon {GB}), Zelzara (Fr) (Zelzal {Fr}), Waiting For You (GB) (Bated Breath {GB}). TDN Analysis: Edouard...

One of Henry Beeby's favourite sales pitches is that, if you supply Goffs with the horses, his team will do the rest. Well, Denis Brosnan took the Goffs chief at his word last year and, what do you know, Croom House Stud's Frankel colt became the most expensive horse sold at last year's Orby Sale at €2 million to Godolphin.  Croom House Stud is to Irish breeding what Rolex is to watches or Gucci to handbags. The County Limerick operation keeps a small but select broodmare band and has produced...

The G1 Sprinters Stakes went to 27-1 longshot Win Carnelian at Nakayama on Sunday. His trainer Yuichi Shikato also trained his sire, Screen Hero. Booked widest of all in the car park in stall 16, the chestnut won the break and soon perched just off June Blair (American Pharoah) to his inside. That rival was in a beautiful rhythm through fractions of :22.70 for the quarter-mile and :44.90 for the half-mile. Win Carnelian moved up to the filly's throat leaving the bend and the duo were in lockstep throughout the...

One of Francis-Henri Graffard's clutch of top-class geldings, Sibayan (Blame) delivered more Group 1 glory to the stable in Sunday's Preis von Europa at Cologne. Sent off the 2-5 favourite for the 12-furlong feature, having mastered a pair of Group 2 tests in ParisLongchamp's Prix Maurice de Nieuil and the Grand Prix de Deauville, the Aga Khan Studs homebred was made to wait patiently by Mickael Barzalona throughout the early stages. Swooping powerfully inside the final furlong, he surged to the line to record a 2 1/2-length success from the...

Coming off an authoritative Cork maiden success, Bond Thoroughbred's Black Caviar Gold (Havana Grey) carried that momentum into Sunday's G3 Weld Park Stakes at The Curragh. Sent off the 4-1 joint-second favourite for the seven-furlong feature for two-year-old fillies, the Paddy Twomey-trained grey arrived under Billy Lee to overpower her peers a furlong from home and register a 2 3/4-length success from Pivotal Attack (Pinatubo). "I loved the way she put the race to bed well at Cork the last day and had come forward," Twomey said. "She was very...

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. Sunday's Observations features a returning daughter of a three-time Group 1 winner. 2.05 Curragh, Mdn, 2yo, 7fT WHITE SAND BEACH (Dubawi {Ire}) drops in trip, having shown abundant promise when runner-up on debut over an extended mile at Punchestown 12 days ago. Ballydoyle's runner is a daughter of the...

Sunday, Curragh, post time: 14:37, WELD PARK STAKES-G3, €36,000, 2yo, f, 7fT Field: Alibah (Ire) (Galileo Gold {GB}), Amelia Earhart (Ire) (Camelot {GB}), Black Caviar Gold (Ire) (Havana Grey {GB}), Kensington Lane (Ire) (Starspangledbanner {Aus}), Magny Cours (Ire) (Awtaad {Ire}), Minerva (Ire) (Frankel {GB}), Pivotal Attack (GB) (Pinatubo {Ire}), Smexy (Ire) (Mehmas {Ire}), Zous And Me (Ire) (Zoustar {Aus}). TDN Analysis: She may have been beaten three times so far, but there is a sense that Aidan O'Brien holds Amelia Earhart in high regard and it is worth bearing in...

In the week that Wootton Bassett was lost, one of his many TDN Rising Stars Dorset demonstrated the void that he will leave for the industry in Saturday's Goffs Million. Fourth in the Vincent O'Brien National Stakes earlier this month, the 17-2 shot had some of the best form in the line-up and was sent to the front by apprentice Jack Cleary before halfway. Staying on stoutly in the closing stages, the grey relative of Winter secured the prize by 1 1/4 lengths from the Ivan Furtado-trained 28-1 outsider August...

   In this series, the TDN takes a look at notable successes of European-based sires in North America. This week's column is highlighted by the victory of new 'TDN Rising Star' The Big Con at Presque Isle Downs. 'TDN Rising Star' Nod For Dark Angel Colt Trainer Miguel Clement unveiled The Big Con (Dark Angel) at Presque Isle Downs on September 17, and the juvenile colt galloped his way to 'TDN Rising Stardom' after winning by 8 1/2-lengths (video). Bred by St Albans Bloodstock, the roan colt is owned by...

Things looked ominous for the G1 Tattersalls Middle Park Stakes favourite Wise Approach (Mehmas) yards after coming out of the stalls, but what would have been a chance-ending stumble for most proved no hindrance for Godolphin's class act. Overcoming a complicated trip to emerge late with his superior acceleration under William Buick, the half-brother to the 2021 Middle Park winner Perfect Power surged up Newmarket's climb to the line to overhaul fellow TDN Rising Star Brussels (Wootton Bassett) and prevail by 3/4 of a length. Coppull (Bated Breath) was a...

Hawk Mountain won the G2 Qatar Racing & Equestrian Club Beresford Stakes in front-running fashion at The Curragh on Saturday, his first stakes victory and the 52nd group winner for the late Wootton Bassett. The Coolmore partners colourbearer defeated G2 Futurity Stakes runner-up Geryon (Lope De Vega) by 3 1/4 lengths, with that rival just overtaking Al Haarith (Lope De Vega) by a head in the dying strides. Sent off at 5-4, the son of Group 1 scorer Hydrangea (Galileo) cut out the running against the fence while pressed by...