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The Inglis HTBA Scone Yearling Sale has been extended to two days and will take place on May 14 and 15. The auction will also feature a weanling and mixed thoroughbred section, which will take place on the second day following the yearlings. The first day is reserved for 200 select yearlings. “Every year we...
The Victoria Racing Club (VRC) has appointed Amanda Elliott to become its first female Chairman in the 153-year history of the club. Elliott, who joined the VRC Committee in 2002 and was elected unopposed by the Board, was previously Vice Chairman and has been acting Chairman since last December last year and was previously Vice...
Toast Of New York (Thewayyouare), winner of the 2014 G2 UAE Derby and second by a nose in that year's GI Breeders' Cup Classic, could return to training, Al Shaqab racing advisor Harry Herbert told the TDN on Friday. The 6-year-old stood his first season in Qatar last year but, with the small nature of...
Dual Group 1 winner Fascinating Rock (Ire) (Fastnet Rock {Aus}–Miss Polaris {GB}, by Polar Falcon), who retired to stand at Ballylich Stud this year has his first mare scanned in foal. It is the stud's own Lady Livius (Ire) (Titus Livius {Fr}), a Weatherbys Super Sprint winner as a juvenile who is confirmed in foal....
Goffs have announced a change in format for their yearling sales in the autumn. The Sportsman's Sale, a two day affair in 2016 will revert back to a one day sale to take place Sept 28, following immediately after the two-day Goffs Orby Sale. To meet the demand of yearling vendors an extra day of...
In the fortnight between Feb. 6 and 19, around 150,000 people trekked to St Moritz, the stunning Swiss town in the Engadine valley where mountains fill the eye at every turn. Their pilgrimage was undertaken in support of the country's major sporting preoccupation, downhill skiing, as the 2017 Alpine World Ski Championships were staged on...
The G1 Investec Coronation Cup, run on Epsom Derby Day since 2012 will revert back to its previous slot and will take place this year on Friday June 2. As a result of the change, the G3 Diomed S. will swap places with the Coronation Cup and will take place on Derby Day instead. Andrew...
Owners and trainers are reminded that the deadline is approaching for the third and final Plus 10 registration fee to be paid in order to qualify horses to win one of the 550 £10,000 bonuses which will be on offer across Britain and Ireland in 2017. Connections have until Feb. 28 to ensure their 'Owner...
Ghurra (War Chant), the pride of Mark and Aisling Gittins' Castlefarm Stud, foaled a full-sister to the dual Group 1 winner Shalaa (Ire) (Invincible Spirit {Ire}) at Granham Farm early on Wednesday morning. “We sent Ghurra over to England as she is due to be covered by Dubawi (Ire) and we're absolutely delighted to have...
Jockey Robert Havlin has been banned from racing for six months by France Galop after testing positive for a prohibited substance, according to racingpost.com. The Scottish-born jockey, who is attached to John Gosden's powerful Newmarket stable, was tested in Paris on Oct. 30, the day he rode Cunco (Ire) (<a href="https://bit.ly/2KNga16 " class="horse-link" target="_blank">Frankel</a> {GB}) to finish seventh in...
Toormore (Ire), the champion 2-year-old colt of 2013 and six-time Group winner, will not be standing for Darley this season following insufficient demand for his services. The 6-year-old son of Arakan was retired from racing at the end of last year to take up duties at Dalham Hall Stud as part of the Darley Club....
The catalogue for the first European breeze-up sale of 2017 has been released by Tattersalls Ireland, which stages the auction at Ascot on April 5. No fewer than 14 of the 99 2-year-olds catalogued are by Kodiac (Ire), while his fellow popular Irish-based stallion Dandy Man (Ire) has four lots catalogued and Dark Angel (Ire)...
