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The Cheltenham Festival, which starts its four-day run on March 14, has already lost a number of high-profile runners through injury and it was dealt a further blow on Tuesday when Thistlecrack (GB) (Kayf Tara {GB}) was ruled out of the remainder of the National Hunt season with a tendon tear. The 9-year-old had been...
A son of I Am Invincible (Aus) led allcomers during the second and final session of the Magic Millions Perth Yearling Sale when bought by Gary Moore for A$265,000. Despite some notable highlights, the sale's figures took a bit of a hit, with exactly the same number of horses (254) sold as at last year's...
Terry Doherty, Manager of Lord and Lady Lloyd Webber's Watership Down Stud, has been named employee of the year at the Godolphin Stud and Stable Staff Awards in London. Having been at the helm of the Berkshire operation since its formation in 1992, Doherty has helped to develop a first-class broodmare band and has overseen...
The year 1945 is synonymous with the end of the Second World War but a rather more peaceful event also took place the same year when the Irish National Stud was officially formed. The farm had been taken over by a newly-formed Irish Government in 1943 from the family of Colonel William Hall Walker, who...
As part of an ongoing series, the TDN caught up with Brian Kavanagh of Horse Racing Ireland to discuss some challenges facing the racing industry, and how they can be tackled. What is the most pressing problem that needs to be tackled in racing, and how would you solve it? BK: There are a number...
The Jockey Club will increase their contribution to British prize money through their group of racecourses by £2.1m in 2017. In total, £22.9m will be contributed by JCR this year, split between £11.6m to jumps racing and £11.3m to flat racing. JCR's group of small racecourses, namely Exeter, Huntingdon, Market Rasen, Nottingham, Warwick and Wincanton,...
The William Haggas trained Mutakayyef (GB) (<a href="https://www.agakhanstuds.com/seathestars " class="horse-link" target="_blank">Sea The Stars</a> {Ire}) is the star name among 11 potential starters for the G3 Betway Winter Derby S. at Lingfield on Saturday. Although the 6-year-old will have to concede a minimum of 5lb to his rivals, he does boast the strongest credentials based on some of his turf...
Andrew Chesser is one of the men at the forefront of the International Conference of Horseracing Authorities held annually in Paris as well as the Longines World's Best Racehorse and World's Best Horse Race ceremony in London and, at age 32, already holds two senior positions in the Thoroughbred industry. One wonders, then, how far...
A lucrative Trans-Atlantic challenge could be in store for the winner of the G1 Sun Bets Stayers Hurdle at Cheltenham next month, with the news that the TVV Capital is stepping in to sponsor the second instalment of the Iroquois Cheltenham Challenge. A $500,000 bonus is up for grabs if the Stayers Hurdle winner follows...
Sulamani (Ire) (Hernando {Fr}–Soul Dream, by Alleged), a six-time Grade/Group 1 winner in five countries, was euthanised recently at Yorton Farm Stud, the farm revealed on its website. Sulamani epitomised the term globetrotter. Bred by the Niarchos Family and campaigned by them initially with trainer Pascal Bary, Sulamani won the G1 Prix du Jockey Club...
The inaugural Arqana October Yearling Sale Criterium has 340 entries remaining following the second qualification stage. The mile race for 2-year-olds is open to graduates of last year's Arqana October Yearling Sale, and will take place on Sept. 30 at Chantilly, the day before the G1 Qatar Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe. The purse is...
The Jockey Club has shot down rumours that it is considering alternatives to the proposed total redevelopment of Kempton Park. It was announced in January that Kempton could be closed for housing redevelopment from 2021 at the earliest, and that the Jockey Club hopes to invest £500-million into the sport in a 10-year plan, including...
