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Daughters of Le Havre (Ire) have done a great job in advertising their sire's prowess over the last few seasons and one of just two yearlings catalogued by the Haras de la Cauviniere resident led the way as the Goffs February Sale got underway on Tuesday. Consigned by Airlie Stud as lot 123, the Niarchos...
The British Horseracing Authority will implement a handful of changes to the country's 2-year-old racing programme for 2017, including the conversion of the majority of 2-year-old maiden races to novice races. The BHA last year conducted a trial between the beginning of the flat season to early July to address concerns that juveniles who win...
From Mar. 1, female riders in France will receive a 2kg (4.4 pound) allowance in most races, with the aim of the new rule being to boost trainers' and owners' confidence in women jockeys, enabling them to become more competitive. The board of directors of France Galop reached this decision only last Monday, but France...
Greece has become the 28th member country of the European and Mediterranean Horseracing Federation after The Jockey Club of Greece's application was approved following a visit from EMHF Secretary-General Paull Khan. Brian Kavanagh, EMHF Chairman, said, “We warmly welcome the Jockey Club of Greece into the region's international racing community. I hope that we are...
It seems unlikely that Pia Brandt will be waiting another decade for a second Group 1 winner, even if her first helper has now departed. Mont Ormel (Fr) (Air Chief Marshall {Ire}), who claimed last summer's G1 Juddmonte Grand Prix de Paris, was the subject of an offer too generous to refuse by owner Gerard...
Goffs kick off the first of three days of their extended February Sale on Tuesday. Day One action, which commences at 10 a.m. begins with a mixture of 2 and 3-year-olds, horses in training and even a potential stallion prospect in G1 Darley Dewhurst S. winner Parish Hall (Ire) (Teofilo {Ire}), offered as lot 84....
In the wake of the decision of France Galop to introduce a 2kg allowance for female jockeys, the Turf Club have confirmed no such move is likely in Ireland any time soon. French female jockeys will be permitted a 2kg allowance in 90% of French races with group and listed races exempt from the initiative...
Despite being born and raised in Sutton, County Dublin, there is very little of the native twang audible from Geoffrey Russell these days. Thirty-five years living in Kentucky would have that affect, but Keeneland's director of sales operations hasn't forgotten his roots and he was back on home soil recently to collect an award at...
Godolphin have bought out trainer David Elsworth's share in Swiss Storm (GB) (<a href="https://bit.ly/2KNga16 " class="horse-link" target="_blank">Frankel</a> {GB}) reports the Racing Post. The colt was well touted before his juvenile debut last September but he never threatened the principals in a maiden at Haydock. He derived considerable benefit from that experience and stepped up markedly to break his maiden...
If <a href="https://bit.ly/2KNga16 " class="horse-link" target="_blank">Frankel</a>'s achievements with his first crop juveniles in 2016 are anything to go by, it looks like we may have discovered another super stallion. Time will tell. Another year will reveal all. It really depends on how his 3-year-olds shape up. Will they resemble the great Galileo sophomores, the vast majority of which relish...
In the wake of France Galop's announcement on Friday that it would introduce a two kilo (4.4-pound) weight allowance for female jockeys across most of its flat and jumps races, the British Horseracing Authority has said it has no plans to immediately follow suit, but that it would watch developments in France closely. The BHA...
Last seen winning the nine-furlong G3 Meld S. at Leopardstown in July, Decorated Knight stepped back out of the shadows to continue the winning thread at the expense of the favourite Arab Spring in a renewal where the cream rose to the top. Held in some regard by former trainer Roger Varian, the chestnut managed...
