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The lot of the speed sire is a tough one. It's a ultra competitive category in Britain and Ireland, but the rewards are great for those that make it to the top–just look at the 2017 advertised fees for the majority of these top 10 sires. All of the stallions have and average winning distance...
Plus 10 bonuses in Britain and Ireland will be limited to one per horse from Apr. 1, 2017, due to a likely increase in the number of qualifying races and the impact of an increased number of novices races for 2-year-olds. Plus 10 has made payments totaling £8-million to 800 individual owners and breeders since...
Few have a better perspective on the mental challenges presented by the lifestyle of a typical jockey–as amplified in Jockey Matters, the series of short films discussed in yesterday's TDN–than Michael Caulfield. For 15 years until 2009, Caulfield was chief executive of the Professional Jockeys' Association and he has since become a leading sports psychologist...
Michael Burn, chairman of the Victoria Racing Club since June 2011 and a VRC director for 13 years, has resigned from his role, according to Racing.com. Burn is also executive director of the Macquarie Group. “Given my lengthy tenure in the role, I have been contemplating for some months when would be the right time...
Five-time Group 1 winner Dream Ahead (Diktat {GB}–Land Of Dreams {GB}, by Cadeaux Genereux {GB}), who stood at Ballylinch Stud in Ireland his first five seasons, will stand next year at Haras de Grandcamp in France on an initial one-year lease, according to Racing Post. He will stand for €12,000. Dream Ahead's most accomplished runner...
New Zealand jockey Rebecca Black has died after being involved in a fall at Gore Racecourse on Sunday. The 40-year-old mother of three was aboard Point Proven (NZ) (Keeper {Aus}), who was involved in a spill along with another horse at the 700-metre mark. The rider on the other horse, Misscattlecreek (NZ) (Danske {NZ}), escaped...
Swipe (Birdstone), runner-up to unbeaten 2015 North American 2-year-old champion <a href="https://www.darleyamerica.com/stallions/our-stallions/nyquist " class="horse-link" target="_blank">Nyquist</a> (Uncle Mo) in four consecutive races, including the GI Del Mar Futurity, the GI Frontrunner S. and the GI Breeders' Cup Juvenile, has arrived at Sweden's Ravdansen Stud, where he will commence stud duties in 2017. Ravdansen has previously stood 12-time champion Swedish sire...
Postponed (Ire) (Dubawi {Ire}), the winner of this year's G1 Dubai Sheema Classic in addition to the G1 Coronation Cup and G1 Juddmonte International, is among the 217 horses from 18 countries accepted for the 2017 Dubai World Cup Carnival. That list includes 19 Group 1 winners, and also includes Vazirabad (Fr) (Manduro {Ger}), this...
A disaster of the type that overtook Freddy Tylicki last month will dependably bring out the best in the Turf community. However solitary and harrowing the challenges Tylicki now faces, he can be in no doubt of the support both of the broader public and, above all, of those men and women he rode against...
Raffin Stud in Berkshire will be under new ownership from April next year when Yvonne Jacques takes over from current owner Lady Whent. Jacques is joining forces with Charlie Oakshott of Oakshott Bloodstock, who will run the 140-acre farm at Chilton Foliat under the new name of Carisbrooke Stud. “Raffin Stud will be henceforth known...
Trainer Gary Portelli's pre-race concerns that She Will Reign (Aus) (Manhattan Rain {Aus}) may not handle the rain-soaked track at Randwick proved foundless as the juvenile filly shot to the head of the betting for the G1 Golden Slipper S. after her second facile win in eight days. The $20,000 Inglis Classic yearling ran out...
Following the success of Godolphin's British-trained runners at Flemington's Spring Carnival, a team of eight Northern Hemisphere horses has gone into quarantine in Europe to join John O'Shea's team in Sydney. Qewy (Ire) (Street Cry {Ire}) was the star of spring, winning the G3 Geelong Cup and Listed Sandwon Cup as well as finishing fourth...
