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Saturday's flurry of TDN Rising Stars continued when Carlos and Yann Lerner trainee Evita (Persian King) made every yard of the running in Chantilly's Prix de Toutevoie to become the first Rising Star for her sire. Persian King, himself a Rising Star, joined the ranks at this venue in 2018. "For a long time we thought that this is a quality filly," revealed Yann Lerner. "Looking at the first race it seemed that making up ground was difficult, so I told Christophe [Soumillon] not to hesitate because she is very...

Newmarket's opening mile novice on Saturday had 2026 Oaks written all over it and it will be no surprise if Godolphin's Romantic Symphony (Dubawi) is one of the main players heading to the Epsom Classic in June. While the newcomer's 3/4-of-a-length winning margin was not flashy, everything about her pedigree suggests this is very much the beginning. "She has a nice stout pedigree to her. We came up here knowing that the trip would suit her and there is no doubt about it that the experience, and stepping up in...

Yeguada Centurion's homebred Wootton Centurion (Wootton Bassett) made a mockery of his 6-1 odds and attained TDN Rising Star status with a stunning pillar-to-post victory in Saturday's Prix de Villebon at Chantilly. He becomes his sire's 16th Rising Star and joins a list which includes this year's G1 Prix du Jockey Club hero Camille Pissarro. "He has always been a very straightforward colt since he arrived in training and was one of the first ones I put in serious work," said trainer Victoria Head. "He showed us that he needed...

Saturday, Newbury, post time: 15:15, THE DUBAI DUTY FREE MILL REEF STAKES (IN HONOUR OF GEOFF LEWIS)-G2, £130,000, 2yo, 6fT Field: Flying Comet (GB) (Havana Grey {GB}), Gold Queen Kindly (Ire) (Lope De Vega {Ire}), Into The Sky (Ire) (Starman {GB}), Rock On Thunder (Ire) (Night Of Thunder {Ire}), Rydale Frosty (GB) (Havana Grey {GB}), Sands Of Spain (Ire) (Sands Of Mali {Fr}), Watcha Snoop (Ire) (Coulsty {Ire}), Words Of Truth (GB) (Lope De Vega {Ire}). TDN Analysis: Newbury has a tendency, for whatever reason, to play host to wide-margin...

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. Saturday's Observations features a full-sister to Breeders' Cup hero Yibir. 1.00 Newmarket, Novice, 2yo, f, 8fT ROMANTIC SYMPHONY (Dubawi) debuts for Godolphin and Charlie Appleby in a race won by the stable with the subsequent Group winners Magic Lily and Beautiful Love in recent times. The ninth foal out...

Following the recent retirement of David Maxwell from race-riding, Tattersalls Cheltenham will host the complete dispersal of the leading amateur jockey and owner's racing interests at Cheltenham Racecourse on Friday, October 24. Headlining the dispersal of 17 lots is the five-year-old El Cairos (No Risk At All), who finished an eye-catching fifth in the G1 Weatherbys Champion Bumper at this year's Cheltenham Festival, plus the six-year-old Queensbury Boy (Doyen), a dual winner as a novice hurdler when he also finished fifth in the G1 Champion Novice Hurdle at the Punchestown...

The Listed Prix Finot runner-up Fee Vivianne (lot 56B) topped Friday's Auctav National Hunt Sale when going the way of BLM Bloodstock, on behalf of Carlos de Sousa's Hamel Stud, for €120,000. The six-year-old daughter of Doctor Dino was offered in foal to Goliath du Berlais as part of a signficiant draft from Ecurie Sagara. She is out of an unraced full-sister to the Grade 1-winning sire Nickname, as well as the Grade 3 winner and sire Nom De D'La. Of the 138 lots offered, 66 sold (48%) for an...

The dates for the 2026 edition of La Route des Etalons have been confirmed, with breeders and racing fans having the opportunity to view many of France's leading stallions when the farms open their doors on Friday, January 23 and Saturday, January 24. More information regarding which farms will be taking part will be announced in December via the website.

Deuce Again, the dam of this year's G1 Champion Hurdle heroine Golden Ace, has been added to the Goffs December NH Sale, which takes place from December 8-11. She will be offered in foal to Overbury Stud's Golden Horn, who is also the sire of Jeremy Scott's high-class mare. The 14-year-old daughter of Dubawi is owned by Meon Valley Stud and will be consigned at Goffs by Stephen Kemble Bloodstock. The Champion Hurdle marked a second consecutive Cheltenham Festival success for Golden Ace, who also won the G2 Mares Novices'...

Racing will take place in Ireland on Good Friday for the first time in 2026, with the Curragh set to stage a fixture on April 3. Horse Racing Ireland (HRI) published the new fixture list on Friday with the number of meetings staying the same for the third consecutive year. The Flat season will also see an enhanced programme of Sunday fixtures beginning in May, while there will be seven blank Sundays in total - one more than in 2025. Racing on Good Friday will come from the current allocation...

Adrian Keatley trainee Chairmanfourtimes (Nando Parrado) had annexed one of six prior starts heading into Friday's Listed British EBF Stallions Harry Rosebery Stakes at Ayr and became his freshman sire's first black-type winner with a determined victory in the five-furlong contest. "I'm delighted for Andy [Finneran] for this horse to win today," said Keatley. "The owners had a bad day yesterday [with the fatal injury of Flying Finn], so this will give them the lift they require. We think he's probably a proper five-furlong horse even though he was a...

Patience is an essential quality in any individual wishing to be a part of Quantum Leap Racing, but even the most ardent supporter of the successful syndicate will have been pushed to their limit by events of the past few months. It's one thing having to wait for your unraced juvenile to make his or her debut, but it's quite another having to wait for a filly like Tamfana to make her return to the Group 1 stage. It's the glorious uncertainty of what the future might bring versus the...