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Making her first start since a luckless runner-up effort to Lani (Tapit) in the G2 UAE Derby Mar. 26, 'TDN Rising Star' Polar River (Congrats) could do no better than fourth in a rated conditions test over 1600 metres Thursday evening at Meydan Racecourse. Partnered by Pat Dobbs from stall nine, the 3-year-old filly, asked to carry 130 pounds and give weight to older male rivals, jumped decently, but was beaten for speed and settled in the latter half of the field early on. Taken out into about the four...

Shadwell Estate Company went to €775,000 to acquire the sale-topping filly foal by Siyouni (Fr) out of the stakes-placed Amerique (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}) (lot 1199) from the Wildenstein Dispersal at the Goffs November Foal Sale on Thursday. Named A Nous La Liberte (Fr), the bay is the second foal from the dam, who is herself a daughter of champion mare Aquarelliste (Fr) (Danehill). The sale topper was followed shortly thereafter in the ring by lot 1202, the Dansili (GB) filly out of Classic winner Beauty Parlour (GB) (Deep Impact {Jpn}). She brought...

When Almanzor (Fr) (Wootton Bassett {GB}) came home a commanding winner of the G1 Qipco Champion S. at Ascot Oct. 15, he capped a stellar season that also included wins in the G1 Prix du Jockey Club and G1 Qipco Irish Champion S., and provided cause for major celebration not only for his own connections, but for French racing and breeding as a whole and in particular, Arqana. Almanzor was sold through Arqana's August Sale in 2014 for €100,000, but his story with the sale company actually began three years...

Nominations to Vadamos (Fr), Charm Spirit (Ire) and Mukhadram (GB) have been added to the charity auction to benefit Au Dela des Pistes at Arqana's Deauville sales complex Dec. 2. In addition, the organisation advises that the Darley nomination originally advertised for New Approach (Ire) for the auction is in fact for his champion and Classic-winning son Dawn Approach (Ire). Au Dela des Pistes is a Thoroughbred aftercare organisation created by the Aga Khan Studs and Godolphin, and all proceeds from the auction will go to fund its efforts in...

Two-year-old filly Simmie (Ire) (Fast Company {Ire}), winner of the Listed Prix Yacowlef on Wednesday, has been added to the Tattersalls December Breeding Stock sale as a wildcard entry and will sell Nov. 30 as lot 2150A. Simmie has had a busy juvenile campaign, having made 10 starts for three wins, and she earned a BHA rating of 99 and a Timeform rating of 100 for her Prix Yacowlef win. Her three wins came on varying surfaces: good ground, all-weather and slow ground. Simmie is out of the winning Intikhab...

It has been announced by the Thoroughbred Breeders' Association (TBA) that long-serving Chief Executive Louise Kemble is to step down from her role at the end of November. In a statement released on Thursday, Kemble said, “While working at the TBA for the last three years I have also enjoyed running The Elms Stud. I now need to make a greater contribution to the stud over the next 12 months and so it is now the right time to leave the TBA. "I have really enjoyed working for the TBA's...

There was a sense of déjà vu on Wednesday as Kodiac (Ire) once again ruled the roost at Goffs, accounting for four of the top seven lots and the only two foals to bring six-figure sums in the session. Heading the list was lot 907, Linacre House Stud's colt out of the juvenile winner Spinaminnie (Ire) (Moss Vale {Ire}), a half-sister to six black-type performers including the G3 Chartwell Fillies' S. winner San Sicharia (Ire) (Daggers Drawn). Ruairi O'Coileain of Ennistown Stud came out best of the interested parties, his...

A son of Siyouni (Fr) fetched a bid of €90,000 from Powerstown Stud to top a session of flat-bred yearlings on Wednesday that marked the third and final day of the Arqana Autumn Sale. The average for the session climbed marginally (2.2%) to €7,968, while the median dipped 4.2% to €5,750. With 19 more horses sold than on the comparable day last year, the aggregate was up 18.2% to €1,115,500, while the buyback rate dropped nine points to 18.1%. Cumulatively, 445 horses–also including National Hunt-bred yearlings and horses-in-training--were sold over...

In recent seasons, Galileo (Ire) has been joined at Coolmore by his Derby-winning sons Australia (GB) and Ruler Of The World (Ire), and now his half-brother Sea The Stars (Ire) has a Derby-winning son of his own to keep him company following the retirement of Harzand (Ire) to the Aga Khan's Gilltown Stud. Breeders visiting the Goffs November Sale this week have the chance to hop in a courtesy car to visit Gilltown's new recruit, as well as his sire and of course Sea The Stars's other half-brother Born To...

A share each in Siyouni (Fr) and Le Havre (Ire) will be sold separately on Arqana Online, with the auctions beginning Nov. 21 and closing Nov. 22. Bidding for the share in Siyouni will open at 3 p.m. on Nov. 21. Siyouni, who stands at the Aga Khan's Haras de Bonneval, is the sire of three-time Group 1 winner Ervedya (Fr); G2 Prix de Sandringham winner Volta (Fr); and a handful of Group 3 winners including Spectre (Fr), Siyoushake (Fr) and Finsbury Square (Fr). He covered 224 mares this year...

Arqana's Autumn Sale continued at a similar pace as last year during it's second session on Tuesday, which featured National Hunt-bred yearlings. A total of 124 lots sold fetched €2,165,000, with a buyback rate of 32.2% that was up two points from last year. The average was down 5.1% at €17,460, while the median remained steady at €11,000. Topping trade was lot 336, a son of Saint Des Saints (Fr) plucked from the Hamel Stud draft by Hubert Barbe of Horse Racing Advisory, who had also bought the two most...

Kodiac (Ire) is never far from the action when a sale of young stock is taking place and as the trade began to warm up at Goffs on Tuesday, two of his foals led the day's proceedings with a filly being top of the sale overall at present. The major transactions throughout the first two sessions all centred on colts but lot 609 bucked that trend when becoming the first foal this week to reach six figures, extracting a winning bid of €105,000 from the Tally-Ho Stud team, which, as...