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Freddy Tylicki, who has suffered paralysis from the waist down after falling in a four-horse pileup at Kempton Oct. 31, has moved from intensive care to the general spinal ward at St Georges Hospital, the Injured Jockeys Fund revealed in a statement yesterday. The full statement reads, "Following 15 days in the intensive care unit at St George's Hospital, today Freddy Tylicki moved into a general spinal ward. Freddy and his family are very relieved that his condition is improving and that he is now well enough to leave intensive...

The Hong Kong Jockey Club and the UK Tote have come to an agreement to enable the commingling of bets from the UK into Hong Kong pools beginning Nov. 16. As part of the agreement, UK betting shop operators and online platforms--including Betfred, Coral and Ladbrokes--will accept bets on the HKJC's parimutuel tote pools. "Given its tremendous legacy in the sport of horse racing, it is a great pleasure to welcome the UK to our expanding list of commingling jurisdictions," said Richard Cheung, Executive Director, Customer and Marketing of the...

Anyone could be forgiven for thinking that Japanese racing and breeding revolves entirely around Deep Impact. Certainly, this son of Sunday Silence has by far the greatest international reputation of any Japanese stallion, as we are likely to be reminded when his G1 Poule d'Essai des Pouliches winner Beauty Parlour comes under the hammer at Goffs later this week. This year we have also seen the Wertheimer brothers' Deep Impact colt Akihiro win his first two starts, including the G3 Prix des Chenes, and France was also the scene of...

Jockey James McDonald, retained rider to Godolphin in Australia, has been charged with betting, or having an interest in a bet, on Astern (Aus) (Medaglia d'Oro) in his winning debut at Randwick last Dec. 5. McDonald has voluntarily stood down from riding pending the outcome of the charge. Racing NSW stewards said they were acting on intelligence received that McDonald had an association with a known punter, and that punter's betting activities, when they called McDonald for an interview. Licensed jockeys and apprentices in Australia are not permitted to bet,...

1st-LIN, £5,200, Mdn, 11-15, 2yo, 8f 1y (AWT), 1:38.09, st. +MANANGATANG (IRE) (c, 2, Fastnet Rock {Aus}--Mona Lisa {GB} {SW & G1SP-Ire, G1SP-Eng & Fr, $249,334}, by Giant's Causeway), sent off at 20-1, was steadied at the back of the field early by seven-pound claimer Gabriele Malune after a slow break from his outside draw. Keeping to the inner in the straight, the bay responded to a smack to inhale the leading group and snatch a nose success from Cosmic Boy (Ire) (Fast Company {Ire}) in the dying strides. The...

Dandy Man (Ire) had played a prominent role in the opening session of the November Foal Sale and he was to the fore again on Monday when two of the top three lots were by the Ballyhane Stud resident. The most expensive weanling of the day was Glenspring Farm's Dandy Man colt (lot 458) out of Celtic Lynn (Ire) (Celtic Swing), a half-sister to the prolific winner and black type-placed Flying Clarets (Ire) (Titus Livius {Fr}), who was sold to Paul McCartan on behalf of CBS Bloodstock for €85,000. That...

The opening session of Arqana's three-day Autumn Sale, which featured horses-in-training, was staged in Deauville on Monday. A total of 181 lots were sold for €5,327,500, which was up 7.7% from the same session last year, with 15 more horses sold this year. The buyback rate dropped three points to 16.2%, while the average and median were nearly identical to 12 months ago: the average of €29,434 was down 1.2%, while the median was up 3.7% to €14,000. Hubert Barbe of Horse Racing Advisory signed for the session's two highest-priced...

11.55 Chantilly, Mdn, €27,000, 2yo, c/g, 7f (AWT) CUBISM (Speightstown) is the third colt produced by MGSW Treat Gently (GB) (Cape Cross {Ire}), who was harshly disqualified for excessive testosterone levels after running third in the 2009 G1 Prix Vermeille, and opens up for the Khalid Abdullah-Andre Fabre partnership in this 12-runner affair. Rivals include Sheikh Mohammed bin Khalifa Al Thani's €400,000 BBAGS sales-topping yearling Woodkid (Ger) (New Approach {Ire}), who is a once-raced son of the stakes-winning 2012 G1 Preis der Diana third Waldtraut (Ger) (Oasis Dream {GB}), representing...

Many preconceptions about the Melbourne Cup have been changed in the international era since the great race has been contested by a different set of horses and a different set of horsemen. For many years the vast majority of the horses running in it had it as the final race of their spring campaign. It was the culmination of a grueling preparation, a two-mile test after which horses were generally considered ready for a spell. Since the Sandown Cup was re-branded as the Sandown Classic (now the G2 Zipping Classic...

On a day when fewer than half the foals offered found a willing buyer, a son of Classic sire Fast Company (Ire) led the way at Goffs, selling for €42,000 to Francis Killen. The November Foal Sale traditionally starts in a relatively gentle fashion and builds to a crescendo on Thursday, but an increase in just over 200 foals offered last year to 1203 catalogued, a number which has been upheld in 2016, has naturally allowed buyers to be more selective. A clearance rate of 47% was recorded for 82...

Arqana's Autumn Sale gets underway on Monday and runs through Wednesday, with a total of 639 lots, a mixture of flat and National Hunt offerings, catalogued. Monday's session will see 246 horses-in-training and store horses offered, while Tuesday and Wednesday are reserved for the yearlings, with a focus on National Hunt-breds on Tuesday. Horses-in-training catalogued include Desert Point (Fr) (Le Havre {Ire}) (lot 126), a 4-year-old gelding who was most recently third in listed company in Spain; and Black Sea (Fr) (Dubai Destination) (lot 154), a listed winner and Group...

Champion chaser Sprinter Sacre (Fr) (Network {Ger}–Fatima III {Fr}, by Bayolidaan {Fr}) has been retired from racing after suffering a minor injury in training, trainer Nicky Henderson announced at Cheltenham on Sunday. "He worked on Tuesday and everything was grand," said Henderson, who trained the 10-year-old gelding throughout his 24-race career. "We were just a bit worried on Wednesday night--he was a bit warm in one leg. We have scanned the leg, and it gave us the news we dreaded. I think knowing at his age, and where we've been,...