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3rd-SCD, €27,000, Mdn, 10-26, unraced 2yo, c/g, 8fT, 1:49.22, sf. +PHARAONIC (GB) (c, 2, Dansili {GB}--Cinnamon Bay {GB} {SW-Fr}, by Zamindar) was a half stride short at the break, but soon recovered to track the pace in third for most of this debut. Nudged along at the top of the straight, the 9-5 favourite came under increased pressure to challenge entering the final furlong and kept on gamely for continued rousting to prevail by 3/4 of a length from Full Dance (Fr) (Naaqoos {GB}). The homebred bay is out of...

In the first half of this interview, in TDN yesterday, Michael Owen reflected on his transition from international football star to impresario behind one of the most ambitious training yards in Britain. But now, the same length of perspective that sustained this process is being applied to the bloodstock at Manor House Stables, where Tom Dascombe is ending the season with his highest domestic prizemoney haul to date. Dascombe has saddled more winners only once--79, in 2012, as opposed to 64 to date this year--but the earnings in those same...

1.50 Nottingham, Mdn, £8,000, 2yo, 8f 75yT TARTINI (Giant's Causeway), whose three black-type siblings are headed by 2007 G1 St Leger hero Lucarno (Dynaformer), is one of two contenders for the John Gosden barn in this 12-runner affair. The other is Azam (GB) (Dansili {GB}), who is out of 2011 GII New York S. victress Giant's Play (Giant's Causeway), coming back from a promising debut fourth at Newmarket last month. 2.20 Nottingham, Mdn, £8,000, 2yo, 8f 75yT SCALES OF JUSTICE (IRE) (Galileo {Ire}), a Charles Hills trainee, is a half-brother...

With sterling creaking under the strain of Brexit, it was clear from the outset that there would be a strong international market at the Tattersalls Autumn Horses-in-Training Sale. That has proved true at all levels: one especially exotic group yesterday produced noisy hollers and applause after a successful bid of 1,200gns, while the previous day an auctioneer had to seal another sale with the words: "Tell that gentleman on the stairs that he's just bought a horse." But it was at the other end of the spectrum that export cash...

What a dasher he was--a blade to make even the world's most seasoned defenders fear that all the cunning they had learned, all their snagging tricks of knees and elbows, would be cut apart by his pure pace. But Michael Owen was never just the soccer equivalent of those sharp, early juveniles so beloved of his stable nowadays, blazing along the rail at its big local meeting at Chester in May. Yes, as every English fan has lamented, the second half of Owen's career was wretchedly punctuated by injury. Towards...

Nurlan Bizkov's Hesmonds Stud has bought the last share in leading second-season sire Wootton Bassett (GB) for €120,000 through Arqana Online. Hesmonds, which is home to around 25 broodmares and which also bought the first share in Siyouni (Fr) offered on Arqana Online, was one of 17 entities from France and abroad that registered for the sale. Wootton Bassett, Europe's current leading second-season sire, is responsible for this year's triple Group 1-winning Almanzor (Fr) and the Group 2-placed Do Re Mi Fa Sol (Fr) from his first crop of 17...

Thirty-two supplementary entries, including eight from Moyglare Stud, have been added to the Goffs Horses-in-Training and Open Yearling Sale Nov. 2 and 3. The Moyglare draft includes Crois Lion (More Than Ready) (lot 135), an as-yet unraced 2-year-old colt as well as a handful of well-pedigreed geldings. Other horses in training added to the sale include Three Jacks (Ire) (Iffraaj {GB}) (lot 143), a winning 3-year-old colt who is a brother to five winners, including a Group 3 winner; Sheer Intensity (Ire) (Dutch Art {GB}) (lot 145), a 3-year-old out...

The catalogue for Arqana's Autumn Sale Nov. 14 to 16 is online. Monday offers 246 horses-in-training and 2-year-old stores, while the next two days see 393 yearlings offered, 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; King Of Spades (Fr) (Foxwedge {Aus}) (lot 152), second in the G3 Prix Eclipse and fifth in the G1 Prix Jean-Luc Lagardere who is being offered to dissolve a partnership;...

Star 3-year-old filly Minding (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}), who collected her seventh Group 1 in the Queen Elizabeth II S. Oct. 15, is likely to stay in training next year, according to trainer Aidan O'Brien. "I think that's the plan, I think that's what the lads are thinking of at the moment," said O'Brien of the dual Classic winner. "Nothing is written in stone, but she would be one to look forward to." O'Brien indicated the dual Classic-placed and G2 Great Voltigeur S. winner Idaho (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}) would also remain...

Lumiere (Ire) (Shamardal) has been ruled out of the Breeders' Cup, but the 3-year-old filly could still have a late-season target in the form of the G1 Longines Hong Kong Mile. The winner of last year's G1 Cheveley Park S., the Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed al Maktoum colourbearer has had a season of mixed fortunes, including a last in the G1 1000 Guineas prior to a six-length win in Listed Sir Henry Cecil S., and the grey put in a respectable effort last out when second in the seven-furlong G2...

Trainer Simon Crisford has given Rodaini (Exchange Rate) the green light for the G1 Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf at Santa Anita Nov. 4. Carrying the silks of Abdullah Saeed Al Naboodah, Rodaini won his first four starts, including the Listed Flying Scotsman S. at Doncaster Sept. 9, before disappointing when beating just one home in the G3 Autumn S. Oct. 8. Rodaini was set to run in the G3 Horris Hill S. last weekend but was scratched due to the soft going. Bruce Raymond, racing manager to the owner, said,...

Edited Press Release The British Horseracing Authority will implement a set of changes, including the launch of a new racing administration website, in the spring of 2017 to simplify and modernize the administrative side of racehorse ownership. In addition, ownership registration types will be simplified and fees consolidated. Charlie Liverton, Chief Executive of the Racehorse Owners Association, said, "Owners have long complained that their first steps on the road to ownership were characterised by red tape and confusing ownership structures followed by numerous fees. The ROA is delighted that the...