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Godfrey Wilson and Cheveley Park Stud's Twilight Son (GB) (Kyllachy {GB}–Twilight Mistress {GB}, by Bin Ajwaad {Ire}), winner of this year's G1 Diamond Jubilee S. and last year's G1 Haydock Sprint Cup, has been retired to stand alongside his sire at Cheveley Park Stud. Trained by Henry Candy, the 4-year-old went unbeaten through his first five starts, culminating in his Sprint Cup win. He suffered his first defeat when second to champion sprinter Muhaarar (GB) (Oasis Dream {GB}) in last year's G1 Qipco British Champions Sprint S., and took the...

And so the bloodstock calendar enters its next cycle. At the Tattersalls Autumn Horses-in-Training Sale, of course, many of the dreams that sustain the yearling market have long been dashed. But many horses, equally, arrive having expanded their appeal to diverse markets--above all, this year, thanks to the seductive fragility of sterling. Sure enough, the three top lots of the opening day all reflected strong international competition for talent tested on the European racecourse: one heading to Australia, another to Hong Kong and the other to Saudi Arabia. There were...

There was a certain symmetry to the weekend's top events, with Group 1 victories in the Southern and Northern Hemispheres going to the progeny of stallions shuttled from the opposite hemisphere. Firstly, the G1 Cox Plate fell to Winx, who was conceived after her sire Street Cry flew in from his Darley base in Kentucky on Aug. 2, 2010, for the sixth of his 10 annual visits to Australia. For the record, Street Cry's fee in 2010 was A$137,500, the highest he ever commanded during his time in Australia. I...

Trainer Henry Candy and owner Paul Jacobs have decided to take on Tepin (Bernstein) and company in the GI Breeders' Cup Mile at Santa Anita Nov. 5 with their brilliant gelding Limato (Ire) (Tagula {Ire}). The team were also strongly considering the GI Breeders' Cup Turf Sprint, but following a lengthy decision-making process they have their sights firmly set on the longer race. Explaining their reasons Candy said, "We've decided to just give him the entry in the Mile. I didn't like the idea of the sprint course in case...

Darley's Dalham Hall stallion roster for 2017 will include the former Andre Fabre trained Territories (Ire) (Invincible Spirit {Ire}--Taranto {GB}, by Machiavellian). A limited number of lifetime breeding rights will be sold in the 4-year-old, who won the G1 Prix Jean Prat in 2015 and was also second to Gleneagles (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}) in the G1 QIPCO 2000 Guineas at Newmarket. Homebred by Darley, Territories is from the immediate family of Darley success stories Shamardal (Giant's Causeway) and Street Cry (Ire) (Machiavellian). Sam Bullard, Director of Darley stallions, said, "Territories...

Dual Derby winner Harzand (Ire) (Sea The Stars {Ire}--Hazariya {Ire}, by Xaar {GB}) has been retired from racing and will take up stud duties at H.H. the Aga Khan's Gilltown Stud in Kildare, Ireland. Also bred and raced by the Aga Khan, Harzand ran only once as a juvenile, showing promise in a late season maiden, but he made a bright start to his sophomore year when winning a maiden by 16 lengths at Cork in March. Pitched straight into pattern company by Dermot Weld, Harzand beat 'TDN Rising Star'...

By Chris McGrath The more inspiring the champion, the more prosaic our response seems to be. It is almost as though a horse like Winx (Aus) (Street Cry {Ire}), by absolving us of any hesitation in proclaiming her greatness, blows away all the other habits of circumspection we have learned from lesser performers. As a result we reliably lapse into the same, inane paradox: elevating the horse before our eyes above the fading spectres of champions past, while hardly ever bothering to examine his or her full capacity against those...

Second in the G1 Prix du Cadran when the marathon trip could have been beyond him at Chantilly Oct. 1, His Highness The Aga Khan's Vazirabad (Fr) (Manduro {Ger}) was back in his comfort zone on Sunday as he sauntered to a second consecutive success in the G1 Prix Royal-Oak at Saint-Cloud. Anchored towards the rear from the outset by Christophe Soumillon, the 2-1 favourite moved through the gears at the top of the straight and after passing Endless Time (Ire) (Sea the Stars {Ire}) with 300 metres remaining readily...

Only fifth on debut over this trip on Dundalk's Polytrack Aug. 14, Making Light lived up to her name with an eight-length success over this trip at Limerick Oct. 3 and despite being the sole filly in this line-up emerged best to reward market confidence. Keen in third initially after breaking best of all, the homebred had plenty in reserve for the finish and after gaining the lead with just over a furlong remaining asserted from the late-closing Spirit of Valor and his stablemate Taj Mahal. "She's improving all the...

2nd-LEO, €16,500, Mdn, 10-23, 2yo, c/g, 8fT, 1:49.92, yl. +TITUS (GB), c, 2, by Dansili (GB) 1st Dam: Mirror Lake (GB) (MSW & GSP-Eng, $113,061), by Dubai Destination 2nd Dam: Reflections (GB), by Sadler's Wells 3rd Dam: Roupala, by Vaguely Noble (Ire)     Titus, a June 3 G1 Epsom Derby entry, was away with the back markers before powering into fourth after the initial strides of this unveiling. Smooth under a firm hold until the straight, the 8-1 chance cruised up to the pace on the bridle to challenge inside...

Woodbine Entertainment Group will commingle into the Hong Kong Jockey Club's pools beginning Sunday. The Hong Kong racing information and live broadcasting will be shown via Woodbine online and offline channels, and live Hong Kong racing will also be shown in Canada via cooperation with Television Broadcasts Limited. Richard Cheung, the HKJC's Executive Director, Customer and Marketing, said, "This is an exciting and important step to bring Hong Kong's world-leading standard of racing and wagering excellence to Canadian audiences and customers that will result in broadening the appeal of the...

Gestut Gorlsdorf's 3-year-old gelding Hey Little Boy (Ger) (Adlerflug {Ger}) topped the second and final session of the BBAG Sales and Racing Festival October Sale on Saturday when bought by PB Bloodstock for €75,000. The bay, a €34,000 yearling purchase, has raced three times this year and was a last-out second in a Koln maiden. A pair of yearlings reached the €49,000 mark on Saturday, the highest price for a yearling at the two-day sale. The first was an Areion (Ger) filly who is a full-sister to G3 Prix Perth...