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1.30 Leopardstown, Mdn, €16,500, 2yo, f, 8fT SANSIBAR JEWEL (Street Cry {Ire}) debuts for Moyglare Stud Farm and Dermot Weld and is a daughter of their G2 Ribblesdale S. heroine and G1 Prix de l'Opera runner-up Irresistible Jewel (Ire) (Danehill), making her a full-sister to the fellow Ribblesdale winner Princess Highway who beat none other than The Fugue (GB) (Dansili {GB}) by six lengths in that race four years ago. Also a half to the G1 Irish St Leger hero Royal Diamond (Ire) (King's Best) and the G1 Irish 1000...

The Premio Lydia Tesio, the last Group 1 for fillies and mares of the European season, has attracted an international field, with all five of the major European racing nations represented. Zghorta Dance (Fr) (Le Havre {Ire}) appears to be the best of the three French contenders. She won the G3 Prix Vanteaux May 20 at Chantilly and was not disgraced when seventh in the G1 Prix de Diane following an unlucky trip. Her trainer Jean-Claude Rouget bids for a 10th Group 1 this season, and he said, "We had...

Baden-Baden's G3 Ittlingen - Preis der Winterkonigin on Sunday has an open feel, with Gestut Karlshof's homebred Alwina (Ger) (Areion {Ger}) setting the standard after two wins in valuable auction races at Dortmund over seven furlongs and a mile Sept. 18 and Oct. 9, respectively. Gestut Rottgen's Well Spoken (Ger) (Soldier Hollow {GB}) is one of several unexposed types with abundant promise, as she showed when breaking her maiden over this trip at Dusseldorf Oct. 2, while Gestut Auenquelle's Arazza (Ger) (Areion {Ger}) boasts a listed success already albeit having...

As with so many other black-type juvenile races in Ireland, Aidan O'Brien holds the record in the G3 Killavullan S. at Leopardstown with 10 wins, and his trio in Sunday's renewal features the exciting Spirit of Valor (War Front). Third to Godolphin's Holistic Approach (Ire) (New Approach {Ire}) on debut over six furlongs at The Curragh a fortnight ago, Stonestreet Stables, Susan Magnier and Michael Tabor's $850,000 KEENOV graduate was back a week later to open his account over that trip at Naas and he must have a considerable constitution...

Having met with a first defeat over extended trips in the G1 Prix du Cadran, His Highness The Aga Khan's Vazirabad (Fr) (Manduro {Ger}) looks to regain the thread as he defends his crown in the G1 Prix Royal-Oak at Saint-Cloud on Sunday. Successful by a length from Siljan's Saga (Fr) (Sagamix {Fr}) 12 months ago, the homebred had carried an air of invincibility as a stayer until losing out by a short neck to Quest For More (Ire) (Teofilo {Ire}) in the "French Gold Cup" over a trip of...

Producing a taking strong finish to win on debut over six furlongs at Ascot Sept. 2, Cristal Fizz stepped forward to upstage her proven stablemate Glitter Girl and suggest a bright future lies ahead. Held up as she had been on her racecourse introduction, the bay was notably green but always able to keep tabs on the leaders and stayed on Glitter Girl's case as that more experienced filly tried to get away inside the final furlong. Getting on top in the final yards, she hit the line with something...

RIVETTING STUFF ON TOWN MOOR     Bouncing back from a fifth in Newmarket's Oct. 8 G1 Dewhurst S., Rivet (Ire) (Fastnet Rock {Aus}) provided jockey Andrea Atzeni with a fourth straight renewal of Saturday's G1 Racing Post Trophy in game fashion at Doncaster's Town Moor track. Last month's G2 Champagne S. victor bounded along in a smooth rhythm on the lead from the outset of this straight mile test. Coming under pressure as a wall of rivals loomed large passing the quarter-mile marker, the 11-4 second favourite kept on resolutely...

1st-NBY, £8,000, Mdn, 10-22, 2yo, f, 8fT, 1:41.78, g/s. +CRIMSON ROCK (f, 2, Fastnet Rock {Aus}--Maryinsky {Ire} {G1SP-Eng}, by Sadler's Wells), a $1million KEESEP yearling, was sent off the 7-2 joint-favourite for the same maiden her trainer won four years ago with his future luminary Secret Gesture (GB) (Galileo {Ire}) and dived right exiting the stalls before racing in rear but comfortably in touch. Forced to close down the outer of the pack towards the stand's side, the half-sister to the G1 Irish Oaks, G1 Yorkshire Oaks, G1 Nassau S....

1.15 Newbury, Mdn, £8,000, 2yo, f, 8fT CRIMSON ROCK (Fastnet Rock {Aus}) is a $1-million KEESEP graduate who starts out in the Sheikh Mohammed bin Khalifa Al Thani silks for the Ralph Beckett stable successful in this four years ago with Secret Gesture (GB) (Galileo {Ire}). The immaculately-bred half-sister to the brilliant Peeping Fawn (Danehill) and G1SW sire Thewayyouare encounters The Queen's unraced Silent Approach (GB) (New Approach {Ire}), a William Haggas-trained half-brother to last year's G1 St James's Palace S. runner-up Latharnach (Iffraaj {GB}).

Goken (Fr) (Kendargent {Fr}–Gooseley Chope {Fr}, by Indian Rocket {GB}) will become the first son of his sire to retire to stud when he enters stud at Haras de la Huderie in France next year. Owned and bred by Guy Pariente, who stands Kendargent at his Haras de Colleville, Goken was a Group 3 winner at two and three in France and won Lingfield's Listed Golden Rose S. He hit the board at the highest level this year when finishing third in the G1 King's Stand S. at Royal Ascot....

A pair of yearlings reached the €30,000 mark to top the opening day of the BBAG Sales and Racing Festival October Sale on Friday. The first to reach that mark was a first-crop daughter of Maxios (Ger) bought by Bill Oppenheim for €30,000. The filly is a half-sister to the Group 1-placed Conillon (Ger) (Acatenango {Ger}), and her dam is a half-sister to G2 Queen Anne S. winner Waajib (Ire) (Try My Best) and listed winner Cote D'Azur (Ire) (Arazi). Also under the first dam is G1 Lockinge S. winner...

A further 63 horses sold on Friday brought the curtain down on Arqana's yearling season, with a 25% rise in turnover for the October Sale and record gain across all sectors. The aggregate of 19,700,100 was achieved from 33 more lots sold throughout the four days than in 2015 but the average laos rose sharply, by 18% to €42,187, and the median improved from €25,000 to €30,000. The clearance rate for the sale as a whole was 89% for 474 of the 578 yearlings presented. Daniel Cherdo's Brittany-based Haras des...