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Saturday's G3 Worthington's Alzheimers Society S., or the Horris Hill as it is registered, can be a late Classic pointer, and the latest renewal at Newbury has attracted a large field with some proven performers challenged by later-developing unexposed rivals such as City of Joy (GB) (Elusive City). Left in the Racing Post Trophy until the confirmation stage by Sir Michael Stoute, Saeed Suhail's bay was the comfortable winner of a seven-furlong maiden at Redcar at the start of the month and could be open to much improvement, as could...

With seven renewals of the G1 Racing Post Trophy already to his name, Aidan O'Brien is the first port of call when it comes to the Doncaster feature, and the significant gamble that took place midweek on Yucatan (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}) tells its own story. With the Niarchos family's homebred son of the illustrious Six Perfections (Fr) (Celtic Swing {GB}) ousting stablemate Capri (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}) from the reckoning for Saturday's race, despite having finished second to him in the G2 Beresford S., the vibes from Ballydoyle are notable. Alan...

Lord George (Ire) (Sir Percy {GB}), a two-time handicap winner this year for trainer James Fanshawe, has been added as a wildcard to next week's Tattersalls Autumn Horses-in-Training sale as lot 763A. The 3-year-old gelding has won or placed in six of seven of his starts, and is officially rated 93 with a Timeform rating of 101. He is qualified for French owners' premiums, and has won on the all-weather and good-to-firm turf. "Lord George is a fine, big, scopey, good-moving, clean-limbed and athletic 3-year-old who travels well in his...

4th-DON, £7,000, Mdn, 10-21, 2yo, 7fT, 1:25.92, gd. +MIRAGE DANCER (GB) (c, 2, Frankel {GB}--Heat Haze {GB} {MGISW-US & SW-Fr, $1,183,696}, by Green Desert), a son of the GI Beverly D. S. and GI Matriarch S. heroine Heat Haze and therefore a half-brother to the G3 Jersey S. third and G3 Thoroughbred S. runner-up Forge (GB) (Dubawi {Ire}), was sent off the 7-4 joint-second favourite and raced in mid-division throughout the early stages. Wound up from a long way out by Ryan Moore, the bay responded willingly towards the far...

G1 Middle Park S. winner The Last Lion (Ire) (Choisir {Aus}–Mala Mala {Ire}, by Brief Truce), the winner of the G1 Middle Park S. Sept. 24, has been purchased by Godolphin and will take up stud duties at Kildangan Stud in 2017. An €82,000 Goffs Orby yearling purchase by trainer Mark Johnston, The Last Lion endured a busy juvenile campaign for owners John Brown and Megan Dennis, hitting the board in all 10 starts. A debut winner at Doncaster Apr. 2, the chestnut finished second in Royal Ascot's G2 Norfolk...

Champion steeplechaser Moscow Flyer (Ire) (Moscow Society–Meelick Lady {Ire}, by Duky {GB}) has died aged 22 at the Irish National Stud. Owned by Brian Kearney and trained by Jessica Harrington, Moscow Flyer was a successful hurdler early in his career but truly excelled when switched to chasing. He won the G1 Arkle Chase at Cheltenham in 2002 and returned to that meeting the following year to take the G1 Queen Mother Champion Chase. From April 2001 through April 2005 Moscow Flyer won every race he completed, on four occasions unseating...

1.20 Newbury, Mdn, £8,000, 2yo, 8fT UAE KING (GB) (Frankel {GB}), a debutante for Sheikh Mohammed Obaid Al Maktoum and Roger Varian, wins the award for most excitingly-bred runner of the day as a son of Juddmonte's ceaselessly brilliant flagship performer out of the G1 Oaks d'Italia and GII E.P. Taylor S. heroine Zomaradah (GB) (Deploy {GB}). That makes him a half-brother to Dubawi (Ire), winner of the G1 Irish 2000 Guineas, G1 Prix Jacques le Marois and G1 National S. and now an outstanding sire of world renown. Interestingly,...

Hazariya (Ire) (Xaar {GB}), the dam of this year's G1 Investec Derby and G1 Irish Derby winner Harzand (Ire) (Sea The Stars (Ire), is among 1,059 lots catalogued for the Tattersalls December Mares Sale Nov. 28 to Dec. 1 at Park Paddocks in Newmarket. The 14-year-old Hazariya, who has also produced Group 3 winner Harasiya (Ire) (Pivotal {GB}) and listed winner Hazarafa (Ire) (Daylami {Ire}) as well as the stakes-placed Haziyna (Ire) (Halling), will be offered by Newsells Park Stud in foal to Invincible Spirit (Ire) as lot 1826. Hazariya...

Dual Group 1-winning juvenile Shalaa (Ire) (Invincible Spirit {Ire}–Ghurra, by War Chant) retires to Haras de Bouquetot in France for 2017, Al Shaqab Racing announced on Twitter on Thursday. A 100,000gns foal turned 170,000gns yearling, Shalaa was trained by John Gosden and carried the Al Shaqab silks to victories in the 2015 G1 Prix Morny and G1 Middle Park S., as well as the G2 July S. and G2 Richmond S. in a juvenile campaign where he lost just once in six outings. Injury kept Shalaa off the track much of this...

It was the turn of the colts to shine at Arqana on Thusrday with the third session of the October Sale featuring three six-figure lots. Leading the way was a first-crop son of Haras de Bouquetot's G1 Poule d'Essai des Poulains winner Style Vendome (Fr), whose 10 yearlings to change hands this week to date have returned an average of €36,300. Lot 440, offered by La Motteraye Consignment on behalf of East Bloodstock, set the bar at €135,000 when knocked down to Ghislain Bozo. “He' a strong precocious-looking colt with...

Al Wukair recovered from a sluggish start to prevail in impressive fashion going seven furlongs at Saint-Cloud on debut in his only prior start Sept. 30, and provided conditioner Andre Fabre with a record-equalling fourth renewal of this contest won last year by hitherto unbeaten G1 Poule d'Essai des Pouliches and G1 Prix de Diane heroine La Cressonniere (Fr) (Le Havre {Ire}). The bay was slow from the gate once more here, but raced in touch under a taut rein at the back of the pack. Tanking into third on the...

Four supplementary entries have been added to the Tattersalls Ireland Flat Foal and Breeding Stock Sale Nov. 4. Lot 97A is a Dandy Man (Ire) first foal out of the winning Elusive Ice (Ire) (Elusive City). Three-year-old filly Celeste De La Mer (Ire) (Zoffany {Ire}), a half-sister to two stakes winners from the family of Rail Link (GB), is offered as a filly out-of-training as lot 184A; J'aime (Ire) (Amadeus Wolf {GB}) (lot 191A) is a half-sister to Group 1 winner Lightening Pearl (Ire) (Marju {Ire}) and Group 2 winner...