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Betway has become an Authorised Betting Partner after signing a three-year deal with British racing, which will see them make voluntary payments to help fund racing and in turn receive the benefits of being an ABP. Betway currently sponsors the Betway Queen Mother Champion Chase at Cheltenham and the Betway Chester Cup, among other races. British Horseracing Authority Chief Executive Nick Rust said, "We are grateful to them for joining the growing number of leading remote operators who recognise the importance and mutual benefit that a partnership approach between racing...

Irvin S. Naylor's Rawnaq (Ire) {Azamour {Ire}) has won his three starts over fences this year, banked $360,000, and is a virtual shoo-in for this year's Eclipse Award as champion steeplechase horse. Two of his wins have been in the year's richest and toughest races, the GI $200,000 Calvin Houghland Iroquois in Nashville last May and last Saturday's GI $350,000 Grand National at the Far Hills Races in New Jersey. He is all but assured the National Steeplechase Association earnings title with an advantage of more than $140,000 over his...

As the shutters were about to come down on the second session of Arqana's October Sale, a well-related daughter of Rajsaman (Fr) (lot 332) waltzed into the ring to sell for more than double the day's earlier top price at €200,000. The scopey half-sister to G3 Prix Andre Boubin winner Celtic Rock (Fr) (Rock Of Gibraltar {Ire}) and to Fresles (Fr) (Royal Applause {GB}), a Listed winner in Deauville, was fought over by Sylvain Vidal and Ghislain Bozo but neither had the ammunition to return the firepower of the team...

It is all systems go for dual Group 1-winning sprinter Limato (Ire) (Tagula {Ire}) for next month's Breeders' Cup at Santa Anita, and trainer Henry Candy is currently favouring a tilt at the GI Breeders' Cup Mile over the 6 1/2-furlong GI Breeders' Cup Turf Sprint. "We are still heading to Santa Anita at the moment," said Candy. "He seems in good form. He will be entered in both on Monday and we will take a decision later in the week. He will probably run in the mile." While Limato's...

Aidan O'Brien is a phenomenal trainer. His recent 1-2-3 in the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe was a culmination of almost two decades of relentless success at the very highest level of the sport. The praise that he received in the wake of that remarkable achievement, which he typically tried to deflect onto other members of his team, was completely deserved. There are many things that have helped make Aidan O'Brien great. The backing of the greatest commercial breeding operation on the planet in Coolmore along with the use of...

5th-NEW, £14,000, Cond, 10-19, 2yo, 7fT, 1:25.19, g/s. DREAMFIELD (GB) (c, 2, Oasis Dream {GB}--Izzi Top {GB} {G1SW-Ire & Fr, MGSW & G1SP-Eng, $734,076}, by Pivotal {GB}), who was the impressive eight-length winner of a six-furlong maiden on debut at Nottingham Oct. 5, started as the 2-5 favourite and soon tanked into the lead. Having to work harder than expected to maintain his unbeaten record, the 1.1million gns TATOCT yearling dug in when tackled by Top Score (GB) (Hard Spun) inside the last 100 yards to prevail by a short...

Group 1-winning miler Discreet Cat (Forestry–Pretty Discreet, by Private Account) will stand at Darley Japan for the 2017 breeding season. The 13-year-old has previously stood at Darley's Jonabell Farm in Kentucky. Discreet Cat, who also won the G2 Jerome H. and the UAE Derby, has sired 22 stakes winners and a further 18 stakes-placed horses. His three Grade I winners include back-to-back GI Carter H. winner Dads Caps. Harry Sweeney, Darley's President in Japan, said, "We are very excited to be standing Discreet Cat in Japan from next year. We...

Last year's G1 Irish Derby winner Jack Hobbs (GB) (Halling), third in last Saturday's G1 Qipco Champion S. in a return from injury, could take in the G1 Hong Kong Vase Dec. 11 before a trip to Dubai for the G1 Sheema Classic in March, according to trainer John Gosden. Assessing the Godolphin-owned 4-year-old's performance at Ascot, Gosden said, "Almanzor is the best 3-year-old in Europe and Found is an Arc winner, so to be third to them is great. I'm thrilled with it. He wants a mile-and-a-half, but he...

Godolphin's G1 Jebel Hatta S. winner Tryster (Ire) (Shamardal) has been injured during training and will miss an intended outing in the G1 Tenno Sho Autumn in Tokyo Oct. 30. The 5-year-old gelding will undergo surgery to repair the injury, with his racing career in the balance. "It is a great pity that Tryster has suffered this injury, which is serious enough to require surgery," said trainer Charlie Appleby. "We were looking forward to him recapturing his old form on the track in Tokyo. But that is not going to...

G1 Irish 1000 Guineas winner Jet Setting (Ire) (Fast Company {Ire}) could have one more run this season, according to trainer Adrian Keatley. The 3-year-old, who had rebounded from a pair of off-the-board finishes at Group 1 level to win the G3 Concorde S. Oct. 2, was a disappointing 11th of 13 behind Minding (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}) in last Saturday's G1 Queen Elizabeth II S. at Ascot on British Champions Day. Keatley put that poor effort down to the going. "She came home in great form and it was just...

Melesina, who ran eighth in Royal Ascot's June 17 G3 Albany S., broke through at Beverley in her sixth start July 26, and was let go at long odds here coming back off a nursery handicap sixth at Ayr Sept. 17. Shuffled back to race fourth after breaking in the front rank, she loomed large off the home turn to challenge with 300 metres remaining and was pushed out in the closing stages to comfortably register a career high. She becomes the first British-trained winner of this contest since Songerie...

An increase in the number of yearlings offered during Part I of Arqana's October Sale ensured that the aggregate shot up by 45% to €12,055,000, but despite the increase in numbers, the average and median also improved significantly, the former jumping by 15% to €70,912 and the median rising from €45,000 to €50,000. The figures were bolstered by a very strong clearance rate of 83%, up from 76% in 2015. The Hong Kong Jockey Club (HKJC) is tireless in its search for decent yearlings to take home from Europe and...