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The Aga Khan's 3-year-old colt Vedevani (Fr) (Dubawi {Ire}) will be offered for sale by Arqana on their on-line portal Arqanaonline.com this Thursday at 3.00pm French time. The auction will remain open for 24 hours. The horse, who lead the field for a long way in Sunday's G1 Qatar Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe, can be viewed at Aiglemont between Wednesday and Friday by appointment with stable manager Pierre Groualle. A full veterinary file was compiled on Tuesday and is available on Arqana's online repository. Trained by Alain de Royer...

John Ferguson scooped up another seven-figure son of Dubawi (Ire) when shelling out 1.2-million guineas for lot 75 at Tattersalls on Tuesday. Consigned by Newsells Park Stud, the bay is out of GII New York S. winner Giants Play (Giant's Causeway), who traces back to the outstanding producer Magnificent Style.

The regally bred So Mi Dar (GB) (Dubawi {Ire}) could target the Breeders' Cup to gain that Group 1 win that both her pedigree and racecourse performances to date suggest is within her grasp. Connections have identified the GI Breeders' Cup Filly And Mare Turf as the most likely option for the Lord and Lady Lloyd Webber owned homebred who is out of triple Group 1 winner Dar Re Mi (GB) (Singspiel {Ire}). The John Gosden trained filly lost her unbeaten record when third in the G1 Prix de l'Opera...

Irish Thoroughbred Marketing (ITM) will again coordinate their well-received Irish Stallion Trail which is scheduled for Jan. 27-28 next year. As was the case last year the weekend trail will take place in between two premium days of racing with the Goffs Thyestes Chase meeting at Gowran Park in Kilkenny Jan 26, followed by the G1 BHP Insurances Irish Champion Hurdle at Leopardstown on Sunday Jan. 29. Over 20 stud farms will open their doors offering breeders the opportunity to see some of the most successful stallions in the world....

A son of Dubawi (Ire) (lot 39) out of the G1 Coronation S. winner Fallen For You (GB) (Dansili {GB}) provided an early highlight during the opening session of Book 1 of the Tattersalls October Yearling Sale on Tuesday when selling to John Ferguson for 2.6-million guineas. Consigned by Norris Bloodstock on behalf of Philippa Cooper's Normandie Stud, the bay is also from the immediate family of stakes winners Fallen Idol (GB), Loving Things (GB) and Light Up Our World (Ire).

5.45 Compiegne, Cond, €29,000, 3yo, 12fT ARMANDE (GB) (Sea the Stars {Ire}) is brought back into action gently by Andre Fabre following her fall in the G1 Prix de Diane at Chantilly in June. Lady O'Reilly and Baron Eduoard de Rothschild's homebred was previously third in the G3 Prix de Royaumont over this trip and she has plenty of time to make up into a classy filly.  

Paris, FRANCE--While some time was taken for reflection and commemoration at the International Federation of Horseracing Authorities' 50th General Assembly and International Conference in Paris on Monday, the 170 delegates on hand from 52 nations recognised the need to focus on the future, and thus many opportunities and challenges facing racing were discussed, with a view towards the improvement and development of racing internationally. IFHA Chairman Louis Romanet addressed a number of issues, including the need to work alongside the International Stud Book Committee and stud books around the world...

Sheikh Hamdan Al Maktoum's Mutakayyef (GB) (Sea The Stars {Ire}) has been somewhat of a slow burner throughout his career, but the 5-year-old will get another shot at Group 1 glory this year when he togs out for the G1 QIPCO Champion S. at Ascot Oct. 15. The William Haggas trained gelding only won his first stakes race this year, a listed race at York in June, but he has swiftly risen the ranks since, posting two fine efforts in defeat in his last two starts. He finished a slightly...

As Tattersalls celebrates its 250th anniversary this year, one of its longest-standing current consignors is Mount Coote Stud. The farm, based in Kilmallock, County Limerick, consigned its first draft at Tattersalls in 1958 under the direction of Alan Lillingston, a former champion amateur rider who won the 1963 Champion Hurdle and took on the running of Mount Coote at the age of just 23. Lillingston, who died two years ago at the age of 79, has been succeeded at the helm of the stud which has been in the Lillingston...

Glorious sunshine and a sales paddock bursting with visitors from all over the world will no doubt have lifted the spirits of the Tattersalls team ahead of the company's major yearling sale, which starts today at 11am. Throughout the three days of October Book 1 it's more a case of deciding which jewel shines brightest rather than hunting for a diamond in the rough as page after page of the catalogue offers some of the best-bred horses in Europe, with a decent handful of American-breds thrown in for good measure....

As the unexpected is part of the appeal of racing and breeding, it is always fascinating when a comparatively inexpensive stallion manages to bridge the considerable gap which separates them from the elite sires. Danzig's tough son Green Desert was responsible for two such stallions. First to make the leap was the miler Cape Cross, who started so brightly that his fee rose quickly from an initial IR£8,000 to €50,000. He justified the increase by siring the magnificent Sea The Stars from one of his €50,000 crops, plus the classic...

About a month before this year's Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe, the French-language publication Jour de Galop devoted an entire edition giving guidance to those wishing to attend the Arc this year at Chantilly. "Don't be afraid," they advised. Much like the Breeders' Cup last year at Keeneland, the Arc at Chantilly was a large-format event coming to a smaller-than-usual stage, and in the months leading up to the event, many annual attendees told me they were going to sit this one out, anticipating a traffic nightmare, overcrowding, long lines and...