Europe

Kamsin (Ger) (Samum {Ger}–Kapitol {Ger}, by Winged Love {Ire}), the winner of three Group 1s including the G1 Deutsches Derby, will relocate to Haras d'Etreham in France in 2017 after the farm bought shares in the stallion, according to Racing Post. Kamsin, whose 41 foals from three crops of racing age has produced two stakes winners, previously stood at Gestut Ohlerweiherhof. He is owned in partnership with his breeder Gestut Karlshof. Nicolas de Chambure of Haras d'Etreham told Racing Post, "We think that Kamsin has a bright future as a...

At The Races presenter Matt Chapman has been named as ITV's betting reporter and presenter for its racing coverage. Chapman's role will begin in January when ITV takes over Britain's terrestrial racing coverage from Channel 4. "I'm very fortunate to be part of an ITV team that loves sport and loves racing, which has captivated me since a very young age," said Chapman. "This role provides me with a terrific opportunity to mix the serious world of punting with the fun of a great sport." He added, "The ring at...

Newmarket will host its annual open weekend this Saturday and Sunday. The festivities will include the Food and Drink Festival at the Rowley Mile racecourse on both days, as well as a book signing by author Jilly Cooper for her book Mount!. Guests will have the opportunity of a sneak peak of the town's New Heritage Centre, encompassing the new National Horseracing Museum, a national gallery of British Sporting Art and a live horse experience for the Retraining of Racehorses Charity, featuring G1 Dubai World Cup winners African Story (GB)...

Racing Post has been sold to Exponent Private Equity Company, the publication announced on Thursday. The sale includes the Racing Post newspaper, its weekly print and book titles and digital products. Founded by Sheikh Mohammed in 1986, Racing Post had been owned by the private equity company FL Partners since 2007. Racing Post chief executive Alan Byrne told the publication, "We will continue our policy of investing to enhance the business and to provide our customers with the best possible service. We are excited by the prospect of working with...

Only two yearlings have ever sold for six-figure sums at the Osarus September Sale and both have been fillies by Le Havre (Fr), with this year's leading lady – who topped trade at €110,000 – being a daughter of the Listed-placed multiple winner Talwin (Ire) (Alhaarth {Ire}). Sold by Mathieu Daguzan-Garros of Haras des Granges the filly (lot 203) will race for a new partnership after being bought by Sylvain Vidal with an unnamed client of Laurent Benoit, who also signed for the previous day's joint-top lot by the same...

Deauville will host the Galop Expo Trade Fair, a gathering of 66 French and European exhibitors representing all facets of the racing and breeding industry, Oct. 18 and 20 in conjunction with Arqana's October Yearling Sale and Deauville's autumn race meet. The trade fair will take place in a marqee in the Deauville racecourse car park, with vendors including stallion stations, transport, equipment and feed companies, healthcare professionals and other businesses.

If pedigrees count for anything--and that, after all, is the premise that has kept his father's patrons in business for so long--then Joseph O'Brien was literally born to be a trainer. Not just his record-breaking "sire" Aidan, but also his "dam", Annemarie, back in the days when she held the licence to train jumpers at Piltown, Co Kilkenny, are champions of the profession O'Brien formally embraced only in June. Nonetheless, it is staggering to see such a young man, still only 23, glide so coolly into the crucibles of their...

Bobby's Kitten (Kitten's Joy–Celestial Woods, by Forestry) will enter stud at Lanwades Stud in Newmarket in 2017. The winner of the GIII Pilgrim S. on the turf at Belmont Park as a 2-year-old, Bobby's Kitten, campaigned as a homebred by Ken and Sarah Ramsey, was beaten 1 3/4 lengths by Outstrip (GB) (Exceed and Excel {Aus}) when third in the 2013 GI Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf. He made amends when besting No Nay Never (Scat Daddy) in the GI Breeders' Cup Turf Sprint the following year, and was fourth in...

Galway Racecourse has been approved to receive funding of €2.1-million from Horse Racing Ireland towards a €6-million redevelopment of its facilities. The redevelopment will include the replacement of the Tote Ireland building with a two-storey, open-plan building with capacity for up to 550 patrons on the ground floor. There will be betting counters on three sides and a large betting shop on the fourth, in addition to 46 external Tote Ireland betting windows, most facing the racetrack. The new building will also include a champagne bar with capacity for 450...

As Goffs, one of Ireland's oldest companies, celebrates 150 years in existence, it can look forward to presenting its flagship Orby Sale with a little twist in 2016. Alongside 454 of the country's select yearlings to sell across Sept. 27 and 28, the second day of the sale will conclude with the first section of the 108-strong Wildenstein Dispersal, with 18 of the family's yearlings to be followed by 41 horses in training. Last year's Orby Sale--at which 372 horses garnered turnover of €38,931,000 at an average price of €104,655--broke...

5.10 Pontefract, Mdn, £5,000, 3yo/up, 10f 6yT VUELA (GB) (Duke of Marmalade {Ire}), a Luca Cumani trainee sporting the silks of owner-breeder Stuart Stuckey in this belated unveiling, is a half-sister to G1 Epsom Oaks and G1 Irish Oaks placegetter Volume (GB) (Mount Nelson {GB}), and is boosted by her apprentice rider's seven-pound claim. Her rivals are headed by Godolphin's hitherto untested Bailarico (Ire) (Dubawi {Ire}), a gelded son of G1 Preis von Europa and G1 Preis der Diana third Baila Me (Ger) (Samum {Ger}), representing Charlie Appleby; and Normandie...

Glen Hill Farm may be best known for campaigning Grade I winners like Marketing Mix (Medaglia d'Oro) and Chiropractor (Kitten's Joy) in the U.S., but the Florida-based operation's principal Craig Bernick has his sights firmly set on Europe. Bernick, speaking at Keeneland this week during the September Yearling Sale, said he plans to concentrate his racing stable in the U.S. for the foreseeable future, but he admitted acquiring European and other international bloodlines has become an important aspect of his business plan. He has done so by buying a handful...