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Frankel (GB) (Galileo {Ire})'s prowess as a stallion could get elevated another notch next week as two of his exciting daughters Fair Eva (GB) and Queen Kindly (GB) remain in the mix for the G2 Sky Bet Lowther S. at York next Thursday. Fair Eva, trained for Khalid Abdullah by Roger Charlton has looked the real deal in two starts and the way she lengthened to win the G3 Princess Margaret Juddmonte S. at Ascot July 23 by four lengths suggests she will go off a short price favourite if...

Best Of Days (GB) (Azamour {Ire}), a six length maiden winner at Sandown on his debut last month has been purchased by Godolphin but will remain under the care of trainer Hugo Palmer. Bred by Gerhard Schoeningh, in whose colours he raced at Sandown, Best Of Days is entered for the G3 Tattersalls Acomb S. at York next week. "He's in great nick after his Sandown win,” reported Hugo Palmer. “The immediate options are York or Salisbury, but he is a colt with long-term potential. He is a very nice...

At The Races has secured the exclusive broadcast rights for Irish racing until 2019. ATR has been the exclusive non-terrestrial TV broadcast partner to Irish racing since the channel's launch in 2004 and the agreement signed with rights holder SIS will see the company extend its coverage of racing from all 26 Irish racecourses for a further two years. Under the terms of the new agreement with SIS, ATR will continue to manage and distribute live online streaming of Irish racing to remote gambling operators worldwide while retaining its existing...

The G1 Juddmonte International kicks off day one of York's Ebor Festival next Wednesday and Aidan O'Brien has given the green light for Highland Reel (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}) and his paternal half-brother Sir Isaac Newton (GB) to take their chances in the £900,000 contest and potentially add another British signature Group 1 to the trainer's 2016 haul. Highland Reel is already earning his keep having added July's G1 King George VI & Queen Elizabeth S. to his CV that previously had featured top level victories in Hong Kong and America....

2.35 Clairefontaine, Cond, €28,000, 4yo/up, 14 1/2fT V.E. DAY (English Channel) makes his second start for the Andre Fabre stable following a third placing over 11 furlongs here last month. Upped in trip, the 2014 GI Travers S. hero faces seven as he enters unknown territory.

TRIBAL BEAT (IRE), c, 3, Street Cry (Ire)--Tashelka (Fr) (MGSW-Fr, $178,310), by Mujahid. Lifetime Record: 6-2-2-0, €63,080. O-Godolphin; B-Darley (IRE); T-Jim Bolger; J-Kevin Manning. *1/2 to Tasaday (Nayef), Hwt. Older Mare-UAE at 9 1/2-11f, MGSW & MG1SP-Fr, SW & G1SP-Eng, SW-UAE, $817,731. While all attention was focused on the returning GI Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf hero Hit It A Bomb (War Front), it was another long-absent 3-year-old Tribal Beat who emerged stage centre as he made a successful comeback having been off since finishing runner-up in the G3 Killavullan S....

1st-LEO, €16,500, Mdn, 8-11, 2yo, f, 6fT, 1:16.74, g/f. +HOLY CAT (IRE) (f, 2, Kitten's Joy--Holy Freud, by Freud), sent off the 11-4 favourite, broke well before being restrained to race in fourth against the fence. Angled out for her effort in early straight, the flashy chestnut surged to the lead with a furlong remaining and was pushed out to win by 4 3/4 lengths from Alphabet (GB) (Lawman {Fr}). The winner is a half-sister to Lucky Lurie (Girolamo), MSP-US, $107,482, out of a sibling of four black-type winners headed...

G2 Queen Mary S. winner and 'TDN Rising Star' Lady Aurelia (Scat Daddy) completed her final workout in advance of the Aug. 21 G1 Prix Morny at Keeneland on Thursday. The Stonestreet homebred broke her maiden by 7 1/2 lengths over that Lexington track's dirt surface Apr. 21, and was one of the most eye-catching winners at Royal Ascot when demolishing her Queen Mary opposition by seven lengths. "We're nine days out, she's ready, she's had a couple of really stiff blows here," trainer Wesley Ward told the Keeneland press...

For the last four years, the name dominating the leader board at Arqana's August Sale has been Ecurie des Monceaux. Even a cursory glance at the 2016 catalogue will tell you that's unlikely to change this week. What sets the Monceaux consignment apart from some is the fact that every horse presented for sale has been raised at the 290-hectare farm just outside Lisieux. That continuity is reflected in the consistency of the draft and is the result of an ambitious project launched 13 years ago by the farm's owner...

Zonderland posted a five-length debut score going seven panels atop Kempton's synthetic surface Sept. 5, but was off the board in two subsequent juvenile starts, finishing fourth in Newmarket's Sept. 24 G3 Somerville Tattersall S. and fifth in Newbury's G3 Horris Hill S. one month later. Sixth in the Apr. 30 G1 2000 Guineas back at Newmarket on sophomore return, he earned his black-type spurs in the May 26 Listed Heron S. at Sandown, but weakened to finish eighth of nine in Chantilly's July 10 G1 Prix Jean Prat last...

A Shin Hikari (Jpn) (Deep Impact {Jpn}) remained atop the Longines World's Best Racehorse Rankings when the latest installment was revealed on Thursday. The 5-year-old earned a mark of 129 for his 10-length victory in the May 24 G1 Prix d'Ispahan at Chantilly before finishing last of six over soft ground in the G1 Prince of Wales's S. at Royal Ascot. Improving two points to a rating of 128 is California Chrome (Lucky Pulpit) for his win in the G2 San Diego H. July 24. Australian superstar Winx (Aus) (Street...

This year's dual group-winning sprinter Magical Memory (Ire) (Zebedee {GB}) is being prepared for Haydock's G1 Sprint Cup Sept. 3, with the GI Breeders' Cup Sprint at Santa Anita a long-term target. "He's in the [G1] British Champions Sprint at Ascot [Oct. 15] as well, but we might lean towards America, especially if he runs well at Haydock," said Sam Hoskins, racing manager for owners Kennet Valley Thoroughbreds. "He was third in the Sprint Cup last year and hopefully he can show his true mettle there." The 4-year-old grey gelding...