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G1 Darley July Cup winner Limato (Ire) (Tagula {Ire})'s participation in next Friday's G1 Nunthorpe S. at York will hinge on how he performs in a Friday work, trainer Henry Candy told Racing UK. The 4-year-old gelding would need to be supplemented for the Ebor meeting's sprint feature. "[Owner Paul] Jacobs is going to see him work on Friday morning and if he works OK and the weather forecast is right, then he will supplement him for £30,000 for the Nunthorpe," Candy said. "That's a fairly bold thing to do...

G1 Coral-Eclipse S. winner Hawkbill (Kitten's Joy) had his final piece of serious work on Thursday in preparation for next Wednesday's G1 Juddmonte International, galloping six furlongs at Godolphin's Moulton Paddocks with a lead horse. "He went through the gears nicely, and I was pleased with him," said trainer Charlie Appleby of the 3-year-old. "It was nice building work." Appleby noted Hawkbill, who also took Royal Ascot's G3 Tercentenary S. June 16, has thrived since his July 2 Coral-Eclipse score. "He is the same body weight as he was going...

The second and final session of Tattersalls Ireland's August National Hunt Sale concluded with a son of Britain's leading jumps sire Kayf Tara (GB) (Sadler's Wells) (lot 387) heading proceedings after being bought by trainer Gordon Elliott for €75,000. Named Master Of Tara (Fr), the 3-year-old gelding is out of the French hurdler Ryme Bere (Fr) (Until Sundown), a half-sister to the dual Grade 3 hurdles winner and G1 Prix La Haye Jousselin runner-up Matinee Lover (Fr) (Double Bed {Fr}). His top billing helped vendor Ballincurrig House Stud to the...

7.00 Leopardstown, Mdn, €16,500, 2yo, c/g, 8fT FINN MCCOOL (IRE) (Galileo {Ire}) is a full-brother to the 2014 G1 Irish Derby and 2015 G1 Ascot Gold Cup runner-up Kingfisher (Ire) who debuts for Susan Magnier and Aidan O'Brien in this maiden won two years ago by Order of St George (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}), a year before by Free Eagle (Ire) (High Chaparral {Ire}) and in the previous two years by the subsequently Classic-placed Galileo duo Galileo Rock (Ire) and Astrology (Ire). He is the pick of Seamie Heffernan over the...

The catalogues for Books 2, 3 and 4 of the Tattersalls October Yearling Sale have been released, with a further 1,333 yearlings to be sold in addition to the 551 catalogued across the three days of Book 1. A trio of Group winners at Glorious Goodwood in the form of Mehmas (Ire) (Acclamation {GB}), California (Ire) (Azamour {Ire}) and Thikriyaat (Ire) (Azamour {Ire}) has continued to boost the profile of the popular Book 2 sale, which this year features 774 yearlings scheduled to sell from Oct. 10 to 12. Book...

Sheikh Hamdan Al Maktoum's unbeaten Group 3 winner Alrahma (GB) (Shamardal) heads a list of 47 entries for the £180,000 G1 Connolly's Red Mills Cheveley Park S. at Newmarket on Sept. 24. The Shadwell homebred has raced twice in France for Freddy Head, winning the G3 Prix de Cabourg on her most recent start on July 31 despite being not at her best after a bout of coughing, according to her trainer. Alrahma could face stiff opposition from another unbeaten filly, the Wesley Ward-trained Royal Ascot winner Lady Aurelia (Scat...

Tom Clover will be the new name on the list of trainers in Newmarket when he sets up in business at Wroughton Stables in the autumn The 30-year-old will be working in partnership with Jackie Jarvis, daughter of the late Classic-winning trainer Michael Jarvis. Having assisted trainer David Simcock in the town for the past six years, Clover has also had experience of the National Hunt side of racing as assistant to Charlie Longsdon in Oxfordshire. Jarvis, who rode out and worked for her father for many years, has continued...

The owners of Prince Of Penzance (NZ) (Pentire {GB}) will not be engaging Michelle Payne for the ride on their G1 Emirates Melbourne Cup winner when he makes his intended seasonal return in the G1 Memsie S. at Caulfield on Aug. 29. After becoming the first woman to win the Melbourne Cup aboard the gelding, Payne also rode Prince Of Penzance on his most recent start in May, when he finished second in the G3 R A Lee S. at Morphettville, but a subsequent race fall at Mildura meant the...

The fledgling European breeding and racing program of the Roth family's LNJ Foxwoods came full circle last October when its homebred Golden Valentine (Fr) (Dalakhani {Ire}) became its first European starter–and winner–when taking a Chantilly maiden under the tutelage of trainer Freddy Head. Golden Valentine has gone on to win two of her three starts this year, including the July 14 Listed Prix de Thiberville, and she was second by a short-head in the G3 Prix du Lys Longines June 19. To see LNJ Foxwoods have such immediate success in...

Roger Charlton has ruled Time Test (GB) (Dubawi {Ire}) out of the next Wednesday's G1 Juddmonte International S. after a disappointing gallop yesterday morning. Releasing the update via his website, the trainer commented, “We weren't totally happy with his work this morning. He is likely to be given a short break before any future plans are made.” However, there was more positive news about another Juddmonte homebred, Fair Eva (GB), who has thus far proved to be the star of Frankel's (GB) illustrious first crop and heads north to Yorkshire...

Goffs, currently celebrating its 150th anniversary, has released the catalogue for its flagship yearling auction, the Orby Sale, which among its 472 lots features full-siblings to the Irish 1,000 Guineas-winning fillies Nightime (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}) and Jet Setting (Ire) (Fast Company {Ire}). The Castlebridge Consignment will offer both fillies, with Nightime's sister – one of ten Galileo yearlings in the sale – consigned on the second day of the sale as lot 425, while Jet Setting's sister is under the hammer 24 hours earlier as lot 153. Among a host...

A few years have passed since Tom Morley left his position as assistant trainer to Eddie Kenneally in March of 2013 and hung out a shingle in his own right on the ultra-competitive New York circuit. In that time, Morley Racing Stable runners have wracked up 72 wins and $3,594,837 in prize money (through Monday), with the fledgling stable breaching the $1-million dollar mark each year bar 2013. And the winners just keep coming, as the stable is on track for a career-best year in 2016. The 33-year-old Englishman recently...