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Godolphin chief executive John Ferguson has put his home 'Bloomfields' on the market. The stunning property, located outside the village of Cowlinge near Newmarket, encompasses a state of the art training centre where up until recently Ferguson trained a large string of national hunt horses. The spacious six-bedroom house boasts a swimming pool and tennis court and the farm extends to 113 acres with a selection of gallops, well laid out stud paddocks and ample staff accommodation. Estate agents Strutt & Parker are handling the sale and the property has...

Khalid Abdullah's homebred Time Test (GB) (Dubawi {Ire}) will bid to get back on the winning trail in Saturday's G2 Sky Bet York S. at York. Trainer Roger Charlton is hoping the 4-year-old can book his ticket to a bigger test back at York in August, the G1 Juddmonte International, a race sponsored by Khalid Abdullah, and won by him in recent years with the likes of Frankel (GB) and Twice Over (GB). Time Test was last in action at Sandown, where he ran a sound race to finish third...

Tattersalls Ireland have added a second day to their September Yearling Sale Part II. The sales company have been inundated with entries for the sale leaving them with little choice but to add an extra day of trade. Part II will now take place Sept 22 and 23 and will be immediately preceded by the two day September Yearling Sale. Catalogues for both sales will be available on-line July 25. The September Yearling Sale has enjoyed some stellar results on the racecourse in recent years with high profile graduates including...

Despite being placed in two Classics this season, the Mick Channon trained Harlequeen (GB) (Canford Cliffs {Ire}) has just a solitary win on her CV, something her trainer his keen to supplement. Winner of her only juvenile start in a Goodwood maiden last September, she has since posted two highly creditable third placings in the G1 Investec Oaks and G1 Darley Irish Oaks. Reflecting on her latest run at The Curragh on Saturday and thinking about potential future options, Channon said, "She's proved she's a class act and I've no...

Sir Michael Stoute has supplemented The Queen's Dartmouth (GB) (Dubawi {Ire}) for Saturday's G1 King George VI and Queen Elizabeth S. at Ascot. Unbeaten in three outings this year, including last time in the G2 Hardwicke S. at Royal Ascot, the progressive 4-year-old will be competing in his first Group 1 event. "The horse is in exceptional form and the trainer has been delighted with his progress since Ascot," said The Queen's racing manager John Warren. "We felt he was a worthy candidate. Olivier Peslier, who rode him to such...

Plusvital, the company that acquired the equine genomic testing company Equinome earlier in December of 2015, has launched four new genetic tests aimed at the global Thoroughbred community. The new range of tests were developed by analysing 48,000 genetic markers from over 4,000 horses representing 739 unique sires and including over 800 black-type winners. The new products include the following: Elite Performance v3.0: This genetic test achieves higher strike rates by identifying the highest genetic potential for elite breeding and racecourse success. The test provides three outputs. A Genomic Racing...

Godolphin's Classic winner Pleascach (Ire) (Teofilo {Ire}) has been notable by her absence this year, but her trainer Jim Bolger is still hopeful she will make a racecourse appearance this autumn. "I hope to have her back by September," said Bolger. "She's had a few little setbacks." The 4-year-old was last seen finishing fourth to Golden Horn (GB) (Cape Cross {Ire}) in the G1 QIPCO Irish Champion S. at Leopardstown last September. She had previously established herself as one of the top 3-year-old fillies in Europe with wins in the...

For all the ongoing transformation in its structure and purpose, Godolphin has remained faithful to at least one original premise--and that is to promote the integration of different racing cultures. As a result, racegoers in Britain find themselves greatly indebted to the stable for introducing them to a young rider with every right, on the evidence of his present sojourn there, now to be considered one of the very best in the world. That status is not proposed simply by parochial appointment, among those hitherto ignorant of the progress of...

At the time of her win in the Listed Salsabil S. at Navan last April, Bocca Baciata had for many the look of a ready-made Classic winner so subsequent events can only be seen as an anti-climax of sorts as she was readily upstaged if not totally disgraced when fifth in the G1 Irish 1000 Guineas here the month after. It may be that the Niarchos colour-bearer needed time to mature, but she gave a reminder that she was still a force to be reckoned with when the impressive winner...

Vadamos is one of those who fits into the elite category of earning the close attention of Andre Fabre and he gave the first glimpse of what his trainer saw when powering to success over this trip in Baden-Baden's G2 Oettingen-Rennen in September. Blowing out when last of 13 tackling a mile and a quarter in the G1 QIPCO Champion S. at Ascot the following month, the dark bay was back at this trip for his return when 1 1/2-lengths second to Solow (GB) (Singspiel {Ire}) in a conditions event...

Largely kept under wraps up until now by Christophe Ferland, Heshem had shown enough ability to suggest he was up to this kind of venture when dominating a conditions race at Chantilly last time Apr. 28 and duly emerged front and centre when upstaging the returning G1 Prix Jean-Luc Lagardere winner Ultra. Introduced over 10 furlongs at Saint-Cloud Mar. 12 in the race in which the subsequent G2 Prix Hocquart winner Mekhtaal (GB) (Sea the Stars {Ire}) was successful, the bay built on that experience to break his maiden by...

James Fanshawe is keeping an open mind over what route to take with his exciting sprinter The Tin Man (GB) (Equiano {Fr}). Tom Queally rode the 4-year-old with supreme confidence to win the G3 Bet365 Hackwood S. at Newbury on Saturday. His trainer reported on Sunday, "He pulled out fine this morning and we'll just play it by ear as to what we do next. We'll see how the horse is in the next week or 10 days and go from there." The Tin Man, a half-brother to the former...