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Paying a handsome compliment to his June 14 G2 Coventry S. conqueror Caravaggio (Scat Daddy), Mehmas earned the reward for his consistency in a race where experience proved key with two promising and unexposed colts making up the placings. Having opened his account in taking style at Chester May 5, the bay issued a sound beating to Global Applause (GB) (Mayson {GB}) in Newbury's Olympic Glory Conditions S. over this trip May 14 and was favourite to confirm that form when they met again over a furlong shorter in the...

Housesofparliament demonstrated what he was capable of on a sound surface when winning by five lengths from the well-regarded Dermot Weld-trained subsequent scorer Flying Bullet (Smart Strike) over an extended 10-furlong trip at Dundalk Apr. 22 before finishing third in the Listed Dee S. over that trip at Chester May 6. Showing when fourth in The Curragh's G3 Gallinule S. that he was ready for further than a mile and a quarter May 22, the chestnut was not granted the clearest of passages when fourth again in the G2 King...

As predicted, Godolphin's strong draft proved the major draw during the opening session of Tattersalls' July Sale, with Ireland, France, America and Australia being among the destinations for the top ten lots all emanating from the large consignment. Following a patchy start, the appearance of the first of two batches of Godolphin horses in the early afternoon saw the sale take a swift upturn and, by the end of play, the aggregate of 7,208,629gns had set a new record for a single session in July and rose by 71% on...

Leisure and travel specialist company the Palatinate Group has launched Racing Breaks, a website offering ticket-inclusive hospitality packages to all major racecourses around the world as well as domestic British meetings. Racing Breaks has built a relationship with some of the biggest names in racing, and Frankie Dettori is a shareholder in the business. He said, "The Racing Breaks team is made up of racing enthusiasts who know the sport inside out and will ensure that you get the best experience possible. Bespoke trips to the Qatar Prix de l'Arc...

4.20 Newmarket, Mdn, £10,000, 2yo, f, 6fT BELIEVABLE (GB) (Acclamation {GB}) is out of the stakes-winning Irresistible (GB) (Cadeaux Genereux {GB}) and is kin to a trio of black-type performers which include GSW G1 Coronation S. and G1 Falmouth S. runner-up Infallible (GB) (Pivotal {GB}). Debuting for Sir Michael Stoute's local yard, the Cheveley Park Stud homebred's opponents include Saleh Al Homaizi and Imad Al Sagar's Arwa (Ire) (Holy Roman Emperor {Ire}), who is a Charles Hills-trained half to four stakes winners, including G1 Irish St Leger and G1 Ascot...

Grade I winner Euro Charline (GB) (Myboycharlie {Ire}–Eurolink Artemis {GB}, by Common Grounds {GB}) injured a tendon while working towards Friday's G1 Falmouth S. and has been retired from racing. The 5-year-old mare will be entered in the Tattersalls December Sale as part of trainer Marco Botti's Prestige Place consignment. "Euro Charline was one of the best horses I have trained," said Botti. "She was not the luckiest horse to be fair and a couple of her seconds very well could have been firsts. While her family is not out...

A date for the rehearing of non-trier charges brought by the British Horseracing Authority against Jim Best has met with problems after his legal team, Stewart-Moore Solicitors Ltd, announced Wednesday it was not prepared to accept the process involved in finding a new chairman for the disciplinary panel. Best was found guilty earlier this year of instructing jockey Paul John to ride two horses not on their merits, and of "conduct prejudicial to horseracing in Great Britain" at a hearing chaired over by solicitor Matthew Lohn, who was subsequently found...

Connections of Solow (GB) (Singspiel {Ire}) remain uncertain as to whether the brilliant miler will return to action before the end of the season. The Freddy Head-trained grey enjoyed a spectacular campaign in 2015, racking up five Group 1 victories including British triumphs in the Queen Anne at Royal Ascot, the Sussex S. at Glorious Goodwood and the Queen Elizabeth II S. back at Ascot in October. He made a successful return to action in a conditions event at Chantilly in March, but was subsequently ruled out of an intended...

Nemoralia (More Than Rady) will sidestep Friday's G1 Tattersalls 250th Year Falmouth S. at Newmarket and instead head to France to contest the G1 Prix Jean Prat on Sunday. Placed in successive Grade I events in America last autumn--the GI Frizette S. at Belmont Park and the GI Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies' Turf at Keeneland, trainer Jeremy Noseda's star filly made a hugely impressive return to action in the Listed Longines Irish Champions Weekend Fillies' S. at York May 13 before filling the runner-up spot behind Qemah (Ire) (Danehill Dancer...

In the fast-changing, fashion-driven world of bloodstock, everyone wants to find the sire that will be the next big thing. Of course, most sires will be long-term commercial failures, but some will become runaway successes, including some that start from a very low base in terms of nomination fee. One only has to look at the likes of Danehill Dancer (started at a fee of IR£4,000, rose to a high of €115,000), Pivotal (started at STG£6,000, rose to high of STG£85,000) and Kodiac (started at €4,000, currently €45,000) for examples...

Very few colts could win a Windsor Castle just six days after their racecourse debut, so Ardad (Ire) (Kodiac {GB}) has already achieved a notable feat with his career in its infancy, and he could be making waves again in Thursday's G2 Arqana July S. at Newmarket. It is even more rare that John Gosden would pitch such an inexperienced runner into such a test as he faced at Royal Ascot, but his 3 1/4-length success had substance as well as being visually impressive, as he clocked a marginally faster...

After the anti-climax of his Royal Ascot appearance, Khalid Abdullah's Exosphere (GB) (Beat Hollow {GB}) is placed back on the rails by Sir Michael Stoute for the G2 Princess of Wales's Arqana Racing Club S. at Newmarket on Thursday. Unbowed by the homebred's tame display when eighth of nine in the June 18 G2 Hardwicke S., the record-holding trainer with nine successes brings him back to home territory in either hope or expectation that he can reproduce his emphatic success in the Rowley Mile's G2 Jockey Club S. over this...