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Jockey Luke Morris, the leading rider by wins for the current British season, has been booked to ride GI Breeders' Cup Turf Sprint winner Mongolian Saturday (Any Given Saturday) in the G1 Darley July Cup July 9. The 6-year-old gelding has been off the board in three international tries since his breakthrough Breeders' Cup win, including a most recent ninth in the G1 King's Stand S. at Royal Ascot June 14. Trainer Enebish Ganbat said that effort helped him learn how to train his horse under British conditions. "I am...

Fresh off an excellent few weeks that have seen its August Sale graduates win the likes of the G1 Prix du Jockey Club (Almanzor {Fr}) and G1 Coronation S. (Qemah {Ire}), Arqana released the catalogue for the 2016 edition of its flagship sale on Wednesday. There are 375 yearlings set for the three-day sale, which runs Aug. 14 to 16 in Deauville and is followed by the v2 sale in a separate catalogue. The first two days represent Part I of the sale, and the third day Part II. There...

Godolphin's Tryster (Ire) (Shamardal), a revelation at the Dubai carnival this winter where he won two of his three outings and placed third in the G1 Dubai Turf, has had the G1 Juddmonte International at York Aug. 17 pencilled in as a next start by trainer Charlie Appleby. The 5-year-old gelding, who had last year been stamped an all-weather specialist in Britain with wins in the G3 Winter Derby and Easter Classic, was fifth of six in the G1 Prince Of Wales's S. at Royal Ascot in his first outing...

Arqana's three-day Summer Sale begins Wednesday at the Elie de Brignac complex in Deauville. The 375 lots in the initial catalogue include 84 flat-bred 2-year-olds; 79 2- and 3-year-old store horses, two stallion prospects, 66 broodmares and fillies and 144 horses-in-training for the flat and jumps. All but one of the 15 wildcard slots for the sale were filled in recent weeks. The wildcards include lot 200, Khatereh (GB) (Galileo {Ire}), an unraced full-sister to Group 2 winner Kitewood (GB) and Group 2-placed Odeon (GB); and lot 335, Mahari (Ire)...

Team Valor International's Euro Charline (GB) (Myboycharlie {Ire}) will look to go one better than her second-place finish in last year's G1 Falmouth S. in this year's Tattersalls-sponsored renewal of that contest July 8. The 5-year-old Euro Charline scored an all-important Grade I victory in the 2014 GI Beverly D. S., but seeks her first win since. Trained by Marco Botti, Euro Charline has been runner-up in her last three outings: Meydan's G2 Balanchine S. and G1 Dubai Turf and Newbury's G1 Lockinge S. May 14. Botti noted the Falmouth...

Australian Group 3 winner and Group 1-placed Scissor Kick (Aus) (Redoute's Choice {Aus}--Back Pass, by Quest For Fame {GB}) will shuttle to Haras d'Etreham in France in 2017. The soon-to-be 5-year-old will cover his first book at Arrowfield Stud later this year. Trained by Paul Messara, Scissor Kick won the G3 Up And Coming S. over 6 1/2 furlongs at Randwick as a 3-year-old in 2014 before missing the G1 Golden Rose S. by a head, and last year added the six furlong G3 Eskimo Prince S. to his resume....

Seventeen days after his upset win in the G1 Prince Of Wales's S. at Royal Ascot, My Dream Boat (Ire) (Lord Shanakill) will look for a Group 1 double in Saturday's Coral-Eclipse S. at Sandown. "I couldn't be more pleased with ours since Ascot," said Clive Cox, who trains the 4-year-old entire for Paul and Clare Rooney. "Everything has gone smoothly; it will only be two weeks since the Prince Of Wales's, but we gave him a quiet week last week and he seems in really good form still." My...

The G1 Matron S. on Irish Champions Weekend Sept. 10 will be the main autumn target for G1 Tattersalls Irish 1000 Guineas winner Jet Setting (Ire) (Fast Company {Ire}), trainer Adrian Keatley told At The Races. In winning the Irish 1000 Guineas, Jet Setting became the only filly this year to beat dual Classic winner Minding (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}), who further bolstered her credentials when winning the G1 Pretty Polly S. on the weekend. Jet Setting was bought by the China Horse Club for £1.3-million at the Goffs London Sale...

There could be significant European interest at Belmont July 9 with the news that Beacon Rock (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}) and Humphrey Bogart (Ire) (Tagula {Ire}) have both received invitations to run in the GI Belmont Derby. Beacon Rock is a tough consistent colt and the Ballydoyle 3-year-old ran his usual game race last time when second in the G2 King Edward VII S. at Royal Ascot. The Richard Hannon-trained Humphrey Bogart finished just over two lengths behind Beacon Rock that day and James Ramsden, representative of owners Chelsea Thoroughbreds indicated...

There seems to be something about the life of a journeyman jump jockey that equips one with many of the life skills that are required to become a top-class flat trainer. In Britain, the likes of Richard Fahey, Roger Varian, Tom Dascombe, Clive Cox and David O'Meara all plied their original trade with varying degrees of success before elevating their training careers to the upper echelons. In Ireland, Ger Lyons has trodden a similar path and having hung up his riding boots after a 50-win career, he has, over the...

Lady Bamford's high class homebred full-brothers Eagle Top (GB) (Pivotal {GB}) and Wings Of Desire (GB) (Pivotal {GB}) have been penciled in for separate Group 1 French missions over the next few weeks. Eagle Top, just touched off by Postponed (Ire) (Dubawi {Ire}) in last year's King George VI & Queen Elizabeth S. at Ascot, has been performing below par in recent runs and will bid to bounce back to his best in Sunday's G1 Grand Prix de Saint-Cloud. "Eagle Top is going to run in the Grand Prix de...

The 2016 Curragh Thoroughbred Trail, which takes place before racing Sept. 11 as part of Longines Irish Champions Weekend, has been extended with a ninth trail added to cope with the demand for places. Details of the individual trails have been released and interested participants can choose their own trail by booking online at www.curraghhospitality.com/icw/trail.html. The Curragh Thoroughbred Trail, supported by Irish Thoroughbred Marketing offers the chance to see behind the scenes of some of Ireland's leading Curragh-based trainers. Those taking part include Dermot Weld, John Oxx, Adrian Keatley, Willie...