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Denied a re-introductory run in Sunday's G1 Tattersalls Gold Cup when the weather turned at The Curragh, Khalid Abdullah's Time Test (GB) (Dubawi {Ire}) returns instead in the G3 Brigadier Gerard S. at Sandown on Thursday. Set to race under a five-pound penalty as a result of his win in the G2 Joel S. over a mile at Newmarket in September, the homebred is back at 10 furlongs in this prestigious affair, which has played host to the likes of Mtoto (GB), Pilsudski (Ire), Bosra Sham and Workforce (GB). With...

Jockey Sammy Jo Bell, who was injured at Carlisle last Friday when a mount reared up and fell on her on the way to the start, may have worse damage than originally expected. Bell was diagnosed with a crack pubic bone, but a second opinion has revealed further complications. "They might have to put plates in her and all sorts," said Bell's boss, trainer Richard Fahey. "She's been transferred to Hull [Royal Infirmary] from York. I was surprised they let her out on Friday. We'll know a bit more after...

Godolphin's Tryster (Ire) (Shamardal), who made a name for himself in Dubai over the winter when winning the G1 Jebel Hatta S. and G3 Dubai Millennium S., has returned to trainer Charlie Appleby's Newmarket yard and will target the G1 Prince Of Wales's S. at Royal Ascot June 15 for his comeback, Appleby told At The Races. "Tryster has come back very well," Appleby told At The Races. "He had to do a month in quarantine so he had an enforced break there, but he's been back in the UK...

The Aga Khan's Ervedya (Fr) (Siyouni {Fr}), the winner of last year's G1 Coronation S. at Royal Ascot in addition to the G1 Poule d'Essai des Pouliches and G1 Qatar Prix du Moulin de Longchamp, will this year target the G1 Queen Anne S. at the Royal meeting June 14 rather than facing her own sex in the G2 Duke of Cambridge S. over the same mile distance. Ervedya was second to Vadamos (Fr) (Monsun {Ger}) in the G2 Prix du Muguet on seasonal debut at Saint-Cloud May 1. "She...

Tepin (Bernstein), last year's American champion grass mare and GI Breeders' Cup Mile winner, has been given an entry in Goodwood's G1 Sussex S. over a mile July 27. The 5-year-old, who currently rides a six-race win streak and most recently won the GII Distaff Turf Mile at Churchill Downs May 7, is first targeting the G1 Queen Anne S. at Royal Ascot June 14. "Tepin is very well," said trainer Mark Casse. "She has a real big breeze coming this Saturday and how she works will tell us but...

Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum made his first major investment in Irish bloodstock infrastructure in the mid-1980s with the purchase of Woodpark Stud in County Meath. Having bought and developed Dalham Hall in Newmarket, it was seen as another step in establishing and developing a major presence in European racing and breeding. Fast forward to the present and Sheikh Mohammed has created a truly global organisation, standing stallions in six countries with some highly acclaimed names like Dubawi (Ire) (Dubai Millennium {GB}) and Shamardal (Giant's Causeway) featuring on the...

Postponed (Ire) (Dubawi {Ire}) pleased his trainer Roger Varian during a gentle workout over the Epsom turf on Tuesday ahead of his intended next target the G1 Queen Elizabeth II Coronation Cup on Derby Day June 4. "You would have seen by his work he didn't do anything crazy this morning, it was a sensible work-out but it gave him a feel of the contours of the track," said Varian. "He is a very good work horse. He carries a lot of condition and would go through the motions at...

Following a plan of attack so successfully deployed in 2011 with Pour Moi (Ire) (Montjeu {Ire}), trainer Andre Fabre dispatched his Investec Derby hope Cloth Of Stars (Ire) (Sea The Stars {Ire}) on a cross-Channel reconnaissance mission on Tuesday to appear at Epsom's Breakfast With The Stars. The French maestro didn't arrive with his charge but Pour Moi's former jockey Mickael Barzalona did, and he will be hoping to add a Derby victory in the royal blue of Godolphin to the one notched five years ago in the dark blue...

POWERHOUSE So impressive when winning the G1 Hong Kong Cup at Sha Tin in December, Eishindo Co Ltd's A Shin Hikari (Jpn) (Deep Impact {Jpn}) dished out some more of the same punishment to his European rivals in Tuesday's G1 Prix d'Ispahan at Chantilly to stake a claim to world number one status. This renewal looked a solid one, with several of the continent's finest lining up in varying states of readiness but the way the Japanese raider brushed them aside suggests there is nothing on this side of the...

Godolphin appear likely to supplement their recent stakes winning filly Skiffle (GB) (Dubawi {Ire}) for the G1 Investec Epsom Oaks in ten days time. The twice raced filly showed up well on her debut for Charlie Appleby when third in an Ascot maiden May 6 before stepping up to win the Listed Veolia Height Of Fashion S. at Goodwood ten days later. Snow Fairy (Ire) (Intikhab) won the same Goodwood race before victory in the Oaks and subsequent international stardom and John Ferguson, Godolphin chief executive commented, "It would be...

Sir Michael Stoute and Kieren Fallon have combined to taste G1 Investec Epsom Derby success twice in the past and the pair look set to team up again in the Epsom showpiece June 4. Fallon has been booked to ride Across The Stars (Ire) (Sea The Stars {Ire}) for Stoute and owner Saeed Suhail, in whose colours Fallon steered Kris Kin (Kris S) to a Derby victory in 2003. The owner's racing manager Bruce Raymond confirmed the arrangement saying, "Kieren rode Across The Stars this morning and I gather he...

BARRINGTON (IRE) (c, 2, Casamento {Ire}--Mia Divina {GB}, by Exceed and Excel {Aus}), fourth behind Cunco (Ire) (Frankel {GB}) on debut over six furlongs at Newbury May 13, was sent off the 2-1 favourite and was tardy from the gates before recovering to tank his way to the early lead. Extending from before the furlong pole, the €55,000 GOFNOV foal and 60,000gns TATOCT yearling win drew away to win by six lengths from Super Julius (GB) (Bated Breath {GB}). In doing so, he becomes the first winner for his first-season...