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Godolphin will offer 39 flat and National Hunt horses-in-training at Goffs UK's Spring HIT sale May 18 and 19. The draft features six horses with a flat racing of 90+; well-bred unraced stock by the likes of Dubawi (Ire), Exceed and Excel (Aus), Shamardal and Street Cry (Ire); and hurdle and bumper winners. Click here to view the catalogue.

SKIRMISH SURVIVED Made hot favourite for the Derby after his debut win in deep ground over 10 furlongs at The Curragh Apr. 3, US Army Ranger (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}) did little to light the touchpaper when only workmanlike in following up in Thursday's G3 MBNA Chester Vase. Sent off the 4-11 market leader for the mile-and-a-half trial with all the post-Minding 1000 Guineas attention focused on him, the bay was settled in second by Ryan Moore behind his G2 Beresford S.-winning stablemate Port Douglas (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}). Sent up the...

Last year, Goresbridge celebrated the tenth edition of its ever- expanding breeze-up sale in style. The family company, headed by Martin Donohoe, posted a record turnover of €4.6 million, up by just over a million on the previous year. It was a long day of selling in 2015 with 236 lots catalogued, and Donohoe can again lay claim to being the largest breeze-up sale in Europe, having crammed another 20 lots into this year's book, which will sell at Goresbridge May 20 with the breeze-show at Gowran Park the preceding...

Students will be given free entry to Leopardstown and The Curragh racecourses on Irish Champions Weekend in September after Godolphin renewed its partnership with the festival. A hundred students each day day will also be invited to tour Godolphin's Kildangan Stud, followed by hospitality at the races, and two students who participate in the tours will be drawn to win a trip to Dubai. Brian Kavanagh, chief executive of Horse Racing Ireland, said, "The Godolphin student initiative introduced on Longines Irish Champions Weekend last year was a huge success, and...

SOMEHOW...SOMEHOW     Somehow (Ire) (Fastnet Rock {Aus}) went postward as the crowd's 8-15 choice for Wednesday's Listed Arkle Finance Cheshire Oaks at Chester and appeared unlikely to justify that market confidence for much of the stamina test, but responded under jockey Ryan Moore's educational urgings to claim a fifth edition for Aidan O'Brien in game fashion. The bay debuted with a third behind stablemate and Listed Salsabil S. victress Pretty Perfect (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}) in a distaffers' maiden at Leopardstown Oct. 25, and graduated when defeating subsequent scorer Shamreen (Ire)...

Four supplementary lots have been added to Arqana's Deauville Breeze-Up Sale May 14. Lot 136 is a colt by early leading freshman sire Helmet (Aus) out of listed winner Demeanour (Giant's Causeway) and from the family of Classic-placed Pugin (Ire) (Darshaan {GB}); lot 137 is a son of Dark Angel (Ire) out of a half-sister to Group 1-placed Musetta (GB) (Cadeaux Genereux {GB}); lot 138 is an Invincible Spirit (Ire) colt from a prolific Lagardere family; and lot 139 is a son of Lawman (Fr) out of a full-sister to...

The G1 Darley July Cup, set for July 9 at Newmarket, could have its first Singapore-based runner after local Group 1 winner Zac Spirit (Aus) (Flying Spur {Aus}) was entered for the six-furlong summer showpiece. The 6-year-old has bested Emperor Max (Aus) (Holy Roman Emperor {Ire}) in the local Group 1 Lion City Cup the last two years, most recently Apr. 24, and Emperor Max finished seventh of 20 in last year's G1 Qipco British Champions Sprint S. at Ascot. "I am under no illusions that he would have to...

Abdullah Saeed Al Naboodah's Nathra (Ire) (Iffraaj {GB}), fifth in Saturday's G1 Qipco 1000 Guineas, will take another shot at Classic glory in the May 15 G1 Poule d'Essai des Pouliches. Bruce Raymond, racing manager to the owner, said he wasn't keen to take on Guineas winner Minding (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}) and second Ballydoyle (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}) again. Nathra finished 4 1/2-lengths second to Minding in last year's G1 Dubai Fillies' Mile and won the G3 Nell Gwyn S. Apr. 12. "We'd maybe look at meeting the third horse [Alice...

The Wertheimer brothers' star miler Solow (GB) (Singspiel {Ire}) is back in training with Freddy Head after suffering an injury that ruled him out of a title defense of the G1 Dubai Turf in March. Pierre-Yves Bureau, racing manager to the Wertheimers, said the 6-year-old gelding is still not a certainty for Royal Ascot, where he would defend his title in the G1 Queen Anne S. in June. "He's back training away and everything is going as it should," said Bureau. "It is so far so good, but it is...

Last year's GI Canadian International winner Cannock Chase (Lemon Drop Kid) has his work cut out as he reappears under a seven-pound penalty in Thursday's G3 Betway Huxley S. at Chester. Second to Maverick Wave (Elusive Quality) in this 12 months ago, Saeed Suhail's 5-year-old was last seen finishing 11th after a troubled trip in the G1 Hong Kong Vase in December. "It's going to be tough for him first time out giving seven pounds away to them all," the owner's racing manager Bruce Raymond commented. "He's ready for a...

Will he be a Ruler of the World on the first Saturday in June? US Army Ranger (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}) steps forward in Thursday's G3 MBNA Chester Vase in a bid to emulate that fellow son of the great Coolmore sire, who captured this traditional Derby prep prior to Epsom glory three years ago. Aside from him, the likes of Soldier of Fortune (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}), Golden Sword (GB) (High Chaparral {Ire}) and Treasure Beach (GB) (Galileo {Ire}) have all won this en route a respectable display in the blue...

4.55 Chester, Mdn, £14,000, 3yo, 10f 75yT Shadwell's 450,000gns TATOCT graduate MULK (GB) (New Approach {Ire}) bids to build on an encouraging debut second to the subsequent Listed Newmarket S. third Sky Kingdom (Ire) (Montjeu {Ire}) in Newmarket's Wood Ditton S. last month. Interestingly, Sir Michael Stoute introduced the brilliant Harbinger (GB) (Dansili {GB}) in that in 2009 and he went one better in this race, which his trainer also used for the eventual Group 1 winner Mountain High (Ire) (Danehill). Facing him is Godolphin's Huge Future (GB) (Shamardal), a...