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Australia's three-time champion sire Redoute's Choice (Aus) and his leading sire son Snitzel (Aus) will each stand the 2016 season at Arrowfield Stud for A$110,000. Redoute's Choice is the sire of 28 Group 1 winners and had 20 yearlings average A$573,250 at last week's Inglis Easter yearling sale, including two seven-figure lots. Snitzel has sired seven Group 1 winners and five new stakes winners since January, and has also supplied five million-dollar yearlings in 2016, including the top lots at each of the country's major yearling sales. Another of Redoute's...

The third renewal of The Championships, staged Apr. 2 and 9 at Royal Randwick in Sydney, Australia, saw wagering turnover increase by 30% on the 2015 renewal, and 19% on 2014. The day one turnover was up 39% on last year; however, it is important to note last year's day one card was postponed to Easter Monday due to weather. This year's day one wagering grew by 29% on the 2014 renewal. Day two turnover was up 21% on last year. "The wagering surge throughout Australia is proof that The...

The catalogue for Goffs' Spring Store sale is online, and includes 260 lots set to go under the hammer May 17. The highlights of the catalogue include 16 fillies eligible for the new TBA Mare Owners' Price Scheme, as well as a gelding by Oscar (Ire) out of the high-performing Zarinava (Ire) (Daylami) (lot 3); a Shirocco (Ger) half-brother to Grade 1 winner Barizan (Ire) (Kalanisi {Ire}) and Grade 2 winner Baradari (Ire) (Manduro {Ger}) (lot 26); and a Westerner (GB) half-brother to stakes winner and Grade 1-placed Oscar Rock...

1st-NEW, £10,000, Mdn, 4-13, 3yo, 8fT, 1:43.16, g/s. +SKY KINGDOM (IRE) (c, 3, Montjeu {Ire}--We Can Say It Now {Aus} {MG1SW-NZ, $229,619}, by Starcraft {NZ}), who is out of the MG1SW We Can Say It Now (Aus) (Starcraft {NZ}), was sent off as the 3-1 favourite for this Wood Ditton S., and duly obliged in a storied race which has thrown up the likes of Mukhadram (GB) (Shamardal) and Harbinger (GB) (Dansili {GB}) in recent years. Stalking the lead in second after the initial strides, he was nudged along to...

Dual Group 1 winner The Grey Gatsby (Ire) (Mastercraftsman {Ire}) will begin his 5-year-old campaign in the G1 Tattersalls Gold Cup at The Curragh May 22, according to trainer Kevin Ryan. The Grey Gatsby took the G1 Prix du Jockey Club two years ago before besting dual Derby winner Australia (GB) (Galileo {Ire}) in the G1 Irish Champion S., but the Frank Gillespie silkbearer failed to win in six tries last year. He ran some credible races in defeat, however, placing in four Group 1s and missing the G1 Prince...

European champion 2-year-old filly Minding (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}) heads 61 entries for the G1 Investec Oaks at the race's initial entry stage. Minding, the winner of last year's G1 Moyglare Stud S. and G1 Dubai Fillies' Mile, is the 4-1 favourite for the June 3 Classic, with stablemate Ballydoyle (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}) second in the betting at 10-1. Their trainer, Aidan O'Brien, has 16 entries in the Oaks. Jon Kelly's Beautiful Morning (GB) (Galileo {Ire}), the first foal out of Date With Destiny (Ire) (George Washington {Ire}) and the winner...

Last year's G1 St Leger winner Simple Verse (Ire) (Duke Of Marmalade {Ire}) is set to clash with another Classic winner of her generation, G1 Irish Derby winner Jack Hobbs (GB) (Halling), when she resumes in the G2 Jockey Club S. Apr. 30 at Newmarket. Simple Verse rides a four-race win streak and has been off since taking the G1 Qipco British Champions Fillies & Mares S. at Ascot Oct. 17, and trainer Ralph Beckett said the 4-year-old is primed for a return. "Simple Verse is in good shape and...

A colt by Invincible Spirit (Ire) from the Oaks Farm Stables consignment (lot 47) topped the opening session of Tattersalls' Craven Breeze-Up Sale Tuesday with a winning bid of 360,000gns from agent Jamie McCalmont. The April-foaled bay is out of the stakes-winning Loch Jipp (Belong To Me), and from the extended family of American Grade I winners Willa On The Move and Will's Way.

2.10 Newmarket, Debutantes, £10,000, 3yo, 8fT SKY KINGDOM (IRE) (Montjeu {Ire}) takes part in this Wood Ditton S., which can throw up a top-notcher such as the 2012 winner Mukhadram (GB) (Shamardal) and 2009 runner-up Harbinger (GB) (Dansili {GB}). Out of the MG1SW We Can Say It Now (Aus) (Starcraft {NZ}), Paul Makin's homebred meets another product of a Group 1 winner in Shadwell's 450,000gns TATOCT graduate Mulk (GB) (New Approach {Ire}), a Sir Michael Stoute-trained son of the Fillies' Mile and Coronation S. heroine Nannina (GB) (Medicean {GB}). 2.45...

Dalakhani (Ire), who stands at the Aga Khan's Haras de Bonneval in France, will miss the remainder of the covering season due to a veterinary problem, according to a release from the farm. Dalakhani is the sire of eight Group 1 winners, and his first Southern Hemisphere crop are yearlings this year. They have realized up to A$620,000 at the yearling sales.

A pair of Guineas contenders partook in racecourse gallops at Newmarket Tuesday, but for Galileo Gold (GB) (Paco Boy {GB}), there is still uncertainty as to which Guineas he will contest. Galileo Gold won three of his five outings last year for Al Shaqab Racing and trainer Hugo Palmer, including the G2 Vintage S., and wrapped up his 2-year-old campaign with a third-place finish in the G1 Qatar Prix Jean-Luc Lagardere. Galileo Gold galloped Tuesday under race rider Frankie Dettori, and was eight lengths clear of workmate Strong Steps (GB)...

The European Breeders' Fund has created a 20-race series designed for fillies that fall below black-type level. Called the EBF Breeders' Fillies Series, the 20 races–all handicaps for 3-year-olds and up--will be worth a total of £625,000, with a minium purse of £20,000, and will culminate in a four-race finale at Newmarket Oct. 1. The series is designed to incentivize owners of fillies at this level to keep them in training rather than sell or export them. The races will be contested over six, eight, 10 and 12 furlongs and...