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7.30 Kempton, Novice, 3yo/up, 10f 219y (AWT) WATER TO WINE (FR) (Kingman {GB}) was one of the talking horses for the Derby ahead of the Chester Vase, which he missed but he is back with Royal Ascot in the mind of connections. A taking winner on debut at Newbury last month, George Strawbridge's relative of Dominant and Es Que Love is joined by the fellow John and Thady Gosden-trained newcomer Humphrey (GB) (Pinatubo {Ire}), Normandie Stud's half-brother to the G2 Queen's Vase winner and Goodwood Cup third Gregory (Golden Horn)....

The BBAG Spring Online Sale catalogue was revealed on Tuesday. Featuring 40 lots, including eight juveniles, 28 horses-in-training and four broodmares, the sale will begin on June 3 at noon and end at 4 p.m. local time on June 5. Three of the broodmares--Beauty Of Lips (Mastercraftsman) (lot 2), Lips Highlight (Highland Reel) (lot 15) and Peace Of Light (Lord Of England) (lot 23)--are in foal to Tunnes. The fourth, Sienna (Amaron) (lot 27), was recently covered by Rip Van Lips. The two-year-olds are by Neatico, Mehmas, Nerik, Starspangledbanner, Best...

Racing communities around the world are mourning Tony Ives, one of the greatest and most popular international jockeys of recent decades who has died in Thailand at the age of 74 following a lengthy period of ill health. Ives was born in Westow, near Malton, in February 1952 and, although he started his apprenticeship in Co. Durham with Arthur Stephenson, he soon transferred to Stanley 'Snowy' Wainwright, then one of the leading trainers in the Malton area. Ives's first notable job was as stable jockey to Reg Hollinshead, who was...

The British EBF's annual industry document was published on Tuesday. It covers the British EBF's activities for the 2025 Flat and 2025/2026 National Hunt seasons and can be viewed here. A leading supporter of prize-money in British racing since 1983, the British EBF has maintained record contributions of £2 million for the past three years and is committed to providing the same amount for 2026. The document details how funds are allocated following the contributions made by British stallion studs from their covering income, a system that has played a...

Water To Wine and Saxon Street are both headed to Royal Ascot, according to co-trainer John Gosden, who spoke during Epsom's pre-Derby Festival gallops morning. The duo are likely for the G2 King Edward VII Stakes, also known as the Ascot Derby. The latter, a Marcstown-owned son of Saxon Warrior, won the Listed Blue Riband Trial Stakes in April. He ran third in the Listed Cocked Hat Stakes at Goodwood on May 23. Gosden, who trains with his son Thady, said, "Saxon Street is Ascot-bound, I think and I've learned...

A Tuesday inspection of Haydock Park's inner course found the surface unsuitable for racing and the May 29-30 cards have been abandoned, the racecourse announced on social media. During Saturday's G2 Temple Stakes card, John and Thady Gosden's Friendly Soul (Kingman) took a false step on the inner course in the day's first race, the Listed William Hill Epic Boost British EBF Hedge Of Oak Stakes. A trio of inner course races were abandoned as a result. A statement posted on X read, "Fixtures scheduled to take place on Friday...

Group winner Pearled Majesty will be ridden by Cristian Demuro in the 2100-metre G1 Prix du Jockey Club at Chantilly. Co-owned by former trainer Criquette Head and trainer Mauricio Delcher Sanchez, the son of Persian King won the G3 Prix Noailles in preparation for this Classic at ParisLongchamp in April. He will be the first runner in the Classic for Delcher Sanchez, a former multiple champion trainer in Spain. "We have always thought highly of Pearled Majesty," said Delcher Sanchez, who has been based at Chantilly since 2013. "Since his...

Across the Epsom Downs the temporary structures that form the Betfred Derby backdrop are going up but of most importance on this sweltering morning is what's coming down the hill. Five Classic hopefuls have arrived for a taster of this most unusual of tracks, though one is back for take two. Balzac, third in the Blue Riband Trial here behind Saxon Street and Rebel Rocker, has subsequently had a spin around Lingfield too, but his trainer Jane Chapple-Hyam is taking no chances with her first Derby runner.  "I bought him...

by TTR AusNZ/Kit Gow/Dane McLeod The market was hungry for racing talent coming off the track, and the first day of the 2026 Magic Millions Gold Coast National Broodmare Sale delivered that in droves, with the clearance rate soaring past the equivalent time in the 2025 edition. Five-time Group 1 winner Legarto was the star of the show, selling for A$2.8 million early in the session. At A Glance Clearance for Day 1 of the Magic Millions National Broodmare Sale improved to 85% (81%), while the aggregate decreased to A$34,154,500,...

A total of 22 entries remain at the latest forfeit stage in Sunday's G1 Prix du Jockey Club, among them Andre Fabre's Komorebi. Owned by Godolphin, the bay was second to Rayif (Sea The Moon) in the G1 Poule d'Essai des Poulains on May 10. The colt, by Pinatubo, would be the fifth winner of the iconic race for his 80-year-old trainer who previously celebrated victories with Peintre Celebre (1997), Lope De Vega (2010), Intello (2013), and New Bay in 2015. "He ran a really nice race and he will...

Golden boy of the week has to be Starspangledbanner (though Wayne Lordan and Karl Burke both deserve consideration for that title). To have had both Cartier champion two-year-olds last year was a big enough feather in his cap but for both Gstaad and Precise to progress into Classic winners in the space of 24 hours at the Curragh cements their sire's position among the elite. A more in-depth look at the Starspangledbanner story to date in TDN back in December put forward the suggestion that the best days were still...

The Breeze-Up Consignors Association and Arqana have united to ensure there is no repeat of the unsavoury behaviour from earlier this month Brendan Holland, head of the Breeze-Up Consignors Association (BUCA), has spoken of his deep embarrassment about incidents of excessive drinking, fighting and damage caused at the recent sales in Deauville making it onto the pages of the national press after complaints made by Arqana president Olivier Delloye were leaked. However, Delloye vehemently stated on Monday that formal complaints made in a letter to BUCA were taken "completely out...