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A select offering of 74 two-year-olds will be offered at the second edition of the Goffs Classic Breeze-Up Sale, which takes place on Saturday, June 27 during Ireland's premier Classic weekend, the Dubai Duty Free Irish Derby Festival. The catalogue is now available online. All lots will breeze at Naas Racecourse five days ahead of the sale on Monday, June 22, giving buyers additional time to review and inspect the horses. The sale will begin at 6.15pm on Saturday at Goffs, following afternoon racing at the Curragh where the feature...

1.45 Haydock, Novice, 3yo/up, f/m, 10f 42yT TRIBAL QUEEN (GB) (Frankel {GB}) is a significant debutante for Godolphin as the third foal out of the Prix Marcel Boussac, Nassau and Prix de l'Opera heroine and Oaks and Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Turf runner-up Wild Illusion (Dubawi), the full-sister to Yibir who has already produced the operation's Listed winner Spirited Style (Sea The Stars). Charlie Appleby also saddles the Kempton third Fashion's Fancy (GB) (Night Of Thunder {Ire}), the daughter of a Listed-placed half-sister to the high-class stable stalwart Rebel's...

Four horses made six-figure prices during Thursday's final session of the Goffs UK Spring HIT/PTP Sale, most notably the six-year-old Minella Premier (Shantou) (lot 620), who caused a lively bidding battle before being knocked down to Stroud Coleman Bloodstock and O'Neill Racing for £300,000. Minella Premier was offered as the winner of each of his three starts to date, first a Ballindenisk point-to-point for John Nallen and then bumpers at Fontwell and Wetherby for Richard Hobson. "Minella Premier is a lovely horse. We actually underbid him here as a pointer....

Back at the scene of his landmark success in the marathon G1 Prix du Cadran on Arc weekend, Victorious Forever's Caballo De Mar (Phoenix Of Spain) proved the chief slugger of ParisLongchamp once again as he prevailed in a blanket finish to Thursday's G1 Prix Vicomtesse Vigier. On an evening designed to pay tribute to the late Aga Khan IV and which had already provided the perfect outcome via Daryz in the feature renamed in his honour, Caballo De Mar was providing the icing on the cake hailing from the...

Badly in need of a confidence boost ahead of Royal Ascot, Wathnan's Lazzat (Territories) got just that in Thursday's G3 Prix du Palais-Royal at ParisLongchamp. Sent off the 30-100 favourite for the seven-furlong contest, the five-year-old who had endured five consecutive reversals since his epic defeat of Satono Reve in the Queen Elizabeth II Jubilee Stakes in June was launched by Mickael Barzalona 300 metres out and coaxed clear for a smooth 4 1/2-length success. Silius (Dubawi) was second, with the outsider Rencontre Sportive (Seabhac) another 1 1/4 lengths away...

If there was any tension from the Aga Khan Studs team ahead of the latest expedition of Daryz (Sea The Stars) on Thursday, it quickly melted away as the Arc-winning sensation breezed through the renamed G1 Prix Aga Khan IV. Making light work of the inaugural running of ParisLongchamp's extended nine-furlong Prix d'Ispahan under its revised title honouring the remarkable legacy of the winner's late breeder, the 1-5 favourite who could yet turn out to be one of the very finest produced by the operation brushed aside last year's Grand...

Leading vendors and buyers open up ahead of the Tattersalls Ireland Breeze-Up Sale "We've three or four owners who are mad keen to get in on the action," said Ross O'Sullivan on the eve of the Tattersalls Ireland Breeze-Up Sale.  O'Sullivan was one of many domestic trainers - Ado McGuinness, Paddy Twomey, Stephen Thorne, Michael O'Callaghan and plenty of others - who will be busy trying to sniff out some value.  And why wouldn't they? Breeze-Up maestro John Cullinan admits that consignors are "feeling the pain" from a cooling market...

The six-year-old Kaiser Ball (Nom de d'La) (lot 443) took star billing during a record-breaking session of the Goffs UK Spring HIT/PTP Sale on Wednesday when bought by Tom Malone for £360,000. Last seen finishing third behind the subsequent dual Grade 1 winner King Rasko Grey (Galiway) in a maiden hurdle at Limerick over Christmas, Kaiser Ball was sold by Tony Costello of Treannahow Stables, who spoke afterwards of "a day of days". "I knew he'd sell well," he added. "He's a proper Grade 1 horse with proper Grade 1...

Thursday, ParisLongchamp, France, post time: 19:33, PRIX AGA KHAN IV (PRIX D'ISPAHAN)-G1, €250,000, 4yo/up, 9 1/4fT Field: Daryz (Fr) (Sea The Stars {Ire}), Leffard (Fr) (Le Havre {Ire}), Sosie (Ire) (Sea The Stars {Ire}), Divine Chrisnat (Fr) (Bow Creek {Ire}), Qilin Queen (Ire) (Pinatubo {Ire}). TDN Analysis: Daryz drops back from the Ganay in which he was so impressive as he tackles last year's winner Sosie. Both are top-class at a mile and a half and have the pace to make a mark over shorter, with Daryz possibly possessing a...

Initial entries for the Tattersalls Online Breeze-Up Session have now been published and can be viewed here. Now in its fourth year, the session features 21 two-year-olds who will breeze on the all-weather surface at Dundalk Stadium on Wednesday, May 27, before being offered in the Online June Sale on June 3-4. The concept has been supported by leading breeze-up consignors, including Ballynure Park Stud, Bansha House Stables, C.A.J. Stables, Davis Bloodstock, Gary Bloodstock, Hyde Park Stud, Kildallan Farm, M.C. Thoroughbreds, Meadowview Stables, Powerstown Stud and The Bloodstock Connection. Nineteen...

The Timeform rankings return to highlight the top-rated maiden/novice winners in Britain and Ireland from the last fortnight, with a Richard Hannon-trained colt from York's Dante Festival leading the way.  =3. BARROW BOY (IRE) Bayside Boy (Ire) - Illumined (Ire), by Sea The Moon (Ger) Timeform performance rating: 92 Trained by Gavin Cromwell, Barrow Boy was a dominant winner of the near-6f maiden run at Navan on May 16, fully confirming the promise of last month's debut when he chased home Tribeca (Blue Point) over the same course and distance....

Breeders' Cup Classic hero Forever Young heads a seven-strong entry for Japan in the 2026 Qatar Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe. Trained by Yoshito Yahagi, Forever Young became the first Japanese runner to win the Breeders' Cup Classic. He has also won back-to-back editions of the Saudi Cup and boasts career earnings in excess of €25 million. Yahagi has also entered Shin Emperor, who was well-beaten in the 2024 edition of the race.  Byzantine Dream and Alohi Alii are also no strangers to ParisLongchamp. In September 2025, Byzantine Dream lifted...