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The National Stud, like its Irish counterpart, treads a dual pathway in being both a commercial stallion operation and boarding farm as well as a seat of learning. Managing those twin aspects of the business within the wider umbrella of its parent company the Jockey Club means that the plate of chief executive Anna Kerr is already stacked pretty high, but she has recently added to her own inbox through the setting up of the Young Professionals Bloodstock Network. It is perhaps no surprise that Kerr remains intent on providing...

1.42 Ayr, Mdn, 2yo, 5fT RULER'S PRIDE (IRE) (Mehmas {Ire}) debuts for the Wathnan Racing-Karl Burke axis, whose Wild Blossom has already caused a major stir this week and is Royal Ascot-bound. At 550,000gns the highest-priced colt at last month's Tattersalls Craven Breeze-up Sale, the colt whose dam is a half to the high-class Campanelle (Kodiac) will be a warm order tackling three rivals.

Jockey Diego Lima has been suspended for 24 days after being found to have breached the whip rules when guiding Ranting Duke to a runner-up finish in last week's Sky Bet ebfstallions.com Novice Stakes at York. Ranting Duke has also been disqualified. "Diego Lima, the rider of Ranting Duke, placed second, was found to have used his whip more than five times above the permitted level of six approaching the final two furlongs and to have used his whip in the incorrect place on the run to the line," read...

There can be few crueller blows than Classic dreams being dashed after a winter fuelled by expectation and excitement.  This was sadly the case for all those connected with last year's champion two-year-old Gewan (Night Of Thunder), who suffered a fatal injury in April while being prepared for the 2,000 Guineas. Trained by Andrew Balding for Forz Europe, the colt would have been an obvious prospect for that same owner's fledgling stallion operation at Ace Stud. Gewan's breeders, Charlie Wyatt of Dukes Stud and Simon Sweeting of Overbury Stud, were...

Further advertising the prowess of his sire Hello Youmzain at Chantilly on Tuesday, Dostoievsky swooped to conquer in the six-furlong G3 Prix Texanita. Successful in the seven-furlong Listed Prix Saraca here in October, Alain Jathiere's homebred who is part-owned by his breeder, Gousserie Racing and Gerard Augustin-Normand had flopped when last of 10 in Deauville's G3 Prix Djebel in April but was a different proposition here. Drafting in behind the pace set by Samangan (Blue Point) with Christophe Soumillon keen to get cover, the Mauricio Delcher Sanchez-trained 9-1 shot was launched to pass...

Aidan O'Brien's pair of Gstaad (Starspangledbanner) and True Love (No Nay Never) headline the confirmations for the first Irish Classics of the season at the Curragh this weekend. Gstaad filled the runner-up spot behind Bow Echo (Night Of Thunder) in the 2,000 Guineas at Newmarket earlier this month and, with George Boughey keeping his charge fresh for Royal Ascot, the Starspangledbanner colt is the odds-on favourite to gain compensation in Saturday's Tattersalls Irish 2,000 Guineas. A maximum field of 13 will go to post, with Karl Burke's G3 Greenham Stakes...

She may have missed her initial target this year, but Zayida (Frankel) proved on Tuesday that she is firmly in the Prix de Diane reckoning for the The Aga Khan Studs with a clear-cut win in Chantilly's Listed Prix Finlande. Only fourth over this nine-furlong trip on her seasonal bow in ParisLongchamp's G3 Prix Vanteaux in early April, the granddaughter of Zarkava (Zamindar) had enjoyed a confidence boost in a course-and-distance conditions event later that month and upped her game with a dominant display here. Always travelling easily stalking the...

Tattersalls Online and the Emirates Racing Authority will continue their partnership by hosting the Online Jebel Ali Horses in Training Sale on June 5-9, with the catalogue now available to view here. Comprising 30 lots from His Highness Sheikh Ahmed bin Rashid Al Maktoum's Jebel Ali Stables, the catalogue features talented performers such as Keffaaf (Adlerflug), the winner of last year's G3 Al Khail Trophy. The seven-year-old boasts a current Timeform rating of 112 and was last seen finishing sixth in the G2 Dubai City of Gold Stakes behind multiple...

The shortlist of nominees has been announced for six of the 13 award categories at this year's TBA Flat Breeders' Awards Evening, which takes place on Wednesday, July 8 at Chippenham Park. Sponsored by Ace Stud and hosted by leading racing broadcaster Gina Bryce, the evening will celebrate British-bred winners from across the 2025 Flat racing season and bring together the British Flat breeding community. Kate Sigsworth, deputy chair of the TBA and chair of the TBA Flat Racing Committee, said, "We are really looking forward to the annual TBA Flat...

A three-year-old gelding by Golden Horn topped Monday's Goffs Doncaster Spring Store Sale when bought by Paul Nicholls and daughter Megan for £140,000. A half-brother to the G1 Champion Hurdle third Luccia (The Gurkha), lot 100 was offered on behalf of breeder Paul Sandy by Mill House Stud. "We loved him, he was our pick of the sale," said Megan Nicholls. "Dad thought that we needed to come here and try to find as similar a type as we could to Regent's Stroll, who obviously won the sales race. "They're...

Tuesday, Chantilly, France, post time: 16:50, PRIX TEXANITA-G3, €73,200, 3yo, 6fT Field: Dostoievsky (Fr) (Hello Youmzain {Fr}), Samangan (Ire) (Blue Point {Ire}), Street Show (Fr) (Showcasing {GB}), Kailani (Fr) (Goken {Fr}), Kimi Rey (GB) (Kingman {GB}), Pearl Fortune (Ire) (Blue Point {Ire}), Sonatine (Ire) (Mehmas {Ire}). TDN Analysis: Last term's G3 Prix Eclipse and G2 Criterium de Maisons-Laffitte winner Samangan drops back in trip in an attempt to get his season up and running coming back off a second in April's seven-furlong G3 Prix Djebel, where Listed Prix Saraca winner...

In 2026, the draw for the Qatar Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe will be unveiled on the evening of Thursday, October 1 when France Galop hosts the official launch ceremony of the Qatar Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe weekend. As with all Flat races in France, starting gates will be drawn electronically on the morning of Thursday, October 1, under the supervision of a Commissioner of Justice. However, the result of the draw will not be released until the evening ceremony as part of a new initiative being introduced by...