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The International Thoroughbred Breeders' Federation will host the biennial conference in France from May 5 to 10. The event will bring together key stakeholders from the industry across 27 countries, along with international organisations such as the FIAH, American Racing Channel, and the European Federation of Thoroughbred Breeders' Associations. The main conference will provide an opportunity to exchange views on the practices, current situation and projects of the participating countries. As for the veterinary conference, it will bring together numerous specialised practitioners who will discuss selected topics. Prior to that,...

Andre Fabre has snapped up champion jockey Oisin Murphy to ride My Highness (Ghaiyyath) in the Betfred 1,000 Guineas on Sunday. Fabre, who last won the fillies' Classic in 2014 with Miss France, moved quickly once he knew Murphy would be available. The Godolphin-owned My Highness won three of her four outings as a juvenile, including a Group 2 at Deauville. She was beaten in the Prix Imprudence earlier this month, but Fabre was not too concerned by that and can point to the fact Miss France also suffered defeat...

It has been done before: victory at Southwell in November, third in the Fred Darling, win the 1,000 Guineas. That was the route taken by the Roger Varian-trained Elmalka (Kingman) two years ago when she won the fillies' Classic at 28/1 on just her third start, and with that in mind it is perhaps worth paying closer scrutiny to Amo Racing's Domina Ignis, who is currently around 66/1 for the Betfred 1,000 Guineas on Sunday. The lightly raced Pinatubo filly was out on the Rowley Mile with Kevin Philippart de...

Amo Racing's Force Noir (Persian Force) was named a TDN Rising Star, presented by Hagyard, after a visually impressive display at Naas on Monday. The Robson Aguiar-trained colt had previously shown a battling attitude when beaten a head after attempting to make all on heavy ground in the season's opening juvenile contest at the Curragh last month. Benefiting from much drier conditions in Monday's Irish EBF Median Sires Series Maiden, he made no mistake the second time around. In doing so, he became the second winner and first TDN Rising...

Monday's Irish Stallion Farms EBF Fillies Maiden - over a trip 15 yards shy of six furlongs at Naas - has an honour roll featuring multiple Group 1 winners Fairyland (Kodiac) and Alpha Centauri (Mastercraftsman), who earned their Rising Star rosettes here. This year's renewal went the way of Aidan O'Brien trainee Victorious (Wootton Bassett), who became her sire's 19th TDN Rising Star, presented by Hagyard, when displaying an array of gears and posting an impressive 1 3/4-length tally for the Coolmore and Westerberg partnership. "She's a lovely filly, but...

Tattersalls Ireland has been announced as the new sponsor of the Norwegian 2,000 Guineas, which will take place on one of the most important days in Norwegian racing at Øvrevoll Galoppbane on Thursday, July 2. This initiative builds on the long-standing support of Tattersalls, which has sponsored the 1,000 Guineas at the same meeting for many years. In 2026, the races will be titled the Tattersalls 1,000 Guineas and the Tattersalls Ireland 2,000 Guineas. Simon Kerins, CEO of Tattersalls Ireland, said, "We are delighted to extend our support to the...

Tuesday, Epsom, post time: 14:40, THE BETFRED BLUE RIBAND TRIAL STAKES-Listed, £60,000, 3yo, 10f 17yT Field: Balzac (Ger) (Japan {GB}), Menzies (Ire) (Australia {GB}), New Zealand (Ire) (Frankel {GB}), Pearl River (GB) (Cotai Glory {GB}), Rebel Rocker (GB) (Cityscape {GB}), Saxon Street (Ire) (Saxon Warrior {Jpn}). TDN Analysis: Ballydoyle send New Zealand to this Derby prep and his fifth in the Criterium International makes him the clear standard-setter, but the stable's three-year-olds are needing their reintroductions more than ever this year and he could be vulnerable. Balzac won over a...

NEWMARKET, UK -- Rain has been in short supply in Newmarket for weeks but if the weather can be seen as a metaphor for George Boughey's mood then the spotless blue sky of Monday morning was a pretty good one.  And why shouldn't this 34-year-old be upbeat? After all, his training career, which got underway in 2019, has been on nothing but an upward trajectory over the past seven years. This bright morning, his Craven House Stables contains the favourite for Saturday's Betfred 2,000 Guineas, and it is a yard...

Inglis will conduct just one physical breeding stock sale in 2026, with declining demand for live broodmare auctions prompting a decisive shift to digital. The company's breeding stock session will now operate as Day 2 of the April (late) Online Sale, replacing both the Australian Broodmare Sale and Great Southern Broodmare Sale. The change leaves the elite Inglis Chairman's Sale as Inglis' only live breeding stock auction, focused on the top end of the commercial market. Bidding for the restructured broodmare session will close Thursday evening on the Inglis Digital...

Ka Ying Rising carried a record HK$94.4million (approximately €10.27 million) worth of World Pool Win bets on his shoulders in Sunday's G1 Chairman's Sprint Prize, which he won emphatically by four-and-a-half lengths at odds of 1.05, the minimum odds a horse can return with World Pool. Only HK$2.7million was wagered in the Win pool on his seven other rivals, with a record total handle of HK97.1million on the race. The previous highest amount ever bet in the Win pool for a World Pool or Hong Kong Jockey Club race was...

The Aidan O'Brien-trained Gstaad has been supplemented back into the Betfred 2,000 Guineas at Newmarket at a cost of £30,000. Along with Albert Einstein, he had been incorrectly scratched from the race earlier this month due to an administration error.  While Albert Einstein remains an absentee, Gstaad is one of four Ballydoyle contenders in contention at Monday's confirmation stage, with dual Group 1 winner Puerto Rico, Causeway and Flushing Meadows also on the list of 20 colts still in the mix. On his Guineas squad, O'Brien said, "The current thinking...

5.10 Naas, Mdn, 2yo, f, 5f 205yT LIVENKA (GB) (Bated Breath {GB}) is an important Juddmonte newcomer for the Ger Lyons stable as a half-sister to their Phoenix Stakes heroine Babouche (Kodiac) and her triple Group-winning full-sibling Zarinsk. Having won two of the last six renewals of this maiden, the yard obviously prioritises this, as does Aidan O'Brien, whose four recent winners include the subsequent Cheveley Park Stakes heroine Fairyland. He is represented this time by Victorious (Ire) (Wootton Bassett {GB}), a half-sister to last year's G3 Staffordstown Stud Stakes...