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Carrying a Royal Ascot entry, River In Paradise sold for 100,000gns to Narvick and bloodstock agent Shawn Dugan during the Tattersalls Online June Pop-Up Sale on Friday. Consigned by Robert Edwards's Uplands Stables, the daughter of Lope Y Fernandez holds an entry in the Listed Windsor Castle Stakes. She won a six-furlong fillies' maiden at Lingfield on June 4. Dugan said, "We are really excited. Marsha Naify is in England attending Royal Ascot and was alerted to this filly being in the Tattersalls Online sale. We all know how quickly...

Two wild-card entries have been added to Monday's Goffs London Sale, including G3 Greenham Stakes winner Alparslan (Dandy Man). Trained by Karl Burke, Alparslan beat subsequent German 2,000 Guineas winner Title Role, as well as Albert Einstein and Group 1 winner Zavateri when making his seasonal debut in the Greenham at Newbury. He was subsequently fifth, beaten just 1 3/4 lengths by the runner-up, in the Irish 2,000 Guineas.  Twice a winner at two, Alparslan holds entries in both the G1 Commonwealth Cup and G3 Jersey Stakes at Royal Ascot...

Richard Gibson has been appointed the international client relations director for Arqana. The former trainer will begin his new role on June 15. This appointment is part of a strategy to attract new clients worldwide while retaining the loyalty of buyers who regularly attend the sales in Deauville. Gibson will strengthen sales promotion efforts in various foreign markets. He will also be tasked with continuing to improve the welcome extended to buyers when they attend the sales. Gibson has over 25 years as a trainer (1997-2023) and spent 14 years...

Godfrey Wilson's homebred Run To Freedom sustained a fatal injury during trackwork on Thursday ahead of a start at Royal Ascot next week, according to a report in The Mirror. Trainer Henry Candy told Mirror Racing, "Run To Freedom fractured a pastern just doing a routine bit of work on the gallops. It was too bad to repair. He's been a great servant and a tremendous character." The eight-year-old intact son of Muhaarar won the G3 Abernant Stakes at Newmarket in April ahead of an intended start in the G1...

Following in a rich tradition of leading Australian sprinters at the royal meeting, Joliestar (Zoustar) and Overpass (Vancouver) undertook a dress rehearsal on the Ascot turf on Friday morning for their respective targets next week. The Bjorn Baker-trained Overpass heads to Tuesday's G1 King Charles III Stakes and Joliestar runs in the G1 Queen Elizabeth II Jubilee Stakes on Saturday for Chris Waller.  The latter's assistant Charlie Duckworth said, "Joliestar had a gallop this morning over 800 metres, 15 seconds per furlong for the first two furlongs before quickening up...

Starfield Stud's first-season sire Dubawi Legend was the latest of his group to get off the mark on Friday as his son Metamouse scored at Chester. Fourth on debut at Chepstow last month, the David Loughnane-trained €18,000 Tattersalls Ireland September purchase was sent off at 7-2 for the six-furlong contest and raced under cover early. Delivered by Hector Crouch to lead inside the final furlong, the colt who races for Beadle Brookes Racing asserted to score by 2 3/4 lengths from Koodini (Kodi Bear). "I got a lovely, smooth run around...

The Coolmore partners' Benvenuto Cellini (Frankel) could make a quick reappearance in Royal Ascot's G2 King Edward VII Stakes on Friday, June 19, according to trainer Aidan O'Brien. Favoured in the G1 Betfred Derby, the colt finished 10th before being declared a non-runner after getting a hind foot caught in the stalls. Fellow Ballydoyle runner Christmas Day (Camelot) would go on to win the Blue Riband. O'Brien told Kevin Blake in an attheraces.com stable tour, "There's a chance he could run in the King Edward. We have to see how...

Owner Tony O'Gorman is adamant that Britannia Stakes-bound Bobby McGee (Mayson) is a Group horse in the making and says only "strong money" would see him part with the Noel Meade-trained improver at the Goffs London Sale next week.  Bobby McGee has won his last three starts for Meade, most recently when accounting for a field of highly-touted runners over a mile on Royal Ascot Trials Day at Naas. That performance suggested that there can be even more to come for the now 93-rated Bobby McGee and O'Gorman says that...

2.48 Sandown, Mdn, 2yo, 7fT Godolphin's 1.9-million guineas October Book 1 graduate KING'S WELCOME (GB) (Wootton Bassett {GB}) debuts for the Charlie Appleby stable successful in this last year with subsequent G2 Superlative Stakes victor Saba Desert (GB) (Dubawi {Ire}). His six rivals include the George Boughey-trained Kaito (GB) (Dubawi {Ire}), who is a half-brother to the multiple Group-placed dual Listed winner Boiling Point (Ire) (Too Darn Hot {GB}); Richard Hannon nominee Il Capo (Ire) (Supremacy {Ire}), who is kin to G3 Anglesey Stakes victrix Kairyu (Ire) (Kuroshio {Aus}); and...

Five horses have been supplemented to the Goffs London Sale, set for Monday, June 15, on the eve of Royal Ascot. the sale will be held in association with ULYSSIA and Fitzwilliam Sports at Kensington Palace Gardens. Santa Bravado (Iffraaj) (lot 18) has been added after posting a tally in a Navan 10-furlong affair on May 16. He carries an entry in the Golden Gate Stakes at Royal Ascot. Noble Horizon (Kingman) (lot 19) arrives after an eye-catching 5 1/2-length success over 10 furlongs at Leicester on June 8. Seven-time...

A gelded son of Way To Paris led the way during Part 2 of the Goffs Arkle Sale on Thursday. County Galway point-to-point trainer John Staunton struck the winning bid of €65,000 for the top lot, Ballymarkham Stud's Way To Paris three-parts brother to high-class handicap chaser Downmexicoway (Champs Elysees) out of a half-sister to top hurdler Get Me Out Of Here (Accordion) (lot 573). "I've bought him for Basil Holian, who owns Downmexicoway," reported Staunton. "I trained him and he bought him off me. Basil saw this gelding was...

Betting firm Fitzdares say that St James's Palace Stakes hotpot Bow Echo (Night Of Thunder) is the best backed horse on day one at Royal Ascot - but trader Mark Cancea revealed that Venetian Sun, as short as 2-1 favourite for the Commonwealth Cup, is by far the most popular horse in the ante-post wagering for the meeting on the whole.  Punters seem to believe that 2,000 Guineas winner Bow Echo is the real deal, according to Cancea, who said Fitzdares have seen one-way traffic for George Boughey's stable star...