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Debut Winner Nity Galeste Highlights Arqana Online March Catalogue

The catalogue for the Arqana Online March Sale set for 3-5 p.m. on Wednesday, March 25, is now available. Leading the three-strong group is debut winner Nity Galeste (City Light) (lot 1), who took a 1900-metre race at Chantilly. Related to top-tier winners Potri Pe (Potrillazo) and Mukhalif (Caerleon), he is joined by Nippon Go...

Monster Truck Sets New Tattersalls Cheltenham Record At £530k

Gordon Elliott Racing snapped up debut winner Monster Truck (lot 29) for a record £530,000 to top the Tattersalls Cheltenham Festival Sale after racing on Thursday. The four-year-old gelding is the highest-priced horse ever sold in the Tattersalls Cheltenham sale ring. The son of Goliath Du Berlais won his only start, a three-mile point-to-point at...

Heart Wood Runs Riot in Ryanair as Ground Concerns Sideline Fact To File

CHELTENHAM, UK — On a day of high winds and even higher stakes at Cheltenham, it was Heart Wood (Choeur Du Nord) who best withstood the challenge to run out a wide-margin winner of the Ryanair Chase, Thursday’s Grade 1 feature which lost much of its lustre when defending champion Fact To File (Poliglote) was...

Siyouni’s Edaja Pounces Late and Goes Two-for-Two at Chantilly

Aga Khan Studs homebred three-year-old filly Edaja (Siyouni) added to her debut victory at Chantilly last month and remained unbeaten after pouncing late for the Francis Graffard stable back there in Thursday’s Prix des Princesses. Patiently ridden in midfield until turning for home in the one-mile Polytrack test, she challenged out wide passing the furlong...

Ka Ying Rising Bosses Longines WBRR

Ka Ying Rising (Shamexpress) stands firmly on top of the Longines World’s Best Racehorse Rankings, which were released on Thursday. Given a mark of 128, the Hong Kong Horse of the Year is four pounds clear of his Hong Kong compatriot Romantic Warrior (Acclamation) at 124. Ka Ying Rising has rattled off a record 18-straight...

Arqana To Sponsor Three New Listed Contests At Regional French Tracks

Arqana has revealed sponsorship details for the upcoming season, which features the addition of three Listed races at regional tracks – La Teste de Buch, Craon and Marseille-Borély racecourses. The sponsorship includes the Prix Milkom at La Teste de Buch on August 26, the Critérium de l’Ouest at Craon on September 5 and the La...

 ‘Small and Mighty’: Il Etait Temps Bags Champion Chase Honours 

CHELTENHAM, UK — Craig Kieswetter has been a top-class sportsman in his own right but the former England and Somerset cricketer was emphatic in his assessment of what mattered most to him after his family’s Il Etait Temps (Jukebox Jury) won the BetMGM Queen Mother Champion Chase.  “I’d rather win at Cheltenham than win a...

National Hunt Prospects Star As Tattersalls Online March Sale Revealed

A total of 90 lots have been catalogued for the Tattersalls Online March Sale on March 18-19. The sale is headed by the 13-lot Point-to-Point & National Hunt Bumper Session. There are also 62 horses in- and out-of-training, five two-year-olds, three stores, two broodmares, two yearlings, a 1/50th share of Nando Parrado (lot 89) and...

Singapore “Legend” Rocket Man Dies Aged 20 After Colic

Rocket Man (Vicount), the only Singapore-based horse to win a Group 1 contest abroad, has died.  Bred in New South Wales by Dean Fleming, Rocket Man raced in the colours of Fred Crabbia and was trained by Patrick Shaw. His big day in the sun came when he beat the Bob Baffert-trained Euroears in the...

Racing Australia Forms Black Type Advisory Group

Racing Australia has confirmed the formation of a Black Type Advisory Group (BTAG) in a statement published on Wednesday. The seven-member panel comprises Barry Bowditch, Sebastian Hutch, Antony Thompson, Andy Makiv, Adrian Hancock, Jon Freyer, and Duncan Grimley. Racing Australia said the group was selected to represent a broad cross-section of the industry and that...

Court Rules Racing NSW Exceeded Powers in ATC Dispute

A ruling from the Supreme Court of New South Wales has found that Racing NSW acted outside its statutory powers in attempting to place the Australian Turf Club under administration. Justice François Kunc declared the proposed appointment of an administrator “invalid and of no effect,” concluding the regulator’s decision was not authorised under the Thoroughbred...