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Newmarket's 1,000 Guineas and the Oaks from Epsom will return as World Pool races this year, with the full list of 2026 Q2 fixtures being confirmed by the Hong Kong Jockey Club. As was the case last year, the World Pool season in Britain will kick off with the 2,000 Guineas from Newmarket on Saturday, May 2, with a full card available to punters in 27 jurisdictions. The following day, the 1,000 Guineas, the second Classic of the British Flat season, will also be commingled, having last been a World...

The winner of the G2 Sumbe Prix Kergorlay will now be granted automatic entry into the G1 Lexus Melbourne Cup as part of a partnership between France Galop and the Victoria Racing Club (VRC). The Prix Kergorlay, which takes place at Deauville in August, joins the GII Belmont Gold Cup in the United States and the Ebor Handicap in Britain as the only Golden Ticket qualifiers for the Melbourne Cup held outside of Australia. In 2010, the Alain de Royer-Dupré-trained Americain (Dynaformer) became the first horse to complete the Prix...

Michael Costa has announced that he will be stepping down from his role as head trainer at His Highness Sheikh Ahmed bin Rashid Al Maktoum's Jebel Ali Stables in Dubai, with the Queenslander revealing his ambition to "build something special" on his return to Australia. "I have loved every minute of my time at Jebel Ali Stables," read a statement from the trainer. "To be entrusted with training for His Highness Sheikh Ahmed bin Rashid Al Maktoum has been the greatest honour of my career. "What we have achieved together...

Tuesday, Saint-Cloud, post time: 16:15, PRIX ROSE DE MAI-Listed, €50,300, 3yo, f, 10fT Field: Reve Bleu (Fr) (City Light {Fr}), L'Abbaye (Fr) (Almanzor {Fr}), La Carriere (Ire) (No Nay Never), Rubia Queen (GB) (Nathaniel {Ire}), Habibi (Fr) (Le Brivido {Fr}), Hatanka Fal (Fr) (Hathal), Debrouillarde (Into Mischief), Vanta (Fr) (Goken {Fr}), Alpenveilchen (Ire) (Zarak {Fr}), Arkansas (Fr) (Sottsass {Fr}), Muhaaria (Fr) (Muhaarar {GB}), Warriors Whisper (Ire) (Lope De Vega {Ire}). TDN Analysis: Early Prix de Diane clues are on offer here, with Andre Fabre saddling a rare Into Mischief in...

The IRE Incentive will extend to Italy for the first time this year to reward Irish-bred winners of designated races in the country. The popular sales initiative, run by Irish Thoroughbred Marketing (ITM), has been in operation since 2021 and has helped to stimulate Irish bloodstock and sales. Over 1,000 IRE Incentive races in Ireland and Great Britain have been run since with over €5 million in bonuses spent at Irish auctions.    Figures from Weatherbys show that Italy is the third biggest market for Ireland in Europe after Britain and...

As always, Ireland and France have been quicker off the mark when it comes to the Flat turf season, and Britain joins them this Saturday with the opening meeting at Doncaster, which always provides plenty of interest, not least through the Brocklesby Stakes. This year, fittingly, the first two-year-old race in Britain is run in memory of Bill Turner, whose name was a standing dish in the Brocklesby entries and who died last August at the age of 78. With six victories between 1996 and 2013, Turner holds the record...

Dubai World Cup fancy Imperial Emperor features among the entries for the upcoming horses-in-training sale held jointly by Tattersalls Online and the Emirates Racing Authority. The online sale will run from March 26 to April 1 and features 195 lots. It marks the second time that Tattersalls Online and the Emirates Racing Authority have linked up for such a venture.  The sale will be held as an alternative to the live end-of-season auction which would normally take place around the Dubai World Cup meeting.  Hosted entirely on the Tattersalls Online...

With the Brocklesby entries just a matter of hours away from being published, the time has nearly come for us to close the book on Winter Watch for another year. The final instalment to come next week will attempt to wrap up the best of the action that we've witnessed on the all-weather over the past four months or so, highlighting the 10 three-year-olds who have left the most lasting impression and appear ready to run in a Classic trial near you this spring. Before then, however, there's time to...

If history is anything to go by, Drop Dead Gorgeous (Dubawi) is going places having won a key Naas maiden for Ballydoyle on Sunday. She becomes Dubawi's 48th TDN Rising Star, Presented by Hagyard. Debuting in the mile contest which the stable's subsequent Classic heroines Empress Josephine and Tuesday won in 2021 and 2022, the even-money favourite was notably smooth for Ryan Moore and after taking command 1 1/2 furlongs out eased to a comfortable success. "We're delighted with her, she's a lovely big filly. She's still a baby and...

Following on from Ballydoyle's earlier winner Accredited (Siyouni), Causeway (Wootton Bassett) made it a double for the yard on Naas's Sunday card as he emulated Paddington in winning the Madrid Handicap under top weight. Whether he goes on to hit the heights of his predecessor remains to be seen, but the Curragh maiden winner who hails from the family of Magical and Rhododendron showed grit to deny former stablemate Controlled (No Nay Never) in a photo for the seven-furlong contest. "Seven furlongs is on the tight side for him and...

Aidan O'Brien was getting serious for the first time at Naas on Sunday and the early tempo was set by the €1million Arqana May Breeze-Up buy Accredited (Siyouni). Fourth at Dundalk in October, the full-brother to last year's Greenham Stakes third Saracen stayed on to deny the well-backed Sindagan (Mehmas) in the seven-furlong maiden for colts and geldings. From the family of Mohaather (Showcasing), the 2 1/2-length winner is the stable's first turf winner of the current campaign. "He'd done very well throughout the winter and is very straightforward and...

Crowning a memorable week for trainer Mark Newnham, Invincible Ibis (Hellbent) vindicated Hugh Bowman's faith with a record-breaking success in the HK$26-million BMW Hong Kong Derby at Sha Tin on Sunday. Owned by the Ibis Syndicate, Invincible Ibis was given a ground-saving ride by Bowman, before finishing strongly to overhaul the long-time leader Numbers (Tivaci) by 1 1/4 lengths, clocking a rapid time of 1:59.33, a new record for the Hong Kong Derby since the race distance was changed to 2,000 metres in 2000, eclipsing Massive Sovereign's mark of 1:59.85,...