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GoffsGo has assembled 42 horses for its Online January Sale, headed by the Jack Davison-trained Oh Cecelia (Starspangledbanner). The sale takes place next Wednesday 28 January at 12 noon with lots closing next Thursday 29 January from 2pm.  Commenting on the catalogue, Goffs boss Henry Beeby said, "GoffsGo was launched last year and has a calendar of 17 sale dates for 2026. The January Sale kicks off the year in fine fashion featuring a diverse group of entries to appeal to the broadest buying bench. "GoffsGo provides a real point...

Few bloodstock agents manage to rack up the miles that Ed Stapleton puts in on a yearly basis. That's ironic, because if it wasn't for being stopped in his tracks during the Covid-19 pandemic back in 2020, Stapleton may never have made a go of it in both hemispheres.  Now, Stapleton spends six months of the year in the southern hemisphere, where he is already up and running for 2026 after striking at the Magic Millions Gold Coast Yearling Sale. Attention turns to the National Yearling Sale at Karaka, which...

Sunday, Sha Tin, Hong Kong, post time: 15:00, CENTENARY SPRINT CUP-G1, HK$13,000,000, 3yo/up, 1200mT Field: Ka Ying Rising (NZ) (Shamexpress {NZ}), Helios Express (Aus) (Toronado {Ire}), Fast Network (NZ) (Wrote {Ire}), Raging Blizzard (NZ) (Per Incanto), Tomodachi Kokoroe (Aus) (Written Tycoon {Aus}), Beauty Waves (Ire) (Starspangledbanner {Aus}), Lucky With You (Aus) (Artie Schiller). TDN Analysis: Ka Ying Rising will attempt to make history and equal Hong Kong legend Silent Witness's record of 17 wins in a row by a Hong Kong-trained horse. A surprise here is not impossible, but Helios...

Racing Welfare has called on the racing industry to get behind two major fundraising events for 2026.  The Racing Welfare Brecon Beacons 10 Peaks Challenge and the return of Racing Come Dancing at Epsom Racecourse offer two very different routes to getting involved, but both ask the same question. Could you take on a challenge that pushes you, connects you to others and helps fund vital support across racing?  Together, these flagship events play a critical role in enabling Racing Welfare to deliver its services. The charity is not government...

The first foals by Tally-Ho Stud's Group 1-winning sprinter Big Evs have hit the ground. A colt out of the Group-placed Shelton (Mehmas) and a filly out of Tuileries Garden (Champs Elysees) were born at the County Westmeath stud in recent days.  Tally-Ho Stud commented, "These foals out of Tuileries Garden and Shelton are just two examples of the kind of quality we're seeing so far from the first crop of Big Evs." Big Evs was a razor-sharp sprinter for Mick Appleby. He won six of his 11 starts, with...

Fashion Friday at Meydan features a nine-race card, eight of them for Thoroughbreds, and the crowning jewel is the G1 Al Maktoum Challenge, which grants the victor an entry in the $12-million G1 Dubai World Cup on March 28. The 2026 edition features the past two winners in Walk Of Stars (Dubawi) and Kabirkhan (California Chrome), who are both trained by Bhupat Seemar. "Walk Of Stars had a lot of weight to give away first time out, against horses who were race fit," Seemar said of the gelding's fourth in...

A mistake made by the organisers of the Racing League was to underestimate just how much certain racing colours resonate with those watching the action. All of us who have followed racing over the years will have owners and trainers we like to get behind. Even when scanning down a race card in the paper each morning, certain sets of silks act as an automatic signpost as to the potential quality of the races to come.   It is very clear the regard in which Robert Sangster was held during...

Online auction house Auctav and French auction house Osarus are set to merge, Jour de Galop reported on Thursday. The merger is set for next February, with the two companies working together in a series of joint sales beginning in March. The aim is to strengthen their market position and offer their expertise, innovation and accessibility to more customers. Auctav will specialise in sales of trotters and art, while Osarus will be devoted to Flat and jumps racing, as well as Arabian sales. Said Auctav president Louis Baudron, "This merger...

Friday, Dubai, United Arab Emirates, post time: 20:25, AL MAKTOUM CHALLENGE-G1, AED3,680,000, 4yo/up & SH 3yo, 1900m Field: Walk Of Stars (GB) (Dubawi {Ire}), Imperial Emperor (Ire) (Dubawi {Ire}), Heart of Honor (GB) (Honor A. P.), Tumbarumba (Oscar Performance), Artorious (Arrogate), Remorse (Ire) (Dubawi {Ire}), Kabirkhan (Calilfornia Chrome), Killer Collect (Collected), Masmak (Vino Rosso). TDN Analysis: Walk Of Stars held Imperial Emperor to second in last year's edition for trainer Bhupat Seemar who saddles six here. Those two both step forward again, while Seemar stablemate Kabirkhan exploded to a 4...

World Pool races will return across three fixtures on Friday-Sunday split between the UAE, New Zealand and Hong Kong. Four races in the UAE on Friday including the G1 Jebel Hatta and the G1 Al Maktoum Challenge, six races in New Zealand on Saturday, among them the G1 Railway Stakes and in Hong Kong on Sunday the G1 Centenary Sprint and the G1 Stewards' Cup complete an even dozen World Pool races for the weekend. The second World Pool Moment of the Day will be chosen from Ellerslie. The Railway...

It's currently stallion trail season and, following the inaugural National Hunt showcase in Britain and last weekend's Irish Stallion Trail, over the next two days it is the turn of the original. Twenty-one studs across the north-west of France will open their doors on Friday and Saturday for La Route des Etalons, allowing access to 84 stallions from both codes. This is the 17th year of this popular promotional event which is now firmly etched in the diaries of many breeders each year. From Haras d'Etreham close to Bayeux down...

Replays from the International Conference for the Health, Safety and Welfare of Jockeys (ICHSWJ) are now available on YouTube. They can be found on the International Federation of Horseracing Authorities (IFHA) YouTube channel. The Performance Medicine in Racing-themed conference was held on December 11-12 in Hong Kong. The two-day conference took an applied, evidence-based approach featuring presentations and panel discussions with leading experts in the field. The 2025 ICHSWJ was organised by the Jockeys Health and Wellbeing Committee of the IFHA and proudly supported by The Hong Kong Jockey Club...