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RECORDS FALLS AT TATTS AUTUMN The final session of the Tattersalls Autumn Horses-In-Training Sale may have lacked the fireworks of Wednesday’s frenzied session, but yesterday’s trade nonetheless produced solid results. A total of 186 horses changed hands from 210 offered for a buyback rate of 11% that was down 11 points from the same session...
Although Tom Albertrani will be busy saddling a pair of runners at the Breeders’ Cup World Championships in California Saturday, he also will have a very realistic chance to win the GIII Discovery H. for 3-year-olds at Aqueduct for a second consecutive year with his promising gelding Three Alarm Fire (Pyro). Albertrani won the Discovery last year...
ROYAL ASCOT GOAL FOR ADELAIDE After confirming Wednesday that G1 Cox Plate and GI Secretariat S. winner Adelaide (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}) would remain Down Under with trainer Chris Waller for a tilt at the A$4 million G1 Queen Elizabeth S. in April, Coolmore connections revealed yesterday that the colt will return to trainer Aidan O’Brien in Ireland...
EURO CHARLINE EN ROUTE TO NEWMARKET Team Valor International’s Euro Charline (GB) (Myboycharlie {Ire}) was flown from the U.S. to England yesterday, where she will re-join trainer Marco Botti in Newmarket. The 3-year-old filly was purchased by Team Valor from Scuderia Blueberry after recording back-to-back wins over Wolverhampton’s all-weather surface last winter. She finished second in the...
An exciting nominations fundraising auction will be held on the eve of the Arqana Breeding Stock Sale on Friday, December 5 in the Deauville sales ring, followed by a cocktail hour. It is organized with the generous participation of Arqana. Please save the date and be sure to attend to do your Christmas shopping for nominations!...
As detailed by Kelsey Riley in these pages last week, Jim Bolger has established a broodmare band of some repute at his Redmondstown Stud, which parted company with several of its members on Friday. Maoineach, a dual Group 3-winning daughter of Congaree (lot 1141), was bought in foal to Dawn Approach (Ire) by Dermot Farrington for...
By Christina Bossinakis It hasn’t been the easiest of roads for Trilogy Stables and Laurie Plesa’s Itsmyluckyday (Lawyer Ron), but one certainly wouldn’t know it by looking at him. The soon-to-be 5-year-old, who looked the picture of health yesterday morning at Eddie Plesa Jr.’s winter base at Gulfstream Park West (ex. Calder), is set to embark...
A total of 25 overseas horses and 22 International Group 1 winners have been invited to compete in the Longines Hong Kong International Races to be held Sunday, Dec. 14 at Sha Tin Racecourse. Names most recognizable to the racing public include Cirrus des Aigles (Fr) (Even Top {Ire}), who will be making his fifth appearance at...
RECORDS AGAIN FOR TATTS FOAL SALE By Emma Berry For the second year running, Tattersalls’ December Foal Sale concluded yesterday in record-breaking fashion at Park Paddocks. At 32,110,90gns, the auction achieved the highest-ever turnover (+2%) for its four days of weanling trade. The average dropped marginally by 3% to 41,221gns, but the median was up...
by Andrew Caulfield Now I don’t want to tempt fate, so I am busily touching wood while I type this one-handed, but–with luck–Giant’s Causeway should be around for plenty more years. After all, this multiple champion sire will be no older than 18 next year, whereas his sire Storm Cat and broodmare sire Rahy were...
Record annual turnover for the second consecutive year and the highest price for a thoroughbred at public auction anywhere in the world in 2014 were amongst the highlights of another outstanding year at Tattersalls. Annual turnover at Europe’s leading bloodstock auctioneers rose from the previous record level of 248,675,700 guineas to an unprecedented 263,411,173 guineas,...
ORFEVRE’S BROTHER GOES FOR THE GOLD Shadai’s Ash Gold (Jpn) (Stay Gold {Jpn}) has some lofty hoofprints to fill, being a full-brother to Triple Crown hero, Horse of the Year and four-time champion Orfevre (Jpn) and dual champion and triple Group 1 winner Dream Journey (Jpn)–who won this in 2006–and the juvenile could take a big step...