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Juryoku Pierrot, who carried Seina Imamura to victory in the Japanese Oaks in May, will not take up her entry in the G1 Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe this autumn, according to trainer Ryo Terashima. The daughter of Happy Value (Zenno Rob Roy) will instead target the third leg of the Japanese Fillies' Triple Tiara, the G1 Shuka Sho at Kyoto on October 18 prior to a run in the November 15 G1 Queen Elizabeth II Cup. Imamura is expected to retain the ride. Terashima told Net Keiba, "We've decided...

Arena Racing Company [ARC] has announced the appointment of Julian Thick as Group Delivery and Special Projects Director.  Thick has held senior roles at various Jockey Club Racecourse venues, as Chief Executive of Newbury Racecourse and a Board Director of Racecourse Media Group. Most recently, Thick has been working as a business advisor to Levy UK.  Thick will oversee a wide range of projects across ARC venues in relation to both the racegoer experience, as well as non-racing related business. The new role will sit within the Senior Leadership Team...

The 2026 Asian Racing Conference has ended in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. The next host for the ARC is New Zealand. Organised by the Asian Racing Federation and hosted by the Jockey Club of Saudi Arabia, a three-day business programme wrapped up on Thursday. The closing ceremony was a celebration of Saudi Arabia's love of horses with a laser display creating the effect of horses galloping around the delegates at the venue. HRH Prince Bandar bin Khalid Alfaisal, the chairman of the Jockey Club of Saudi Arabia, formally opened proceedings on...

Mark Spincer will become the new chief executive officer of Jockey Club Racecourses (JCR). He will replace Charlie Boss, who is leaving at the end of the year and will report to JCR group chief executive Jim Mullen. However, a formal start date for Spincer has not been set. Formerly from Arena Racing Company (ARC), Spincer was managing director of the racing division there since January of 2020. He was also formerly group operations director and executive director of Newcastle and Doncaster Racecourses. Mullen said, "Mark is a superb operator...

Arena Racing Company (ARC) have launched a new all-weather series called Friday Night Live. The initiative has been created in partnership with Invades, the company behind many student racedays, and comprises five Friday evening fixtures worth over £200,000 per meeting, with the aim of attracting 18 to 25-year-old racegoers. The 35 races will be broadcast live across both Sky Sports Racing and ITV Racing from January to March next year at Wolverhampton, Newcastle and Southwell - with the two first-named tracks hosting a pair of meetings each. ARC group director...

The £1-million All-Weather Bonus scheme, which runs from October 21 to Good Friday, April 3 has returned, Arena Racing Company (ARC) announced on Monday. Runners at ARC's four all-weather tracks - Lingfield Park, Newcastle, Southwell and Wolverhampton - will compete for a range of bonus prizes, including five 'Horse of the Month' competitions and the overall £100,000 'Horse of the Year' title. The number of bonus money on offer has increased by £150,000 for 2025/26 - along with a change to the points system for the Horse of the Month...

Trainer Takashi Saito is eager to use the experience of an unsuccessful Qatar Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe bid as he puts the finishing touches to Croix Du Nord's preparation for Sunday's ParisLongchamp showpiece. Back in 2021, Saito saddled his first runner in the Arc in the shape of Chrono Genesis, a four-time Group 1 winner in her native Japan. At ParisLongchamp, however, she could manage only seventh in a race run on very soft ground, with the daughter of Bago tiring late on after more than three months on...

Cheveley Park Stud's Estrange will take her place in the G1 Qatar Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe lineup, according to trainer David O'Meara. The grey daughter of Night Of Thunder thrives under soft conditions and the change of rain has increased leading up to Arc Weekend. "She's going to take her chance in the Arc," said O'Meara. "The weather forecast looks favourable and in the last couple of days quite a bit of rain has appeared in the forecast. We're very much looking forward to it. "To win an Arc...

Nine years since Aidan O'Brien gained the most recent of his two victories in the Qatar Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe, the Ballydoyle trainer has emphasised the importance of Europe's richest race and its standing in the sport as he prepares a two-pronged assault on the 2025 edition at ParisLongchamp on Sunday. Coincidentally, O'Brien endured a nine-year wait to double his Arc tally after Dylan Thomas overcame Youmzain and a prelonged stewards' enquiry to deliver the breakthrough on that nerve-jangling afternoon back in 2007. By contrast, in 2016, when the...

Aidan O'Brien looks set to saddle Los Angeles (Camelot) and Minnie Hauk (Frankel) in Sunday's G1 Qatar Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe at ParisLongchamp, with the latter expected to be supplemented later this week to join the current cast of 17 contenders for Europe's richest race. Minnie Hauk has enjoyed a faultless campaign so far and will make her first trip to France following three consecutive Group 1 wins in the Oaks at Epsom, Irish Oaks at the Curragh and Yorkshire Oaks at York. Coral make her the 4/1 joint-favourite...

Clarke Johnstone and Sparky Lad (Smart Missile) won the first edition of the Arena Racing Company (ARC) Racehorse to Eventer Challenge at the Cornbury House Horse Trials. They earned £45,000 for their victory. Owned by Tim Boland, Sparky Lad is out of the More Than Ready mare Lady Hepburn and was formerly trained during his racing days by Chris Waller. Clarke said, "This is the biggest prize I've won during my career - the prize is amazing and the initiative is fantastic, so thank you very much to Jayne McGivern,...

The entries for the inaugural £50,000 Arena Racing Company (ARC) Racehorse to Eventer Challenge Cup at Cornbury House Horse Trials feature several former racehorses. The event will be held from September 10-14 in Oxfordshire. The 49-strong entries will compete for a first-place prize of £45,000. Some of the retrained horses have learned their new craft at the hands of William Fox-Pitt, Bubby Upton, Piggy March, Izzy Taylor and Oliver Townend. This  new class, designed to promote and showcase the suitability of ex-racehorses for eventing, is the brainchild of Jayne McGivern...