Bond Thoroughbred Limited

This year's G1 Prix de la Foret winner Maranoa Charlie has been retired from racing and will stand at Tally-Ho Stud in 2026. Trained by Christopher Head, Maranoa Charlie was beaten just once in four starts as a two-year-old, notably winning the G3 Prix Thomas Bryon at Saint-Cloud by eight lengths. "I don't think I've ever trained a horse like Maranoa Charlie, one with his desire to run and who can take the others on like that," said Head in the aftermath of that impressive victory. "He gets better with...

1st-Leopardstown, €20,000, Mdn, 7-10, 2yo, 7fT, 1:30.11, gf. PHENOMENAL FILLY (IRE) (f, 2, Sioux Nation--Delhi {GB} {SP-Fr}, by High Chaparral {Ire}), fifth behind Ballydoyle's Composing in an often-informative Curragh maiden towards the end of last month, was sent straight to the front in this maiden won last year by the Group 1-placed Exactly and in 2021 by the eventual Irish 1,000 Guineas heroine Homeless Songs. Kept company throughout by Thenandnow (Dubawi), the 5-2 second-favourite kept finding in the straight to beat that daughter of the G1 Prix Marcel Boussac winner...