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Ralph Beckett trainee Lady Roisia (St Mark's Basilica), who is a daughter of G1 Oaks heroine Talent (New Approach), backed up a promising debut third at Leicester last month with a game half-length victory in Thursday's EBF Oh So Sharp Maiden Fillies' Stakes at Nottingham, becoming the 17th winner for her freshman sire (by Siyouni). "It was strong form from Leicester and she was entitled to take a nice step forward," said winning rider Hector Crouch. "She moved into contention well today and I thought she would go and kick...

In this continuing series, TDN's Senior Racing Editor Steve Sherack catches up with the connections of promising maidens to keep on your radar. Schwarzenegger (c, 2, Not This Time), narrowly defeated as the 3-5 favorite sprinting over the Saratoga grass on debut Aug. 29, will attempt to earn his diploma in the $300,000 Indian Summer S. at Keeneland Sunday. "This has always been one of my favorite 2-year-olds from the onset," trainer Wesley Ward said. "Once we got up to Saratoga and we started working him on the grass, you...

4th-BAQ, $85K, Msw, 2yo, 1 1/16mT, 2:40 p.m. ET. Coolmore's SPECIAL ENJOY (Not This Time) gets his start for trainer Chad Brown, who strikes with 17% of his first time starters on the turf. A $1-million Keeneland September yearling purchase, the Kentucky-bred is out of SW Stillwater Cove (Quality Road) and was bred by Marcus Stables and Grouseridge LTD. Working at steadily at Belmont over the past few weeks, the bay will get the services of Flavien Prat for this unveiling. Harrell Ventures LLC's Oban (Constitution) debuts for trainer Todd...

KILDARE, IRELAND - For the second time in Goffs Orby Sale history, a full-sister to Blackbeard led the way - this time with Coolmore's MV Magnier going to €1.9 million to secure the Glenvale Stud-consigned daughter of No Nay Never.  It was at this sale in 2022 when Run Away commanded top lot status when selling to Richard Knight for €2.3 million. In the meantime, Blackbeard has made a good impression with his first crop of yearlings while his little brother Charles Darwin has proved himself to be a chip...

In the week that Wootton Bassett was lost, one of his many TDN Rising Stars Dorset demonstrated the void that he will leave for the industry in Saturday's Goffs Million. Fourth in the Vincent O'Brien National Stakes earlier this month, the 17-2 shot had some of the best form in the line-up and was sent to the front by apprentice Jack Cleary before halfway. Staying on stoutly in the closing stages, the grey relative of Winter secured the prize by 1 1/4 lengths from the Ivan Furtado-trained 28-1 outsider August...

Things may not have worked out for her in the Phoenix Stakes, but Ballydoyle's True Love (No Nay Never) came good at the second attempt at the highest level in Saturday's G1 Tattersalls Sceptre Sessions Cheveley Park Stakes at Newmarket. Too strong for compatriot Havana Anna (Havana Grey) from 1 1/2 furlongs down, the 2-1 favourite stayed on strongly for Wayne Lordan to prevail by 3/4 of a length, with a length back to Royal Fixation (Palace Pier) in third. "She's a big filly, very fast and like a big...

Victorious Forever's Simon and Ed Crisford trainee Zanthos (Sioux Nation), a €1-million Arqana Breeze-Up sale graduate, attained TDN Rising Star status in the colours of KHK Racing at Newmarket's July course in August and rebounded off a second behind Touleen (Lope De Vega) earlier in the month to make all for a career high in Friday's G2 BoyleSports Home Of Early Payout Rockfel Stakes at Newmarket. "We just said to Oisin [Murphy] to keep her happy and let her use her stride," explained Ed Crisford. "I thought she was maybe...

The boy-made-good story of Wootton Bassett is as time-honoured as life itself. To a degree, it is a rags-to-riches tale, particularly when it comes to the phenomenal trajectory of his stallion career. And it is a story which is ending far too soon. The 17-year-old stallion died on Tuesday at Coolmore Australia in the Hunter Valley after developing acute pneumonia from a bout of choke, a condition in which food blocks the oesophagus, often leading to complications. His passing comes at a time when Wootton Bassett was in his pomp;...

Following the news earlier in the day of his sire's untimely passing, Aidan O'Brien trainee Straight Up (Wootton Bassett) delivered a poignant win for Flaxman Stables and the Coolmore partners in Tuesday's WTW Willis Irish EBF Maiden at Listowel. Stalking the pace in second for most of the seven-furlong contest, the 9-4 favourite inched ahead approaching the final furlong and drew off late to assert by three lengths from King Of Sparta (Dubawi). "To do that without a prior run was a very good performance and Wayne [Lordan] was delighted...

The bloodstock world has been rocked by the news that Wootton Bassett has died in Australia at the age of 17. The son of Iffraaj had suffered a bout of choke, a condition in which a food blockage occurs in the oesophagus, which can lead to inflammation and other complications. In a statement on social media, Coolmore Australia said, "Wootton Bassett, one of the world's great sires, has sadly passed away today at Coolmore Australia having suffered from choke and subsequently developing an acute pneumonia which deteriorated rapidly. "Despite round-the-clock...

Yeguada Centurion's homebred Wootton Centurion (Wootton Bassett) made a mockery of his 6-1 odds and attained TDN Rising Star status with a stunning pillar-to-post victory in Saturday's Prix de Villebon at Chantilly. He becomes his sire's 16th Rising Star and joins a list which includes this year's G1 Prix du Jockey Club hero Camille Pissarro. "He has always been a very straightforward colt since he arrived in training and was one of the first ones I put in serious work," said trainer Victoria Head. "He showed us that he needed...

Coolmore boss John Magnier has lost a High Court case over the sale of the 750-acre Barne Estate in County Tipperary.  High Court judge Mr Justice Max Barrett concluded that a sale had not taken place between Magnier and the owner of the Barne Estate, Richard Thomson-Moore. He commented, "I am satisfied that neither the alleged land-sale agreement nor the alleged option agreement were ever concluded. Nor do I see any breach of the exclusivity agreement to arise. It follows that all the reliefs sought by the plaintiffs will be...