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Five horses have been supplemented to the Goffs London Sale, set for Monday, June 15, on the eve of Royal Ascot. the sale will be held in association with ULYSSIA and Fitzwilliam Sports at Kensington Palace Gardens. Santa Bravado (Iffraaj) (lot 18) has been added after posting a tally in a Navan 10-furlong affair on May 16. He carries an entry in the Golden Gate Stakes at Royal Ascot. Noble Horizon (Kingman) (lot 19) arrives after an eye-catching 5 1/2-length success over 10 furlongs at Leicester on June 8. Seven-time...

The catalogue for the Tattersalls Online May Sale is now online and features 85 lots. Saracen (Siyouni) (lot 32), rated 103 by the IHRB, was a debut winner at The Curragh at two and he also placed third in the G3 Greenham Stakes. Hipop De Loire (American Post) (lot 8), a listed winner and third in the G2 Doncaster Cup is another lot of note. He was a winner over hurdles at Galway last summer and holds an IHRB of 107 on the Flat and 135 over hurdles. Daneh Of...

Point-to-pointer Moorhead sold for £24,000to New Vision Bloodstock and Paul Drury at the GoffsGo Late March Sale which ended on Thursday. The son of Arrigo (lot 13) was consigned by Hill House Stud. He ran second on debut in a Larkhill point-to-point earlier this month and is from the family of listed winner Without Limites (Martaline). A trio of horses brought £12,500 apiece: Panama Black (Tamayuz) (lot 10), Leader Wing (Wings Of Eagles) (lot 11) and Cuillin Ridge (Schiaparelli) (lot 14). The first-named horse was snapped up by Laura Mongan...

A total of 90 lots have been catalogued for the Tattersalls Online March Sale on March 18-19. The sale is headed by the 13-lot Point-to-Point & National Hunt Bumper Session. There are also 62 horses in- and out-of-training, five two-year-olds, three stores, two broodmares, two yearlings, a 1/50th share of Nando Parrado (lot 89) and a breeding right in Invincible Army (lot 90). Some of the highlights are Bon Bon Fizz (Pour Moi) (lot 10), who won a bumper by 15 lengths at Thurles; Aintree Grand National entry Harry Des...

The two-day Arqana February Mixed Sale features 400 lots, including Sign And Seal (Hurricane Run), the dam of Group 1 winner Beaute Cachee (Literato), on February 17-18. The catalogue includes 152 mares and 81 fillies, as well as 50 short yearlings, and the complete dispersal of Al Shahania's thoroughbreds, and four stallion shares set to go under the hammer during the first session. The second session will consist of the second breeding stock portion, following on from the dispersal of Franck Leblanc, a selection of two- and three-year-old stores, 14...

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...

Former champion hurdler Constitution Hill could be seen in action in a new £40,000 1 1/2-mile novice Flat contest at Southwell on February 20, according to trainer Nicky Henderson. A faller for the third time in four trips to the post since his race in the Fighting Fifth Hurdle at Newcastle in November, the son of Blue Bresil will hopefully receive a confidence boost in this new endeavour ahead of a try at the Champion Hurdle later this year. Part of the Friday Night Live series, the new race meets...

A 15-strong draft from the Aga Khan Studs is the highlight of the Goffs Autumn Horses-in-Training Sale catalogue that is now online. The sale, which starts at 10 a.m., will begin on Monday, November 3 and will be followed by the Autumn Yearling Sale, which runs until November 5. Among the lots from the Aga Khan Studs are two-time winner Esherann (Wootton Bassett) (lot 90); the winner and G3 Royal Whip Stakes second Tangapour (Wootton Bassett) (lot 93); Reyenzi (Saxon Warrior) (lot 91), who won his maiden by five lengths...

The Group 1-placed G3 Prix des Chenes hero Misunderstood (Hello Youmzain) (lot 372) is one of the highlights of Arqana's Autumn Sale catalogue which was revealed on Saturday. The sale is responsible for top-level graduates under both codes, and in addition to Misunderstood, will also offer group winners Midak (Footstepsinthesand) (lot 374) and Roshvar (Siyouni) (lot 375). Among the stores and NH yearlings are siblings to Grade 1 winners St Donats (Saint Des Saints) (lot 534); Jade De Grugy (Doctor Dino) (lot 540), Ches Demonmirail (Doctor Dino) (lot 603); Stormy...

The winner Wapeka (Dubawi) (lot 26) is one of two new wildcards for Saturday's Arqana Arc Sale. Consigned by Jamie Railton, the son of Wekeela (Hurricane Run), herself a €1-million Arc Sale grad, won his second start at Craon on September 28. Wekeela was successful in the G3 Prix Chloe and GIII Matchmaker Stakes and was placed in the G1 Prix Saint-Alary, GI Jenny Wiley Stakes, and GI Gamely Stakes. The other new wildcard addition to the catalogue is Fire Warning (The Grey Gatsby) (lot 52), who ran second in...

Stewards will be able to declare a horse a non-runner in any race without starting stalls if they deem that contender has been denied a fair start after a rule change was made by the British Horseracing Authority (BHA). Beginning next Wednesday, the rule change brings both NH and Flat together. There was already a similar rule in place since last May for horses jumping from the starting stalls. Stewards will be able to deem a horse a non-runner if they believe the horse did not get a fair start...

Yearling fillies by Rubaiyat and Ardad led the way during Saturday's Auctav Flat Yearling Sale. The duo each made €20,000 on the bids of Herald Bloodstock and Anna and Moa Sundstrom of Coulonces, respectively. Sold as lot 43, the daughter of Rubaiyat and Kaiserwiese (Sholokhov) was consigned by Haras du Long Champ. She is a half-sister to dual Group 3 winner Kronprinz (Lord Of England) and the group-placed King (Lord Of England. Later in the day, lot 72, a half-sister to the stakes-placed Love Interest (Time Test), went through the...