Godspeed

Group winner Godspeed has been purchased by Wathnan Racing. The filly was previously owned by Peter Bradley, F & O Hinderze Racing & Ecurie JML. The daughter of Hello Youmzain won the G2 Prix de Sandringham in 2025. She is also a half-sister to G1 Poules d'Essai des Pouliches second The Last dance (Iffraaj). Godspeed, who ran second in the Listed Prix Maurice Zilber at ParisLongchamp on April 23, will remain with her current trainers, Carlos and Yann Lerner. Said Wathnan Racing's racing advisor Richard Brown, "Godspeed is a very...

Deauville's August-long Festival starts on Sunday, with the G1 Prix Rothschild offering a tantalising clash between some of Ballydoyle and Francis-Henri Graffard's leading ladies. The latter gets ready to saddle White Birch Farm's acquisition Matilda (Soldier Hollow) for the first time following her emphatic 6 1/2-length victory against the colts in the German 2,000 Guineas at Cologne in May. She is joined by Princesse Zahra Aga Khan's Mandanaba (Ghaiyyath), who is back at the mile over which she finished third in the Poule d'Essai des Pouliches after looking to run...