Ireland

Saturday, Navan, Ireland, post time: 15:40, IRISH STALLION FARMS EBF SALSABIL STAKES-G3, €42,000, 3yo, f, 10f 40y Field: Bloom (Ire) (Wootton Bassett {GB}), Camino Vino (Ire) (Invincible Spirit {Ire}), Chasing Paradise (Ire) (Churchill {Ire}), Emmeleia (Ire) (Camelot {GB}), Ice Dancer (Ire) (Wootton Bassett {GB}), Minerva (Ire) (Frankel {GB}), Thundering On (GB) (Frankel {GB}). TDN Analysis: Aidan O'Brien trainees Ice Dancer and Minerva both have Group 3 placings to their name, with Ryan Moore opting for the former, who was last seen hitting the board in October's G3 Staffordstown Stud Stakes....

Friday, Sandown, Britain, post time: 15:00, BET 365 MILE-G2, £165,000, 4yo/up, 8f 0y Field: Cicero's Gift (GB) (Muhaarar {GB}), Opera Ballo (Ire) (Ghaiyyath {Ire}), Zeus Olympios (GB) (Night Of Thunder {Ire}), Dancing Gemini (Ire) (Camelot {GB}), Field Of Gold (Ire) (Kingman {GB}), Never So Brave (Ire) (No Nay Never). TDN Analysis: Effectively a Group 1 contest in all but name, this renewal for the ages witnesses the return of last year's G1 Irish 2000 Guineas and G1 St James's Palace hero Field Of Gold, who faces off against a select band....

Sunday, Leopardstown, post time: 15:55, BALLYLINCH STUD RED ROCKS STAKES-G3, €42,000, 3yo, c/g, 7f 42yT Field: Power Blue (Ire) (Space Blues {Ire}), Dorset (Ire) (Wootton Bassett {GB}), Flushing Meadows (Wootton Bassett {GB}), Geryon (Ire) (Lope De Vega {Ire}), Iron Lily (Ire) (Wootton Bassett {GB}), Mumhan (Ire) (Mehmas {Ire}), Redemption Road (GB) (Without Parole {GB}), The PUblican's Son (Beau Liam), Thesecretadversary (Ire) (St Mark's Basilica {Fr}), Trojan Warrior (Wootton Bassett {GB}), Warsaw (Ire) (Wootton Bassett {GB}). TDN Analysis: With both Gewan and Publish out of the 2,000 Guineas picture with different degrees...

Grade I winner Magnum Force has his first four mares scanned in foal at Ballyhane Stud. Standing for €7,500 in 2026, the son of Mehmas won the GI Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf Sprint. Stakes winner Asidious Alexander (Windsor Knot), Sunday Smart (Dandy Man), Gold Vision (Havana Gold), a sister to stakes winner Aqlaam Vision (Aqlaam), and Odessa On My Mind (Saxon Warrior), a half-sister to stakes scorer Most Beautiful (Canford Cliffs), have all tested in foal to the young stallion. "He's had a busy start and has settled into the...

The Irish diaspora in the Bluegrass has lost one of its foundation stones with the death last Sunday of Roger ("Roddy") O'Byrne, who presided for many years at McCarthy's Bar in downtown Lexington. O'Byrne, together with co-proprietor Peter Kiely, made their bar an institution not just for local horsemen but for the international bloodstock community. During an era when phoney "themed" bars round the world sought to exploit the national tradition of good craic, O'Byrne created a little piece of home for those compatriots of his own generation who served...

The new Each Way Extra Challenge Series, which begins at Gowran Park on October 3, will be sponsored by William Hill. The seven-month series runs until April of next year and is spread across 50 races at 28 meetings and 13 Irish racecourses. The William Hill Each Way Extra Challenge Series will allocate points per race to trainers and jockeys on a first to seventh place finishing basis (10,6,5,4,3,2,1) with an overall table to decide the prize winners at the final fixture on April 24, 2026. The winning trainer will...

Saturday, Newmarket, post time: 15:00, THE TATTERSALLS MIDDLE PARK STAKES-G1, £291,580, 2yo, c, 6fT Field: Brussels (GB) (Wootton Bassett {GB}), Coppull (GB) (Bated Breath {GB}), First Approach (Ire) (No Nay Never), Five Ways (GB) (Kameko), Havana Hurricane (GB) (Havana Gold {Ire}), Hilitany (GB) (Ubettabelieveit (Ire), Kansas (Ire) (Wootton Bassett {GB}), The Publican's Son (Beau Liam), Wise Approach (Ire) Mehmas {Ire}). TDN Analysis: Gstaad's absence has taken something away from this Middle Park, where Godolphin's Morny third Wise Approach sets the standard as he bids to emulate his half-brother Perfect Power...

 On Saturday at Leopardstown, they will run the Matron Stakes as part of Irish Champion Day, one of the roughly one dozen Group races that Coolmore sponsors all over the world annually. We sat down at the Keeneland September Sale and spoke with Coolmore's Director of Sales David O'Loughlin about why giving back through race sponsorships and breeding incentive funds is important to the farm. TDN: Explain the scope of Coolmore's involvement in sponsoring races around the world. DO: At the moment, we're sponsoring races all over the world and...

Sprinters young and old hold sway this weekend, with the juveniles centre stage on Saturday in the G1 Keeneland Phoenix Stakes before the hardened category specialists take over in the G1 ARC Prix Maurice de Gheest 24 hours later. In the former contest, Aidan O'Brien looks set to add an 18th renewal with either the Coventry winner Gstaad (Starspangledbanner) or the Queen Mary winner True Love (No Nay Never) having missed out in six of the last seven. Gstaad and True Love's powerhouse performances at Royal Ascot set them apart...

Europe drew first blood Friday, albeit with an upset choice, as Magnum Force (Ire) (Mehmas {Ire}) came from off the pace to win the GI Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf Sprint and kick off the Future Stars Friday action at Del Mar. The Irish-bred son of Tally Ho Stud's Mehmas came through at second asking going five furlongs at Cork in Ireland before having two near misses to rivals he lined up against again Friday (second in the Julia Graves Roses Stakes and third in the G2 Flying Childers Stakes behind...

A total of 40 networks, covering over 170 territories, will broadcast QIPCO British Champions Day. Racecourse Media Group (RMG) and HBA Media (HBA), working with QIPCO British Champions Series, have secured global coverage of the £4.1m raceday, which includes four Group 1 races. Fox Sports US will showcase the full card for the first time on Fox Sports 1, while ESPN / Disney + and SuperSport will broadcast to their significant South American and African audiences. The Green Channel (Japan) and HKJC, Cable TV, TVB and Now TV (Hong Kong)...

The dual Derby winner Auguste Rodin (Ire) will make one final appearance in the Japan Cup on November 24 before retiring to stand at Coolmore Stud in Ireland.  The four-year-old son of Japan's breed-shaping stallion Deep Impact (Jpn) has won at the highest level in each of his seasons in training, landing the Vertem Futurity after his initial black-type success in the G2 KPMG Champions Juvenile Stakes.  At three, despite disappointing in the Qipco 2,000 Guineas on his seasonal debut, he put together a formidable CV of four Group/Grade 1...