Kia Joorabchian

By Brian Sheerin and Emma Berry NEWMARKET, UK -- Sheikh Mohammed Al Maktoum rarely misses Book 1 of the Tattersalls October Yearling Sale and when the ruler of Dubai is present at Park Paddocks it is a safe bet that he will make a major contribution to the top end of the market. This he did once more, buying the day's top lot for 3,700,000gns - the most expensive yearling sold anywhere in the world this year - as well as three of the five seven-figure lots of the session....

It didn't take long for the Amo Racing team to make its presence felt as Book 1 of the October Yearling Sale got underway at Tattersalls, with Kia Joorabchian outbidding MV Magnier of Coolmore at 3,600,000gns for lot 15.  The brother to last year's sale-topper, by Frankel out of the G2 Duke of Cambridge Stakes winner Aljazzi (Shamardal), was bred and consigned by Graham Smith-Bernal's Newsells Park Stud. "The boys love him," Joorabchian said. "We have a lot of people that really liked him around us and we couldn't really...

DONCASTER, ENGLAND - The training ranks in Ireland could be set for a massive shake-up with Robson Aguiar, widely regarded as one of the sharpest minds in bloodstock, confirming that he hopes to join Adrian Murray on the licence later this year.  The Brazilian native is due to sit the trainers' course in September and, in anticipation of being granted the licence by the authorities [IHRB], he has been busy searching for the next big-name star in Doncaster ahead of the Goffs Premier Yearling Sale.  It is at this sale...

Space Blues had made a strong start to his stud career in 2025 and his son Power Blue took it to the next level on Saturday when causing a surprise in The Curragh's feature G1 Keeneland Phoenix Stakes. Handed an easier task by the withdrawal of Ballydoyle's Coventry winner Gstaad (Starspangledbanner), Amo Racing's Marble Hill runner-up was also able to benefit from the drop off of his comprehensive Railway conqueror True Love (No Nay Never) to land the spoils by 1 1/2 lengths at 10-1. "It's unbelievable--he has got bigger...

There is nothing fast or precocious about developing a good wine, and certainly not for the Italian wine producer Ornellaia, one of the leading creators of Super Tuscan wine in the famous Bolgheri region. But when Kia Joorabchian of Amo Racing teamed up with the Memo partnership to buy the sale-topper at the Fasig-Tipton Midlantic sale this May for $1.1 million, he was not looking to let her age quietly before popping the cork. Off slowly in Saturday's sixth race at Saratoga, Ornellaia (Girvin) the filly came with a late...

Kevin Philippart de Foy has been appointed by Amo Racing to be the retained trainer at the operation's Freemason Lodge. The Belgian-born Philippart de Foy started his career in Newmarket in 2020 and has trained just shy of 200 winners on the Flat in Britain in the interim. He celebrated his best season in 2023 when his stable had 61 winners and won over £860,000 in prize-money, highlighted by the success of Inquisitively in the G3 Cornwallis Stakes. Meanwhile, Philippart de Foy's appointment will see Raphael Freire, who has been...

Amo Racing has extended jockey David Egan's contract until December 2026.  Egan was appointed as number one jockey to Kia Joorabchian's Amo Racing operation in December 2023.  The pair have drawn a blank at Royal Ascot thus far this week but have teamed up to notable success, including in last year's Lincoln through Mr Professor.  A statement released by Amo Racing on X read, "Amo Racing is delighted to announce that jockey David Egan has extended his contract through to the end of 2026. "David has been an integral part...

High-class performer Ghostwriter (Invincible Spirit), who holds obvious claims in the G2 Hardwicke Stakes at Royal Ascot, led the way at the Goffs London Sale on Monday when selling to Kia Joorabchian's Amo Racing for £2 million.  A three-time winner - including at Group 2 level - for trainer Clive Cox and owner Jeff Smith, Ghostwriter twice hit the frame behind City Of Troy last year in the Coral-Eclipse and Juddmonte International.  Joorabchian held off the attention of American owner John Stewart as underbidder. And, while he was standing beside...

Kia Joorabchian's AMO Racing teamed up with the newly formed Memo Racing partnership to acquire a filly by Girvin (hip 368) for $1.1 million during the Fasig-Tipton Midlantic May 2-Year-Olds in Training Sale in Timonium Tuesday. The filly was the third to reach seven figures at the auction and was the second on the day from the Wavertree Stables consignment. Kerri Radcliffe, bloodstock agent for Memo Racing, signed the ticket on the filly, who she said would be trained by Chad Brown. Out of Scarlet Dixie (Broken Vow), the dark...

More records were sent tumbling at the Tattersalls Craven Breeze-Up Sale on Wednesday when Amo Racing out-muscled Godolphin at 1.75 million gns for a Havana Grey (GB) colt that was consigned by Malcolm Bastard.  Part of the allure of the Havana Grey colt came from the fact that he was consigned by a man who seldom has a horse feature among the top 15 or 20 per cent on the timing sheets at the breeze-up sales.  So, when Bastard, who ought to consider changing his first name to Jammy, sent...

by Jessica Martini & Christina Bossinakis OCALA, FL- For the third straight year, Saudi businessman Amr Zedan made the highest bid at the Ocala Breeders' Sales Company's March Sale of 2-Year-Olds in Training, going to an OBS record $3 million to acquire a colt by Gun Runner during a vibrant final session of the auction Thursday. The sale-topping colt brought the number of horses to sell for seven figures during the three-day auction to seven, up from four a year ago, and a record for the March sale. "I thought...

A New York-bred filly by Quality Road (hip 636) became the fourth juvenile--and second from the Wavertree Stables consignment--to reach seven figures at the OBS March sale when selling for $1.05 million to the bid of Amo Racing's Kia Joorabchian. The bay, out of stakes winner and Grade I placed Toasting (Congrats), worked a furlong last week in :9 4/5. She was a $350,000 purchase at last year's Fasig-Tipton Saratoga sale.   Hip 636, a bay filly by ⁦@LanesEndFarms⁩ stallion Quality Road consigned by ⁦@WavertreeInc⁩, selling for $1.05 million to...