Muhaarar

Be Your Best made the most of a picture-perfect trip when debuted over this same track and distance July 31, sitting off the pace and powering home late to score by 3 1/4 lengths en route to a 'TDN Rising Star' nod. Bumped up to stakes company in just her second start, Be Your Best broke as the 6-5 choice and sat closer to the frontrunners this time, racing wide into the first turn in pursuit from third. Settled into a good stride against the hedge up the backstretch, she...

Muhaarar (GB) (Oasis Dream {GB}), who notched his first Group 1 win as a sire with the one-two in last weekend's G1 British Champions Fillies & Mares S. with Eshaada (GB) and Albaflora (GB), will stand next season at Haras des Faunes near Bordeaux, Racing Post reports. A Shadwell homebred, Muhaarar was champion sprinter of 2015, when he won the G1 Commonwealth Cup, G1 July Cup, G1 Prix Maurice de Gheest and G1 British Champions Sprint S. as a 3-year-old. He has stood thus far at Shadwell's Nunnery Stud, beginning...

The mating plans for the high-quality Shadwell broodmare band were announced by the stud on Monday. Nunnery Stud's four stallions, led by new recruit Mohaather (GB) (Showcasing {GB}), will all be well supported by Shadwell. Several top-flight winners are booked to the 2020 G1 Sussex S. victor, among them dual Group 1 winners Nazeef (GB) (Invincible Spirit {Ire}), Ghanaati (Giant's Causeway) and South African multiple Grade 1 winner Majmu (Aus) (Redoute's Choice {Aus}). They are joined by Ghanaati's Rahy half-sister, the stakes winner and G1 Oaks third Rumoush, who already...

Observations on the European Racing Scene turns the spotlight on the best European races of the day, highlighting well-pedigreed horses early in their careers, horses of note returning to action and young runners that achieved notable results in the sales ring. Today's Observations features the son of a Grade I-winning, seven-figure mare. 12.55 Newcastle, Mdn, £6,400, 2yo, 6f (AWT) THIRD KINGDOM (GB) (Make Believe {GB}) debuts for Prince Faisal, who purchased the GI Alcibiades S.-winning dam Spring In the Air (Spring At Last) for $1.65 million at the 2015 Keeneland...

Shadwell's champion 3-year-old sprinter Muhaarar (GB) (Oasis Dream {GB}) has had 10 mares tested in foal, including the dam of G2 Greenlands S. winner and fellow young sire, Mustajeeb (GB) (Nayef). Twilight Mistress (GB) (Bin Ajwaad {Ire}), whose G1 Haydock Sprint Cup-winning son Twilight Son (GB) (Kyllachy {GB}) also finished runner-up to Muhaarar in the G1 QIPCO British Champion Sprint S., is another to have returned a positive test. Among the well credentialed mares from Sheikh Hamdan Al Maktoum's own broodmare band to be visiting the young stallion is the...