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The National Hunt Breeders' Summer Party was launched by the Thoroughbred Breeders' Association (TBA) on Thursday. The event, incorporating the TBA's NH Breeders' Awards, will take place at Pulton Hill Vineyard near Cirencester on Tuesday, July 21. Sponsored by Gallagher, the party will bring the British National Hunt breeding community together. It will be hosted by Alice Plunkett. Tickets are priced at £50 per person. For more information and to purchase tickets, please visit the TBA website. Naomi Mellor, chief executive of the TBA, said, "We are delighted to be...

Four wildcards have been added to Arqana's Grand Steeple Sale at Auteuil Racecourse after racing on Saturday, May 16. Debut hurdle winner Stecaster (Telecaster) (lot 10) is joined by 2850-metre winner and AQPS Nils Holgerson (Ivanhowe) (lot 9). Lot 8 is Don Dandy (Sea The Moon), a five-length winner over hurdles at Compiegne lasts out; and Azou (The Grey Gatsby) (lot 7) was runner-up in a hurdle race and from the family of Adagio (Wiener Walzer), winner of the G1 Finale Juvenile Hurdle. For the complete catalogue, please visit the...

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...

Dedicated National Hunt social media channels across Instagram, X, TikTok and Facebook were launched by Coolmore on Thursday. As the cornerstone of Coolmore's heritage since the 1850s, these new channels will be the primary hub for Coolmore National Hunt news, race results, stallion updates, and sales information; as well as being an exclusive window into the daily operations at Coolmore's National Hunt bases of Grange Stud, Castlehyde, and The Beeches Stud. The launch reflects Coolmore's deep-rooted pride in National Hunt racing and its commitment to supporting the sector at every...

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...

The catalogue for the Goffs December National Hunt Sale from December 8-10 is now online. Featuring a larger catalogue of 814 lots, there are 745 foals, 58 breeding stock and 11 yearlings and store horses. Graduates that shone this past season include Cheltenham Grade 1 winner Lecky Watson. The sale will begin at 10 a.m. each day. Grade 1 winners with foals selling include Shattered Love (Yeats), who will be represented by a Blue Bresil colt as lot 633; Glens Melody (King's Theatre) has a colt by Poet's Word entered...

La Renommee (Doctor Dino) (lot 72) topped the third edition of the Goffs British NH Breeders' Showcase at Doncaster on Friday. Sold for £70,000 to Coolmara Stables, she was offered by Linacres Farm. The seven-time winner won the Listed Yorkshire Silver Vase Mares' Chase in 2024 and was carrying to Logician. The highest-priced foal was a filly by Nathaniel (lot 50) from Goldford Stud. A daughter of the listed winner and Grade 2-placed mare One Gulp (Hernando), she made £60,000 on the bid of Jerry McGrath. She is a half-sister...

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...

A total of 108 horses have been catalogued for the Goffs October HIT & Yearling Sale at Doncaster on Tuesday, October 21. The sale, which includes a 15-lot unreserved dispersal from Brookhouse Racing, begins at 11 a.m. Both Flat and NH horses are in the Brookhouse consignment, among them listed bumper winner and maiden hurdle winner Aslukgoes (Yorgunnabelucky) (lot 75). Still Have Faith (Expert Eye) (lot 76) has won four times on the Flat and has also struck over hurdles, while lot 77, My Chiquita (Postponed), has won three of...