Nick Bell

Promising two-year-old filly Flawless Fusion (lot 20) took top billing at the Tattersalls Online July Sale when selling for 140,000gns to Blandford Bloodstock from Jim Bolger's Glebe House Stables. A daughter of Dawn Approach and the dual Listed-placed mare French Fusion (Harzand), from the family of the G1 Melbourne Cup hero Twilight Payment, Flawless Fusion made an encouraging start to her career when filling the runner-up spot on last month's debut. "She caught the eye at Leopardstown," Blandford Bloodstock's Stuart Boman said of that performance. "Irish maidens are so competitive...

Nick Bell, long-time manager of the Rothschild family's Haras de Meautry, will be embark on an epic challenge next month when cycling the length of France to raise money for the racehorse aftercare charity Au-Delà des Pistes. Bell's quest begins on June 15 from France's northernmost racecourse, Le Touquet on the English Channel, and over the course of the next 11 days he will make his way to the southern racecourse of Hyères, which lies on the Mediterranean, cycling 1,118km in the process.  Born in England, Bell, 63, has been...

Fields have been confirmed for the first two races of the £550,000 Bahrain Turf Series on Friday. One of 16 in the seven-furlong £50,000 Al Manama Cup is Natural Path (Ire) (Toronado {Ire}), one of two from Michael Bell for the opening card. His stablemate Ace Rothstein  (More Than Ready) is bound for the £50,000 1 1/4-mile Al Muharraq Cup later on the card, which features 15 horses. Bell's son Nick is on hand to oversee the five-time winner and dual scorer, respectively. Nick Bell said of Natural Path, "He...

Having broken the all-aged track record on debut at Yarmouth June 3, The Lir Jet (GB) was a temptation that Qatar Racing couldn't resist and the operation's acquisition proved on the money as he emulated the 2009 G2 Norfolk S. success of his first-season sire Prince of Lir (Ire) on Friday. Registering the breakthrough first win for that freshman on fast ground at the East Anglian venue, the 9-2 shot had easier conditions to deal with here and also a trailblazing Wesley Ward runner as Golden Pal (Uncle Mo) powered...