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Aidan O'Brien's pattern-race resume at Royal Ascot had yet to include the G1 King Charles III Stakes and the Ballydoyle maestro completed the set when Ryan Moore produced the gelded three-year-old Mission Central (No Nay Never) fast and late to follow up Great Barrier Reef's Coventry success and secure a quickfire double for his sire in the five-furlong charge. The race is a "Win and You're In" for the GI Breeders' Cup Turf Sprint at Keeneland in the autumn. "They went hard, which suited him, and Ryan [Moore] gave him...

Charlie Appleby trainee Inner City Blues (Blue Point), who was Godolphin's sole purchase during this year's breeze-up season, was making his third pass through a sales ring when becoming the €900,000 top-priced colt at last month's Arqana Breeze-Up sale, having previously sold for €180,000 as a Goffs November foal and 375,000gns as a Tattersalls Book 1 yearling. The grandson of G3 Prix Eclipse victrix Souvenir Delondres (Siyouni) was all at sea during the initial stages of Saturday's Tomahawk Restaurants Supporting Macmillan EBF Maiden at York, but delivered a knockout blow...

When Matt Dorman spent 3,240,000 guineas on eight yearling fillies at last year's Tattersalls October Book 1, he pretty much accepted that he'd never again see the 10-15% tariffs he paid on the horses again. The tariffs, a result of Donald Trump's invocation of the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) to implement taxes on goods being imported from foreign countries in 2025, included a 10-percent rate. The figure was levied on goods coming from the U.K., while 15 percent was assessed on other European Union countries. That meant that...

Hurdler Sony Bill topped the Tattersalls Online June Sale at 64,000gns when selling to Lodgedown Stables. The son of Battle Of Marengo (lot 42) placed third in the G2 Leopardstown Juvenile Hurdle for Willie Mullins and carries an IHRB hurdle rating of 136. Stayer Anniversary (Sea The Moon) changed hands for 56,000gns to The Brushmakers. Consigned by Ralph Beckett's Kimpton Down Stables, the four-year-old maiden winner is out of G3 Prix Miesque heroine Lixirova (Slickly). The fourth edition of the Tattersalls Online Breeze-Up Session was topped by a Cotai Glory...

Victorious Forever's 900,000gns Craven Breeze-Up Sale topper Senorita Bonita (Starspangledbanner) entered the mix for this year's Royal Ascot meeting after securing a last-gasp triumph in Wednesday's British Stallion Studs EBF Maiden Fillies' Stakes at Nottingham. The straight five-furlong dash has been annexed by a trio of Karl Burke Royal Ascot-bound contenders in recent years. "Midway through the race, it wasn't looking good," said Simon Crisford.  "We couldn't get the cover that we wanted and I think she's had to do it the hard way. Her turn of foot was exceptional,...

Over 800 horses have been catalogued for the Tattersalls July Sale from July 7-9. Consisting of 803 lots, the sale is divided between 758 horses and fillies in/out-of-training, 41 mares in foal and four mares with foals at foot. Graduates of the sale include a Breeders' Cup winner, with GI Turf hero Ethical Diamond (Awtaad) picked up for 320,000gns out of the 2023 sale. Prominent owner-breeders Godolphin, Shadwell Estates and Juddmonte have 87 lots catalogued between them. Representing Godolphin is Wild Angel (Too Darn Hot) (lot 198), a half-sister to...

Victorious Forever's George Scott trainee Mrair (Mehmas), the £880,000 Goffs UK Breeze-Up topper who ran second to a quirky sort at Newmarket just over two weeks ago, confirmed the promise of that debut effort with a dominant performance in Monday's British Stallion Studs EBF Novice Stakes at Lingfield. "I wasn't disappointed, the owner wasn't disappointed [with the debut effort] and we always wanted to get two runs into him before, potentially, going to [Royal] Ascot," explained Scott. "Ryan [Moore] educated him well and he did what he had to do....

Jaber Abdullah's Timeforshowcasing (Showcasing) finished off the radar in Newmarket's G1 1000 Guineas when last seen, but rebounded in style to lead home French and Irish raiders for an international trifecta in Sunday's G2 Horn & Company 106th German 1000 Guineas at Dusseldorf. "It was a great performance by the filly, Charlie [Johnston] and his team seemed very happy coming into the race and she kept it simple," reflected rider Jack Mitchell. "It was straightforward, she had a nice pace to run at and she accelerated good. I felt the...

Dalham Hall Stud resident Perfect Power (Ardad) became the latest freshman sire off the mark when his Alessandro Botti-trained son Rouhi made a winning debut in Sunday's Prix d'Orgemont at Chantilly. The 11-1 chance was awkwardly into stride and occupied a position in rear through halfway. Shaken up with 350 metres remaining, he went third entering the final furlong and swooped late to deny Calyx Express (Calyx) by a short-neck in the shadow of the post. Rouhi is the first of three foals out of a full-sister to the dual...

Cheveley Park Stud's five-year-old distaffer Estrange (Night Of Thunder) suffered a pair of Group 1 reversals after annexing last term's G3 Lester Piggott Fillies' Stakes and G2 Lancashire Oaks, and she regained the winning habit with a decisive victory in this year's rescheduled renewal of the former contest at Carlisle. "She is hardly blowing and doesn't even look like she has had a run really," Chris Richardson said of last year's G1 Yorkshire Oaks and G1 British Champions Fillies & Mares runner-up. "She has done it very nicely and she...

The catalogue for the Tattersalls Online June Sale on June 3-4 is now online. Featuring 90 lots divided between 20 breeze-up horses, 59 horses in- and out-of-training, six broodmares, three stores, and one yearling, the sale begins 11 a.m. on Wednesday, June 3. It begins to end at 11 a.m. on Thursday, June 4. The breeze-up session took place on the all-weather track at Dundalk on May 27. Lots of note include an Ardad half-brother (lot 5) to Grade III-placed Iriseach (Ubettabelieveit); a Cotai Glory filly (lot 14) out of...

Kia Joorabchian has poured cold water on any potential severing of ties between trainer Robson Aguiar after the Brazilian native claimed he had lost at least 10 Amo Racing-trained runners on Monday.  The Amo boss went as far as saying he was "shocked" by the trainer's comments and refuted any talk of grumblings between the pair during racing at Naas on Sunday.  It was suggested that Aguiar was informed of Joorabchian's decision to take horses away from the stable shortly after the trainer enjoyed a one-two in the five-furlong conditions...