Will Bourne

NEWMARKET, UK -- It's that time of year again, when Newmarket welcomes the international visitors ahead of Royal Ascot, and there are few with a more international profile than Carl Spackler. The son of Lope De Vega was bred in Ireland and has visited Newmarket before when offered at Book 1 of the Tattersalls October Yearling Sale, but the treble Grade I winner has thus far spent his entire racing career in the United States with Chad Brown. From one of America's leading trainers he now passes to the care...

Australian trainer Ciaron Maher will be hoping to have unearthed the latest Group 1 scorer to go Down Under from the Tattersalls Autumn Horses-In-Training Sale after spending 490,000gns on two highly-rated runners through the stable's head of bloodstock Will Bourne and bloodstock agent Billy Jackson-Stops.  That opening session outlay was headed by German St Leger third Go Daddy (Ire) (Smooth Daddy) at 350,000gns. Maher also struck earlier in the session for Jareth (Ire) (Make Believe {GB}), a wide-margin winner of a Thurles maiden on just his second start for trainer...