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In Clover, the dam of four Group 1 winners for her owner-breeder George Strawbridge, has died at the age of 23. The outstanding producer, herself the winner of the G3 Prix de Flore, was a daughter of Inchinor and the Bellypha mare Bellarida. Strawbridge bought her dam from the Wertheimer brothers in 1997 and they would later buy back into the family when purchasing In Clover's daughter Incahoots as a three-year-old. Strawbridge will not have regretted his original outlay, for In Clover alone has been responsible for the top-level winners...

Deauville's month-long festival begins in earnest on Sunday with the G1 Prix Rothschild the first of five such events at the Normandy venue. Last year's G1 Prix Saint-Alary and G1 Prix de Diane heroine Laurens (Fr) (Siyouni {Fr}) returns to France for the fourth time and to this venue for the second, having been runner-up in the 2017 G3 Prix du Calvados prior to her blossoming into the top-class filly we now know so well. Having taken part in the two mile championship races for older horses, the G1 Lockinge...