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    • The dates for the 2026 edition of La Route des Etalons have been confirmed, with breeders and racing fans having the opportunity to view many of France's leading stallions when the farms open their doors on Friday, January 23 and Saturday, January 24. More information regarding which farms will be taking part will be announced in December via the website. The post Save the Date for La Route des Etalons in 2026 appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article
    • Deuce Again, the dam of this year's G1 Champion Hurdle heroine Golden Ace, has been added to the Goffs December NH Sale, which takes place from December 8-11. She will be offered in foal to Overbury Stud's Golden Horn, who is also the sire of Jeremy Scott's high-class mare. The 14-year-old daughter of Dubawi is owned by Meon Valley Stud and will be consigned at Goffs by Stephen Kemble Bloodstock. The Champion Hurdle marked a second consecutive Cheltenham Festival success for Golden Ace, who also won the G2 Mares Novices' Hurdle in 2024. “Deuce Again complements a superb early selection of the very best National Hunt mares catalogued for the Goffs December NH Sale, which has proved so popular and vibrant in recent years,” said Goffs Group chief executive Henry Beeby. “We are grateful to Meon Valley for their faith in the Goffs service and look forward to another strong renewal of the sale which we are proud to say is the clear first choice for so many these days.” Entries for the Goffs December NH Sale will close on Friday, October 10. A seven-strong draft from the stable of Ireland's champion National Hunt trainer Willie Mullins has already been confirmed, headed by the top-level performers Allegorie De Vassy (No Risk At All), Lady Vega Allen (Saint Des Saints) and Brandy Love (Jet Away). Brookhouse Racing to Hold Dispersal at Doncaster October Sale Entries are also open for the Goffs October HIT & Yearling Sale at Doncaster, which will feature a 15-lot dispersal from Brookhouse Racing. The dispersal includes the Listed bumper winner Aslukgoes (Yorgunnabelucky) and the four-year-old Love You Darling (Land Force), a winning half-sister to the Group 3 scorer and Group 1-placed mare American Sonja (Tasleet). Entries for the Goffs October HIT & Yearling Sale at Doncaster will close on Friday, September 26, with the sale to be held on October 21-22. Entries can be made here. The post Dam of Champion Hurdle Winner Golden Ace Added to Goffs December NH Sale appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article
    • Ken Freirich, who was part of the ownership group behind Horse of the Year Flightline, has made a $500,000 gift to Breeders' Cup Charities in an effort to positively impact the Thoroughbred industry's culture of giving by illustrating the importance of long-term commitments, the Breeders' Cup said via a press release on Friday. Funds from Freirich will be released over a 3 1/2-year period. This major gift is in addition to the $100,000 match the international philanthropist provided to Breeders' Cup Charities in July during the organization's Annual Day of Giving, which raised a total of $200,963. From the gift, Freirich will utilize $50,000 for a match this fall for funds raised during Breeders' Cup Charities' “Champions Give Back” campaign, which kicks off Oct. 1 and runs through the World Championships on Oct. 31-Nov. 1. In addition to the unprecedented donation of all royalties received on Breeders' Cup merchandise, the campaign will include several fundraising initiatives which will be announced in the coming weeks. In addition to his financial commitment, Freirich will take on an advisory role with Breeders' Cup Charities. The post Horse Owner Ken Freirich Gifts $500k To Breeders’ Cup Charities appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article
    • Racing will take place in Ireland on Good Friday for the first time in 2026, with the Curragh set to stage a fixture on April 3. Horse Racing Ireland (HRI) published the new fixture list on Friday with the number of meetings staying the same for the third consecutive year. The Flat season will also see an enhanced programme of Sunday fixtures beginning in May, while there will be seven blank Sundays in total – one more than in 2025. Racing on Good Friday will come from the current allocation of fixtures at the Curragh, which will mean the Guineas meeting will revert to two days for 2026. The Good Friday meeting is on an initial two-year trial basis. There will be a condensed National Hunt season at Thurles to allow for more prudent ground preparation – moving one fixture from mid-March into late-January and two fixtures in October to November and December. Fixtures at Thurles post March 2026 have been labelled 'to be confirmed' until the future of Thurles is resolved. There are 11 fixtures allocated to Tipperary from April to October but, once the track's all-weather projects proceeds, some of these will be reallocated. Jonathan Mullin, HRI's director of racing, said, “Throughout the fixture process we were very conscious that a number of summer weekends, and in particular Sundays, needed a better-quality Flat offering and the fixture list for 2026 features a number of changes to reflect that aim. “It can be seen from tweaks made to the winter National Hunt programme over the past couple of years, that consecutive Sundays of quality racing works well in terms of promotion and awareness, and returning some Flat fixtures of high quality to the Sunday roster has been brought about for 2026. “The Good Friday fixture is a change of policy for Horse Racing Ireland and once the HRI fixtures committee reaffirmed their view at the outset of the process that this was a priority for 2026, we sought applications from racecourses and several expressed an interest. “Ultimately, the successful application came from the Curragh, which will include a number of community and industry initiatives as well as a considerable investment in extra prize-money.” The post The Curragh to Stage First Good Friday Fixture in Ireland appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article
    • Adrian Keatley trainee Chairmanfourtimes (Nando Parrado) had annexed one of six prior starts heading into Friday's Listed British EBF Stallions Harry Rosebery Stakes at Ayr and became his freshman sire's first black-type winner with a determined victory in the five-furlong contest. Positioned towards the rear through the initial fractions of this stakes debut, the 12-1 chance made relentless headway under pressure once past halfway and quickened smartly inside the final furlong to usurp Our Cody (Kodi Bear) by a half-length in the dying strides.     Pedigree Notes Chairmanfourtimes is the fourth of six foals and one of two scorers produced by an unraced half-sister to multiple stakes-winning G1 The Metropolitan runner-up Hawk Island (Hawk Wing). His Listed Salsabil Stakes-winning second dam Crimphill (Sadler's Wells) is the leading performer out of a half-sister to G2 Beresford Stakes and G3 Classic Trial victor Gulf King (Kings Lake) and Listed Hong Kong Derby winner Canadian Star (Northfields). The March-foaled bay, kin to a yearling filly and weanling colt by Invincible Spirit, hails from the family of Group 1-winning sire Royal Applause (Waajib), G1 Nunthorpe Stakes heroine Lyric Fantasy (Tate Gallery) and G1 Dewhurst Stakes hero In Command (Sadler's Wells).   Friday, Ayr, Britain BRITISH EBF STALLIONS HARRY ROSEBERY STAKES-Listed, £35,500, Ayr, 9-19, 2yo, 5fT, 1:02.10, sf. 1–CHAIRMANFOURTIMES (IRE), 131, c, 2, by Nando Parrado (GB) 1st Dam: Occupation (Ire), by Dragon Pulse (Ire) 2nd Dam: Crimphill (Ire), by Sadler's Wells 3rd Dam: Vernonhills (Ire), by Hard Fought (Ire) 1ST BLACK-TYPE WIN. (15,000gns Wlg '23 TADEWE; £15,000 Ylg '24 GOFFUK; £50,000 2yo '25 GOUKB). O-Andy Finneran & Garry Wilkie Wilson; B-Bernard Cooke; T-Adrian Keatley; J-Oisin McSweeney. £20,132. Lifetime Record: 7-2-3-2, $70,355. 2–Our Cody (Ire), 126, f, 2, Kodi Bear (Ire)–Dubai Sunset (Ire), by Pivotal (GB). 1ST BLACK TYPE. (£3,000 Ylg '24 GOFFUK). O-Mrs J Woods, R P Gallagher & Partner; B-Ballyphilip Stud; T-Richard Hughes. £7,633. 3–Arduis Invicta (Ire), 126, f, 2, Invincible Army (Ire)–First Link, by First Defence. 1ST BLACK TYPE. (5,000gns Ylg '24 TATSOM). O-Hopyard Farm Racing; B-Stuart McPhee Bloodstock; T-Craig Lidster. £3,820. Margins: HF, 3/4, 3/4. Odds: 12.00, 16.00, 40.00. Also Ran: Pearl Fortune (Ire), Hanney Girl (GB), Temple Of Athena (GB), Shine On Me (GB), Daneh Of Dandy (Ire), Ipanema Queen (Ire), Boston Dan (Ire), Rikki Tiki Tavi (Ire), Lebron Power (GB). Scratched: Spicy Marg (GB). The post Chairmanfourtimes Becomes First Stakes Winner for Nando Parrado at Ayr appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article
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