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Observations on the European Racing Scene turns the spotlight on the best European races of the day, highlighting well-bred horses early in their careers, horses of note returning to action and young runners that achieved notable results in the sales ring. Wednesday's Observations features a daughter of the dual Group 1 winner Izzi Top. 6.15 Kempton, Novice, 2yo, 2yo, f, 7fT IZZ'NT SHE HOT (GB) (Too Darn Hot {GB}) is the ninth foal out of Meon Valley's Pretty Polly and Jean Romanet heroine Izzi Top (Pivotal), whose three black-type performers to date include the G3 Firebreak Stakes winner Prince Eiji by Too Darn Hot's sire Dubawi. Under the care of the Gosdens, she is joined by stablemate Maneuver (GB) (Sea The Stars {Ire}), the Thoroughbred Racing Corporation's 600,000gns co-top-priced filly of Tattersalls October Book 2 descended from the Maurice de Gheest runner-up Joanna. The post Izzi Top’s Daughter Izzn’t She Hot Debuts at Kempton 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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A single filly, No Time (Not This Time), was named the 7-2 morning-line favorite in a 13-horse field due to line up for the King's Plate Saturday at Woodbine. North America's oldest continually contested race, the Canadian-bred 3-year-olds will go 1 1/4 miles on the main track as the first of three legs of the Canadian Triple Crown. To be ridden again by John Velazquez, the daughter of Not This Time out of the Red Ransom mare Count to Three is 3-0-1 from eight starts for owner Gary Barber and trainer Mark Casse–the jockey, owner and trainer who won the 2018 Plate with filly Wonder Gadot (Medaglia d'Oro). Bred by James Everatt, Janeane Everatt & Arika Everatt-Meeuse, No Time won her second start, a one-length triumph at 1 1/16 miles over the E.P. Taylor turf, on September 14, 2024. “She has a heck of a pedigree,” Casse noted. “She's by one of the best sires in the world and she's a half-sister to two Grade I winners. She has the pedigree to be any kind. I feel like she really has grown up and has gotten stronger and better as time goes on, which happens a lot of times when you have these great pedigrees.” Casse also sends out Ashley's Archer (Karakontie {Jpn}) who is co-owned by Gary Barber and Archer Racing. Trainer Kevin Attard, who won last year's Plate with Caitlinhergrtness (Omaha Beach), has three to line up with Dewolf (Silent Name {Jpn}), Faber (Improbable) and Mansetti (Collected) all set to represent the barn. Mythical Man (Mucho Macho Man), Notorious Gangster (Classic Empire), Runaway Again (Hard Spun), Scorching (Mo Town), Sedbury's Ghost (Shaman Ghost), Tom's Magic (Justify), Watsonville Red (Hard Spun) and William T (Frosted) complete the field. Post time for the King's Plate is scheduled for 5:34 pm ET Saturday. The post No Time, The Only Filly In The Field, Named 7-2 Favorite In 166th Running Of King’s Plate 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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Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation (OLG) players can now bet on live horse races across the province by accessing Woodbine Entertainment Group's (WEG) horse racing wagering product through OLG.ca and the OLG app. “We are excited to offer access to this experience to our online players, providing another way for them to engage in the thrilling sport of horse racing,” said Dave Pridmore, OLG's Chief Gaming Officer. “This collaboration represents an important step in our mandate of supporting the sport and a vibrant, competitive and sustainable horse racing industry in Ontario.” OLG is the first Canadian provincial lottery and gaming agency to provide access to a horse racing wagering product to its digital players. Through WEG's product–which is powered by HPIbet, Canada's leading online platform for betting on horse racing–players on OLG.ca and the OLG app can bet on live races around the world and at Ontario tracks, including The King's Plate, which is scheduled to take place at Woodbine Racetrack Saturday, August 16. WEG, in partnership with OLG, has developed a simple and user-friendly experience for horse racing fans. This new plug-and-play provides access via OLG.ca to WEG's horse racing product–and the same solution could potentially be used by other gaming operators in Ontario to offer racing to their own customers. All horse racing bets placed on WEG's product through OLG.ca and the OLG app are made using pari-mutuel wagering–the only legal form of betting on horse racing in Canada. In this betting model, players bet into a shared pool and winners share the pot, making it a fair and exciting way to play that complies with Canadian laws. “This launch brings the excitement of horse racing to even more people across the province in a convenient and modern way–enhancing the experience for bettors while driving new interest in our sport,” said Michael Copeland, CEO, Woodbine Entertainment. “It's another step forward for the growth of horse racing in Ontario, and we're grateful to OLG for their continued support and willingness to collaborate and innovate alongside us.” The post Ontario Lottery And Woodbine Partner To Bring Horse Racing To More Ontario Bettors 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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The British Horseracing Authority (BHA) is among those to send well-wishes to popular trainer Bill Turner, who is in hospital after reportedly suffering a serious accident at home on Monday. Turner, 78, a former jockey and as a trainer synonymous with the Brocklesby Stakes at Doncaster, having won the traditional first race of the Flat turf season six times, suffered a fractured skull in the accident, according to Sky Sports Racing and the Racing Post. Based in Sigwells, Somerset, Turner's most recent winner of the Brocklesby was Mick's Yer Man in 2013. “Everybody at the BHA sends our best wishes to Bill Turner following his accident yesterday,” read a statement from the BHA posted on social media. “Our thoughts are with his family, friends and team.” The post Bill Turner in Hospital Following Serious Accident 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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Former Major League Baseball champion Jayson Werth will be in attendance at Deauville when the exciting Outfielder lines up in the G1 Sumbe Prix Morny on Sunday, August 24. Werth, who owns the son of Speightstown in partnership with Amo Racing and trainer Wesley Ward, won the 2008 World Series with the Philadelphia Phillies. In racing, he is perhaps best known as the part-owner of Dornoch, who won last year's GI Belmont Stakes and GI Haskell Stakes for trainer Danny Gargan. Werth also played a starring role in the Netflix series Race for the Crown, following Dornoch's exploits on the Triple Crown trail in 2024. Speaking to TDN last month about the quest for a fourth Prix Morny win, Ward said of the unbeaten Outfielder, “I'm just excited for this horse. He's got a wonderful ownership group. Jayson Werth, his World Series-winning outfielder. And that's how I picked his name, Outfielder. And Kia [Joorabchian, founder of Amo Racing], who's huge in the game now. He's come in and spent lots and lots of money to have horses like this and to be a part of his group. “They're all excited to go there. It's such a beautiful place. If anybody goes to Deauville, France on a vacation, let alone for the horses and to be involved in a horse race like this at Group 1, you have a yearning to go back. It's a great place to go.” Outfielder's potential rivals in the Prix Morny include the recent G2 Richmond Stakes winner Coppull (Bated Breath), who will be trying to provide trainer Clive Cox with a second success in that Deauville contest after that of Reckless Abandon in 2012. “He's in great form and we were very pleased that the race [the Richmond] took place before the rain fell at Goodwood,” said Cox. “I've been delighted with how he has come out of that and, all being well, he will head to the Prix Morny where he won't be penalised for his success. It's a well-trodden path. “His form was boosted again at the weekend by the Amo horse [Power Blue] who was behind us at Ascot [when Coppull finished third in the G2 Coventry Stakes]. I see no reason to be anything but pleased with the progress our horse is making. He took the step up to Group 2 in his stride and that has vindicated a further step up at this stage.” The post Jayson Werth Deauville-Bound in Support of Prix Morny Contender Outfielder 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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Some of the most highly anticipated races during the summer season are the 'baby' races during the boutique meetings at Saratoga and Del Mar and at Ellis Park, which attract its fair share of high-priced juveniles from a variety of top national outfits. Summer Breezes, sponsored by OBS Sales, highlights debuting and stakes-entered 2-year-olds at those meetings that have been sourced at the breeze-up sales earlier in the year, including links to their under-tack previews. Here are the horses entered for Wednesday at Saratoga. Wednesday, August 13, 2025 Saratoga 3, $90k, 2yo, f, (S), 1 1/16mT, 2:20 p.m. ET Horse (Sire), Sale, Price ($), Breeze She's Country (Combatant), OBSAPR, 80,000, :10 1/5 C-Sweet River TBs, agent; B-West Point TBs, LEB, agent Saratoga 9, $100k, 2yo, f, 5 1/2fT, 5:44 p.m. ET Bodacious Queen (Munnings)-AE, OBSAPR, 80,000, :10 C-Hartley/DeRenzo TBs, agent; B-Black Horse Bloodstock Lexico (Lexitonian), OBSAPR, 60,000, :10 3/5 C-Navas Equine, agent; B-Calumet Farm The post Summer Breezes Sponsored By OBS: Wednesday, August 13, 2025 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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Ben Bernhard, Shannon Griffin, and Mandy Pope have been named to the Board of Directors of the Thoroughbred Charities of America. The three newly elected directors join current board members Carrie Brogden, Lesley Campion (vice president), Marette Farrell (secretary), Torie Gladwell, Marshall Gramm (treasurer), Ryan Mahan, Mike McMahon (president), Dan Metzger, Leah O'Meara, Liam O'Rourke, Morgan Richardson, Cathy Shircliff, Brook Smith, and Jesse Ullery. Gretchen Jackson, Ellen Moelis and Dan Rosenberg are directors emeriti. Thoroughbred Charities of America was formed in 1990 by Allaire duPont and Herb and Ellen Moelis to raise and distribute funds to charities in the Thoroughbred industry that fund and facilitate the support of Thoroughbreds and the people who care for them. In 2024, TCA granted over $1 million to 86 charities working within Thoroughbred retraining, rehoming and retirement; backstretch and farm worker services, research and equine-assisted therapy. The post Bernhard, Griffin, Pope Named TCA Directors 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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Godolphin, Juddmonte, and Klaravich Stables have been named finalists for the Thoroughbred Owners and Breeders Association's National Owner of the Year award, the organization announced Tuesday. Godolphin is also a finalist for the TOBA's National Breeder of the Year Award. Sheikh Mohammed's operation is joined by fellow breeder finalists Judy Hicks and Town and Country Horse Farms. The finalists for the Small Breeder of the Year are William Butler; Cuyathy; and Lance Gasaway, Daniel Hamby, and 4G Racing. Finalists for the Cot Campbell Partnership of the Year are Lance Gasaway, Daniel Hamby, 4G Racing and Valley View Farm; MyRacehorse; and the partnership of SF Racing, Starlight Racing, Madaket Stables, Robert E. Masterson, Stonestreet Stables, Waves Edge Capital, and Catherine Donovan. “The finalists for the TOBA awards represent extraordinary achievements in our sport,” said TOBA president Dan Metzger. “We are honored to celebrate with them on what promises to be a memorable evening celebrating our 40th anniversary of the TOBA National Awards.” The TOBA National Awards will consist of two days of presentations in Lexington The National Awards Dinner will be held Sept. 6 at Fasig-Tipton, and the National Awards Luncheon, which honors breeders from 19 states and Canada, will be held Sept. 5 at Godolphin. The post Godolphin, Juddmonte, Klaravich Among Finalists for TOBA National Awards 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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Arthur B. Hancock III, John Perrotta, and Josh Pons have been named finalists for the 19th annual Dr. Tony Ryan Book Award, which celebrates excellence in Thoroughbred sports literature. Two of the titles, Hancock's “Dark Horses: A Memoir of Redemption” and Pons's “Letters From Country Life: Adolphe Pons, Man o' War, and the Founding of Maryland's Oldest Thoroughbred Farm” are biographies steeped in the family Thoroughbred history of each author. Perrotta, a lifelong horseman who has been a racetrack and stable manager, jockey agent and radio executive, joins the group with “A Beggar's Ride,” a mystery/thriller tale that spans racetracks from California to Ireland, the author's current home. “These finalists have much in common: men who have devoted their lives to Thoroughbred racing, but also have nurtured their creative sides,” said Book Award judge Kay Coyte. “They did so, not only through these books, but also through journalism, songwriting or screenwriting. Oh, the stories they can tell.” Semifinalists included: “The History of the Kentucky Derby in 75 Objects,” by Kentucky Derby Museum and Jessica K. Whitehead; “Jockey Queen: Lillian Jenkinson Holder, Horse Racing's Fearless Lady,” by Roger Peach; and “What Horses Do After Racing: The Story of Good Carma,” by Jay Privman. The winner's ceremony will be held in the loft above the stallion barn at the Ryan family's Castleton Lyons farm near Lexington on Nov. 6. In addition to the $10,000 winner's check, the Book Award will present $1,000 to the other two finalists. Each will receive Tipperary crystal trophies. The 2024 judging team included Coyte, an Eclipse Award-winning former Washington Post editor; Caton Bredar, an Eclipse-winning television on-air host and handicapper; Kim Wickens, winner of the 2023 Dr. Tony Ryan Book Award for “Lexington,” and former Boston Globe columnist Diane White, a director of the Old Friends Thoroughbred retirement farm. The post Hancock, Perrotta, and Pons Named Tony Ryan Book Award Finalists 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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Rebel Racing, the training operation founded by Phil Cunningham, is set to open its own barn in Dubai this winter, with trainer Richard Spencer heading the team. “This is a hugely exciting challenge,” said Cunningham. “We'll still have the heart of the team in Newmarket, but the opportunity in Dubai is huge. Quite frankly, it beats racing around the all-weather in January – the prize-money and experience over there speak for themselves. The Dubai racing team have been incredibly helpful and made the process very straightforward. We're really looking forward to the challenge.” Cunningham and Spencer joined forces in 2016, before Rajasinghe provided the partnership with its first major success when winning the 2018 Coventry Stakes at Royal Ascot. Cunningham has subsequently offered strong support to Rajasinghe in his stallion career at the National Stud, with the owner's recent Stewards' Cup winner Two Tribes featuring among his most notable progeny. The post Rebel Racing to Launch “Hugely Exciting” Dubai Operation 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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Circle the wagons and sally forth as one, for Deauville is in view, which means only one thing: it'll soon be Christmas. There is, however, a circuitous route to be navigated before we reconvene under the Normandy lights in December. And right now, surely even the older members of the travelling show can lift an enthusiastic heart, along with the odd glass or two, as the summer holidays merge happily with the beginning of the European yearling sales at Arqana and some damn good sport across the road at the Hippodrome Deauville-La Touques. We upset Angus Gold a few weeks ago in these pages for daring to suggest that he, along with Hubie de Burgh and Con Marnane, would make an excellent trio of backing vocalists to Henri Bozo's lead singer. Nobody puts Angus in the corner…except at Arqana in August, where Bozo really has been centre stage for almost too many years to count at the head of the Ecurie des Monceaux draft. Actually, as we are counting, Monceaux has been the leading consignor for 13 consecutive August Sales. It would be folly to bet against that tally rising yet again this year. Thirty-eight yearlings form the 2025 draft, and they include a Night Of Thunder daughter of Prudenzia, a half-sister to last year's €1.7m sale-topper Diamond Necklace (St Mark's Basilica), who handily broke her maiden on Saturday at the Curragh for Aidan O'Brien, earning a TDN Rising Star in the process. There is also the first foal of Classic heroine Mangoustine (Dark Angel), whose colt by Frankel is catalogued on Sunday evening, while the strapping chestnut son of Siyouni and Roheryn (Galileo), a half-brother to G1 Underwood Stakes winner Buckaroo (Fastnet Rock), may well add to what is likely to be a lively concluding session on Monday. Bozo says of Diamond Necklace's timely win, “[That] was a great result for us because that's really our family that we developed with Lady O'Reilly, and Coolmore have been great supporters. I had heard great things of the filly, so it was nice to see it happening and her showing ability. “She's a half-sister to the yearling we're selling on Monday, who herself is by Night Of Thunder, and she's also closely related to two nice fillies we're selling, one being the Dubawi filly out of Paix, and the other is the Zarak filly of Prudente. The whole family we have been developing in the last 15 years.” Over that time, 17 Group 1 winners have been raised on the paddocks at Monceaux, including Prudenzia's early flagship daughter Chicquita and her younger half-sister Magic Wand. In the sale-ring, the Dansili mare's offspring have raised almost €12m. Bozo adds, “From this Prudenzia family you're expecting a certain type of filly, which is a classy filly, not precocious but classy, with a good step, and I think that's what our Night Of Thunder filly is also.” Mangoustine was offered at the Arqana Select Sale of 2020, rechristened that year after Covid forced a delay from August to September. Bred by Monceaux, Qatar Bloodstock and Lordship Stud, she was signed for at €46,000 by David Redvers, buying out Lordship Stud, and she has repaid his faith well in subsequent years by winning the G1 Poule d'Essai des Pouliches and G3 Prix Miesque. “We chose Frankel for Mangoustine because obviously she was a special filly and, like many other people, I think Frankel goes very well with those fillies who have shown speed,” Bozo says. “We wanted to give her every chance to become a good producer and we are very happy with the results. She's got a lovely Siyouni filly at foot, and she went back to Frankel.” Globally, the yearling sales season has begun in rude health – in the elite tier at least – with record-breaking trade at the JRHA Select Sale in Japan and the Saratoga Sale in America. The eyes of the bloodstock world will now be firmly fixed on France. “It's always a positive sign and gives a good bit of confidence to everyone and this is really important for the breeders to be in a good state of mind,” says Bozo of recent events at Saratoga. “America is different from France or from Europe, but it's just a good, positive sign and, not only the American sales, but the general atmosphere of the last year is that there is a real demand for good horses from more and more people all over the world, and we should be reasonably confident, I think.” Deauville First for Tweenhills The Arqana August Sale always has an international vibe to it, and that appears to be even more pronounced on the list of consignors involved this year. Outside the French regulars, Barton Stud, Hazelwood Bloodstock and Tweenhills are among the English farms with first drafts in Deauville this summer, while the seven Irish consignors include Ballylinch, Baroda, Camas Park, Glidawn, Kildaragh, Moanmore and Yeomanstown studs. In total, 48 of the 308 yearlings (15.5%) are consigned by British or Irish operations. David Redvers says that Tweenhills will be represented across the European sales this year, with Sheikh Fahad Al Thani having opted to sell all of his European-based yearlings. “We have obviously sold lots of horses in Deauville in the past with Monceaux, but never under our own name,” he says. The Tweenhills draft of three kicks off with a filly by this year's leading first-season sire, Starman (lot 76), a half-sister to the Listed Hever Sprint Stakes winner Kimngrace (Profitable). “Starman has made a terrific start, especially with his fillies, and this is a filly that was pinhooked by Sebastian Thompson, who came to us at age 16 and has just finished a two-year apprenticeship with us. He and Hannah [Wall]'s pinhooking syndicate own her and I must say that she is one of those gorgeous fillies that not only is the stallion helping her but she is helping herself, as she has just got better and better. Young Sebastian is there helping with the draft and I imagine he will be on tenterhooks.” Two of Sheikh Fahad's homebreds complete the consignment: a New Bay filly out of the G3 Derrinstown Stud Fillies Stakes winner Know It All (Lord Kanaloa) and a Siyouni colt out of one of the sheikh's earliest Group 1 winners, the Cheveley Park Stakes victrix Lightening Pearl (Marju), who already has the Group 3 winner Lightening Quick (Frankel) on her production record. “Sheikh Fahad has all his European yearlings going to market this year and these are two of the best ones,” says Redvers. “Freddy Powell came round and looked at all of our yearlings and they were the two he particularly wanted, that he thought would work well in France. He made an impassioned plea to Sheikh Fahad, and Sheikh Fahad agreed to give it a try. I would be very optimistic about both of them; they are both horses that in another year we would probably have put into training.” With turnover just north of €50m for the 226 Arqana August yearlings sold last year, this fell a little short of the record figures for the previous year, but was still on par with what had also been record trade for 2022, which posted a median of €140,000 and an average of more than €200,000. Redvers shares Bozo's optimism of a strong start to trade in Europe. He says, “If the sales continue à la Saratoga then we are going to be in for a very interesting time at the top end of the market.” First taste of the freshman sires Eight stallions with first yearlings for sale this year will be represented in Deauville in the coming week. Shadwell's Baaeed leads the field with nine in the sale, including Haras de Colleville's filly out of former top sprinter Restiadargent (Kendargent), who is already the dam of two black-type winners. The first of the Baaeed yearlings to grace the ring, however, will be a colt out of the dual Group 3 winner Anna Nerium from a family cultivated by Bob and Jeanette McCreery tracing back to Anna Paola. The mare's third foal, he is with La Motteraye Consignment. Of the French-based sires, the G1 Champion Stakes winner Sealiway, now at Haras de Beaumont, has three catalogued, while Gestut Auenquelle's Arc winner Torquator Tasso has two, including Applewood Stud's half-sister to the Group 3-placed Serienadler (Gleneagles) from the family of Japanese sire and Grade 1 winner Schnell Meister. Bayside Boy, Blackbeard, Naval Crown, State Of Rest and Thunder Moon also have their first yearlings for sale in France. Grub's up All that remains is a matter of almost equal importance to judging yearlings, and that's the settlement of the long-running argument as to which is the best restaurant in the vicinity of Deauville-Trouville. The traditionalists say Le Drakkar, even through the diehards can no longer prop up the bar until daylight threatens. These days, the nearby L'Institution, featuring some familiar faces from the old Drakkar, is giving it a run for its money. The market area hasn't been the same since Chez Hervé was shuttered, though Olivier Bertran de Balanda's Fanfaron was an excellent replacement for a while, though that, too, is sadly no more, in Deauville at least. You can however find the same owner's La Cantine des Fanfarons in the village of Manneville la Pipard just south of Pont l'Eveque, while in place of the original in Deauville is the newly opened Napoletano, a rival for the popular pizza place Santa Lucia, which is now under new management and has had a bit of a facelift. Those who enjoy a stroll over the bridge may spot head Trouvilliste Jocelyn Targett, who will swear that that Le Central is best, while Alan Cooper may insist upon Le Pavillon Augustine. We happen to like Les 4 Chats, as long as William Huntingdon is not à table moaning about the legroom and dim lighting (a head torch does come in handy, however). Just so he doesn't get cross with us again, we will let Angus Gold have the last word on matters culinary in delightful Deauville. “Well, I would have said Fanfaron was my favourite, but that has now sadly been sold, and Santa Lucia has also changed hands,” Gold says. “I was never really a Drakkar man, that was always a bit grown up for me, though they have done a very good job with the renovation, but I will opt for Les Planches, near the Normandy. I prefer the quieter places these days.” If you believe that, you will believe anything. And with a plane-load of Americans arriving direct from Saratoga on Wednesday morning, plus plenty more of the bloodstock crowd jetting or motoring in from elsewhere, Deauville will be anything but quiet in the countdown to the start of yearling season at 5.30pm this Saturday. The post From Top Nosh to Top-Notch Yearlings: It Must Be Arqana’s August Sale appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article