Wandering Eyes

AFTER thousands of outraged Sydneysiders took to the Sydney Opera House to protest over a six-minute light display that has divided the city, Racing NSW says it has learnt some lessons. View the full article

A full field of 14 fillies will vie for the final Breeders’ Cup “Win and You’re In” spot in Wednesday’s GII Jessamine S. at Keeneland, a qualifier for the GI Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf. Chad Brown won last year’s renewal with ‘TDN Rising Star’ Rushing Fall (More Than Ready), who followed suit with a decisive score at the World Championships, and he has once chance to repeat with Fierce Scarlett (Scat Daddy. Fifth on debut sprinting over the Saratoga lawn Aug. 10, the $320,000 OBSAPR proved she just needed more distance when graduated by 4 1/2 lengths going away after a wide journey in a two-turn test over a yielding course at Belmont Sept. 15. Jorge Abreau takes on his former boss with a pair of contenders in Moravia (GB) (Siyouni {Fr}) and Espresso Shot (Mission Impazible). Formerly campaigned in Europe, Moravia broke her maiden at third asking at Leopardstown June 7 and was second in the G3 Silver Flash S. there last time July 26. She receives Lasix for the first time in the U.S. debut. Third in an Aug. 16 grass sprint against fellow Empire-breds at Saratoga, Espresso Shot donned cap and gown next out in a 1 1/16-mile off-the-turfer Sept. 14. The greatest threat to Brown’s morning-line favorite, however, appears to be coming from the Great White North in the form of My Gal Betty (Point of Entry). A debut winner sprinting over the Woodbine synthetic May 20, she crossed the wire first in that venue’s My Dear S. July 7, but was disqualified and placed third for interference. Taking to the grass with aplomb with a 4 1/4-length decision in the Catch a Glimpse S. Aug. 25, the bay missed by just a length when second in the one-mile GI Natalma S. on the Woodbine lawn Sept. 16. View the full article

The Into Mischief filly is expected work next at Churchill Downs the weekend of Oct. 13-14. View the full article

Bound For Nowhere (The Factor), a distant 11th behind Next Shares (Archarcharch) in the GI Shadwell Turf Mile Oct. 7, has been turned out for the rest of the year, the 4-year-old’s owner and trainer Wesley Ward told the TDN Tuesday. A $310,000 Keeneland September graduate, Bound For Nowhere turned in a spectacular performance to defeat recent GII Woodford S. winner Bucchero (Kantharos) in the GII Shakertown S. at the Keeneland spring meeting ahead of an outstanding and very close third to Merchant Navy (Aus) (Fastnet Rock {Aus}) in the G1 Diamond Jubilee S. at Royal Ascot in June. Ward stretched Bound For Nowhere back out to a mile–with both the GI Breeders’ Cup Mile and GI Turf Sprint under consideration–and the colt responded with a smooth victory in the $750,000 Tourist Mile at Kentucky Downs in early September. That set the table for a start in the Shadwell, but little went according to script, Ward said. “It’s a bit of a head-scratcher,” he said. “He’s usually a very calm horse, but [jockey] Julio [Garcia] said he got really hot. The scratch [at the gate of Divisidero {Kitten’s Joy} really got him thinking and it took a long time for him to get in the gate. From there, he had a beautiful trip from the outside, got over and settled, but Julio said at the three-eighths, there was nothing there. He was certainly stressed out and he didn’t like the soft [course]. Ward continued, “We gave him a good once-over at the vet and we didn’t find anything. Things just didn’t work out, but I would hate to go into the Breeders’ Cup off a race like that, so we’re putting up the white flag for the year. I kicked him out into a paddock and we’ll bring him back Jan. 1 and try to have a year in 2019 like we had this year.” Ward also said he was satisfied with the performance of Undrafted (Purim), seventh in the Woodford. The rising 8-year-old gelding is a candidate for a $75,000 allowance going 5 1/2 furlongs over the Keeneland turf Oct. 25, Ward said. View the full article

Trainer Jorge Abreu saddled his first Keeneland winner this spring, and will be gunning for his first stakes victory at the Lexington track Oct. 10 when he sends out two runners in the $200,000 JPMorgan Chase Jessamine (G2T). View the full article

The Into Mischief filly is expected work next at Churchill Downs the weekend of Oct. 13-14. View the full article

THOUSANDS of outraged Sydneysiders have taken to the Sydney Opera House to protest over a six-minute light display that has divided the city. View the full article

MG1SW Hawkbill (Kitten’s Joy-Trensa, by Giant’s Causeway) has been retired, Godolphin announced on Tuesday. Highweighted in England as a 3-year-old, the chestnut struck twice at the highest level in the 2016 G1 Coral-Eclipse S. and G1 Longines Dubai Sheema Classic this March for trainer Charlie Appleby. A winner of 10 of his 24 starts and six group scores, the 5-year-old, who placed an additional five times at Group 1 level in Canada, England (2) and Germany (2), retires with earnings of $4,777,480. “He was a wonderful racehorse, who will be remembered for bringing Moulton Paddocks to the international stage,” said Appleby. “He was an ambassador for Godolphin, who gave everybody connected with him immense pleasure. He was hugely popular in the yard. Now, he is set to enjoy a well-deserved retirement.” Bred by the Helen K. Groves Revokable Trust and purchased for $350,000 out of the 2014 Keeneland September Yearling Sale, the Kentucky-bred is a half-brother to GI Claiborne Breeders’ Futurity S. victor Free Drop Billy (Union Rags). His dam, the GSP Trensa is a half-sister to MGSW Batique (Storm Cat) and produced by GI Ballerina S. victress Serape (Fappiano). View the full article

Lane’s End’s Quality Road (Elusive Quality), who ranks among the nation’s leading general sires in 2018, will see his stud fee raised from $70,000 to $150,000 in 2019, topping the storied farm’s stallion roster for the coming year. On the heels of a wildly successful 2018, topped by Grade I winners Abel Tasman, Bellafina, City of Light, Salty and Spring Quality, Quality Road enters his ninth year at stud in 2019. Bellafina and Abel Tasman have won a pair of Grade Is each, with the former considered a leading contender for the GI Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies after notching three straight graded stakes scores, including the GI Del Mar Debutante Sept. 1 and the GI Chandelier S. Sept. 29. The sire has shown dual-surface prowess, with Spring Quality scoring at the highest level on turf in the GI Manhattan S. In total, Quality Road has sired nine individual Grade I winners from five crops. The Lane’s End roster is complimented by the presence of Candy Ride (Arg) (Ride the Rails), whose fee will remain at $80,000 in 2019. Union Rags (Dixie Union) will be available for $60,000, while the popular Honor Code (A.P. Indy) will stand for $40,000 in his fourth year at stud. 2019 also marks the return of The Factor (War Front), who returns from a stint in Japan to stand for a fee of $15,000. View the full article

NEWMARKET, UK–Newsells Park Stud’s Shastye (Ire) (Danehill) has been a regular headline-maker at Book 1 of the Tattersalls October Yearling Sale since 2013, when her subsequent Group 3 winner Sir Isaac Newton (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}) briefly set a record for a European yearling at public auction-which was eclipsed the following day-when bought by MV Magnier for 3.6-million gns. Five years later, Sir Isaac Newton’s full-brother (lot 109) flirted with his elder brother’s pricetag during the first of three Book 1 sessions on Tuesday, but fell just short, with MV Magnier again the successful bidder at 3.4-million gns. The day’s strong clearance rate of 85% came from the sale of 133 of the 157 yearlings offered—14 more than changed hands at the opening session last year. They accrued turnover of 35,505,000gns,which was up by 5%, with the median of 170,000gns being a 15% drop on the high figure of 200,000gns attained on the first day last year, though that eventually settled at 165,000gns for Book 1 as a whole. The average was 266,955gns, again down slightly, by 5%. Galileo Supplies Three Millionaires… The 17-year-old Shastye was a winner at three and four and listed placed, but she has simply outdone herself at stud. Her third foal was the G2 Middleton S. winner and multiple Classic-placed Secret Gesture (GB) (Galileo {Ire}), who was raced by Newsells in partnership with Qatar Racing before being sold to John Ferguson for $3.5-million at Keeneland November in 2016. In the interim, Shastye had enjoyed three blockbuster sales on the back of Secret Gesture’s racetrack success: MV Magnier had bought Sir Isaac Newton for 3.6-million gns in 2013; Charlie Gordon-Watson had spent 800,000gns on the Street Cry (Ire) filly Secret Soul (GB) in 2015; and David Redvers had bought another filly, Secret Gaze (GB) (Galileo {Ire}), for 1.35-million gns at this sale two years ago. After producing three consecutive fillies, Shastye threw another Galileo colt in 2016, and that one was again scooped up by MV Magnier for 1.3-million gns here last year. That is looking like a solid investment with the colt, now named Japan (GB), the winner of two races since the catalogued was printed, including the G2 Beresford S. on Sept. 30. “Shastye has been a great producer and Andreas Jacobs is a great breeder,” Magnier said after fending off a handful of persistent bidders including David Redvers, John O’Connor and Japanese trainer Mitsu Nakauchida, the latter being the eventual underbidder. “We have a very high opinion of this horse. He’s a lovely horse and we’ve had luck with the family.” “It’s the right cross and Galileo is absolutely flying. He’s an exciting horse and we’re very pleased to have got him.” Shastye has visited Galileo exclusively the past four years and is in foal to him again. She is believed to be carrying a colt. “Japan just reinvigorated everything this year and I think they [Coolmore] really like him,” said Newsells Park manager Julian Dollar. “He could be anything next year but his Beresford win just got everything going again. This colt isn’t as pretty as Sir Isaac Newton but he’s bigger and stronger.” “We’re just very lucky to have a mare who has bankrolled the stud year after year. This is great for [yearling manager] Gerry Meehan and his team—they’ve done a sensational job and no horses on the place look better,” Dollar added. “Shastye is back in foal to Galileo again. That’s the easiest mating to do each year—you can’t have too much of a good thing.” The appeal of the colt’s page extends far beyond Shastye’s produce alone. The mare is a daughter of the champion Italian mare Saganeca (Sagace {Fr}), and therefore a half-sister to G1 Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe winner Sagamix (Fr) (Linamix {Fr}) and G1 Criterium de Saint-Cloud victor Sagacity (Fr) (Highest Honor {Fr}), as well as the dam of G1 Prix d’Ispahan winner Sageburg (Ire). Newsells Park had enjoyed another seven-figure result with a Galileo colt early in the day when lot 41, a colt out of an unraced full-sister to Juddmonte’s champion racemare Midday (GB) (Oasis Dream {GB}) offered on behalf of breeders John and Tanya Gunther, was knocked down at 1.1-million gns. Anthony Stroud signed the ticket while standing alongside Sheikh Mohammed, Simon Crisford, David Loder and John Gosden. Stroud outbid Team Coolmore for the colt. The Galileo colt’s full-brother Make My Day (Ire) holds a Derby entry and was bred by the Gunthers, who bought the dam, Posset (GB), in the same ring back in 2014 for 625,000gns. The Canadian breeders have enjoyed an extraordinary year on the racetrack with graduates from their Kentucky-based Glennwood Farm, led by Triple Crown winner Justify (Scat Daddy) and including Without Parole (GB) (Frankel {GB}), who won the G1 St James’s Place S. in their own colours. Julian Dollar said, “He’s a lovely horse and it’s great when both Coolmore and Sheikh Mohammed are interested. The Gunthers are wonderful breeders, I wish they could give me a few tips.” Galileo Filly Generates International Interest… Galileo’s appeal as a broodmare sire has become, unsurprisingly, truly international, and he has the likes of G1 2000 Guineas winner Saxon Warrior (Jpn) (Deep Impact {Jpn}), G1 July Cup winner U S Navy Flag (War Front) and top Australian 3-year-old The Autumn Sun (Aus) (Redoute’s Choice {Aus}), winner of this term’s G1 Golden Rose S., to his credit in that realm. Therefore, it likely came as no surprise to those assembled at Park Paddocks yesterday to see a fierce bidding battle between international interests sparked by a Galileo half-sister to G1 Prix Maurice de Gheest winner and young sire Garswood (GB) (Dutch Art {GB}) (lot 28). The January-born filly, who was bred by Lynch Bages, was secured by agent Emmanuel de Seroux on behalf of an undisclosed “international client” for 1.2-million gns after he turned back a sustained challenge from Australian John Camilleri standing alongside agent Hubie de Burgh. Camilleri is best known as the breeder of Winx (Aus) (Street Cry {Ire}) and G1 Golden Slipper winner Vancouver (Aus) (Medaglia d’Oro). De Seroux said the daughter of the unraced Penchant (GB) (Kyllachy {GB}) could be trained in Europe, but no firm plans had been made. “She’s a Galileo filly who is a half-sister to Garswood, she’s a beautiful mover and a beautiful type,” de Seroux said. The filly’s second dam is the listed-winning Irresistible (GB) (Cadeaux Genereux {GB}), who is also the second dam of G2 Summer Mile winner Mutakayyef (GB) (Sea The Stars {Ire}). Dubawi Finds Favour… The morning session started in strong fashion when Sheikh Mohammed’s team gathered in the wings and the first foal of G1 Prix Jean Romanet winner Odeliz (Ire) (Falco {Fr}) (lot 19) was knocked down to Simon Crisford for 600,000gns. The Dubawi (Ire) colt was consigned by Luke Lillingston’s Mount Coote Stud for breeders Michael and Reiko Baum. “He came to us in July and pretty much prepped himself,” said Lillingston. “He was a delight to deal with, I wish they were all that easy.” Odeliz was a vendor buy-back at 950,000gns when offered during the Tattersalls December Sale in 2015 but was subsequently bought privately by the Baums, who own Man O’ War Farm in Lexington. The colt was one of 13 yearlings bought during the session for a total of 6,855,000gns by leading purchaser Stroud Coleman Bloodstock, along with another Dubawi colt from Meon Valley Stud’s dual Oaks runner-up Shirocco Star (GB) (Shirocco {Ger}) (lot 113), who was knocked down at 1.1-million gns. Routinely one of the top vendors during Book 1, Meon Valley was responsible for the co-top lot of 2016, another son of Dubawi out of G1 Prix de l’Opera winner Zee Zee Top (GB) (Zafonic), who was bought for 2.6-million gns by Sheikh Hamdan. Also on the list for Anthony Stroud was the first foal of the listed winner Terror (Ire) (Kodiac {GB}) (lot 157). The son of Galileo was bought for 900,000gns from Peter Stanley of New England Stud, who consigned the colt on behalf of his uncle Christopher Hanbury. Battle of the Sophomores… No Nay Never may be leading Kingman (GB) when it comes to racecourse results, but as members of their second crops go through the ring, the Juddmonte stallion just had the edge at Tattersalls on day one. Leading the way was a spectacular pinhook by Michael Fitzpatrick of Kilminfoyle House Stud, who sold lot 112, a colt out of the Dansili (GB) mare Shemya (Fr), for 1.05-million gns to MV Magnier, having bought him for 135,000gns last December. “I bought him here from Giles Wates of Langton Stud. He was a lovely foal and he’s been very straightforward and the sire has made a great start, which of course really helps. We all get lucky now and again,” said Fitzpatrick, who also sold a No Nay Never filly (lot 67) bought as a foal for 30,000gns to Laurent Benoit of Broadhurst Agency for 130,000gns. “I’d like to wish their new owners the best of luck with them and also to thank my team home, Pamela and Santos,” he added. The Aga Khan-bred Shemya, a daughter of the Group 3 winner Shemima (GB) (Dalakhani {Ire}), won at three in France and was bought the following year for Wates for €160,000 at the Arqana December Sale. Angus Gold was also in the running for a Kingman yearling on behalf of Sheikh Hamdan and went to 580,000gns for lot 100, a beautifully bred filly from Rory and Tess Mahon’s Mountain View Stud. The February-born bay is out of the winning Sea The Stars (Ire) mare Seagull (Ire), whose half-sister Nightime (Ire) holds the distinction of being the first of many Classic winners for Galileo (Ire) and has already bred GI Man O’War S. winner Zhukova (Ire) (Fastnet Rock{Aus}) and dual Group 3 winner Ghaiyyath (Ire) (Dubawi {Ire}). Peter Brant of White Birch Farm was another to take home a Kingman, his colt out of four-time winner Smart Step (GB) (Montjeu {Ire}) (lot 121) hailing from the Hascombe & Valiant family of Rebecca Sharp (GB) and being sold by Lofts Hall Stud for 500,000gns. The half-brother to juvenile winner Escamillo (GB) (Bated Breath {GB}) was bred by Hugo Lascelles of Lofts Hall in partnership with Ben Sangster. At the end of the first session, six Kingman yearlings had sold for an average of 510,833gns, making him the third-leading sire of the day on that measure behind only Galileo and Dubawi. With Ten Sovereigns still in the mix to back up his G1 Juddmonte Middle Park S. victory in Saturday’s G1 Darley Dewhurst S., his sire No Nay Never continues to have plenty of friends in the sales ring. Ten Sovereigns’s sister, sold by co-breeder Camas Park Stud as lot 103, understandably attracted plenty of attention and she will eventually join her big brother at Ballydoyle having been bought my MV Magnier for 600,000gns with Justin Casse, Reiley McDonald and Stephen Hillen all in the early running for the daughter of Seeking Solace (GB) (Exceed And Excel {Aus}). Camas Park Stud was also the vendor of lot 22, bred in partnership with Lynn Lodge Stud, whose dam Opera Fan (FR) (Cape Cross {Ire}) has already clicked with the sire in the production of her first foal, the listed winner No Needs Never (Ire). Her yearling filly was bought by Shawn Dugan for 525,000gns. Kerri Radcliffe opted for another filly, a sister to the winner and G1 Keeneland Phoenix S.-placed The Irish Rover (Ire), signing for the Glenvale Stud consignee at 650,000gns. “She’s been bought for Sheila Rosenblum and George Bolton, my two lovely new clients, and she will stay here for the time being to be trained for next year,” said Radcliffe of lot 111. “She’s a very athletic filly by a red-hot sire and there’s a chance she could end up racing in America.” Shadwell Supporting Muhaarar… Shadwell’s champion sprinter Muhaarar (GB) (Oasis Dream {GB}) will be one of the most anticipated first-season sires next year when his first 2-year-olds step out, and Sheikh Hamdan pledged further support to his four-time Group 1 winner when going to 925,000gns on Tuesday for his lot 58 from Tally-Ho Stud. While the filly’s young sire certainly boasts appeal, she is hugely helped by the fact that she is a half-sister to Fairyland (Ire) (Kodiac {GB}), winner of the G2 Lowther S. and G1 Cheveley Park S. since the catalogue was printed. They are also kin to the Irish and Australian group-winning filly Now Or Never (Ire) (Bushranger {Ire}), and the dam, Queenofthefairies (GB) (Pivotal {GB}), is a half-sister to another champion sprinter in Dream Ahead (Diktat {GB}). Fairyland had attracted an identical pricetag at this same sale last year when bought by MV Magnier, and Shadwell Racing Manager Angus Gold admitted Fairyland had been one of his favourite yearlings of 2017. “She’s a sister to a gorgeous filly who had to have been the nicest yearling I saw last year; a beautiful filly and a Group 1 winner,” he said. “She’s out of a very good mare and she’s by a horse that of course we really like. It made sense, although I didn’t think she’d make quite that.” Gold said Shadwell has supported Muhaarar with “about 15 mares each year” since he retired to stud. “We like what we’ve seen and we have some lovely ones at home at the stud,” he said. “We have 13 yearlings [by Muhaarar] on the stud this year. For us, he’s the most exciting horse because, as I said to Sheikh Hamdan when he retired to stud, he’s our chance of getting a Green Desert-type. He has looks, he’s well-bred, fast, very talented and has a great attitude. I like what I’ve seen particularly here; there are some very nice yearlings by him.” Muhaarar ended the session as the day’s leading first-crop sire by average, with six sold for an average of 294,167gns off a £30,000 stud fee. Next came Gleneagles, also with six sold for an average of 229,500gns off a €60,000 fee that has subsequently dropped to €40,000. Golden Horn had seven sell for an average of 205,714gns off a £60,000 fee. Mildmay’s Good Day… Bridget Drew’s Mildmay Bloodstock enjoyed a good day at Tattersalls, notably through the 600,000gns sale of a Kodiac (GB) filly (lot 30), bred in partnership with Ian Brown. “She showed herself off beautifully ever since she arrived and it really helps when they have the temperament that she has,” said Jenny Norris of consignor Norris Bloodstock. “She had lots of vets on her and plenty of interest all through the weekend and it’s great to have such a result for Bridget.” The filly, bought by Alastair Donald, the regular agent for Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha’s King Power Racing, is the first foal of the Kheleyf mare Perfect Blessings (Ire), who raced for Ian Brown and the late John Drew, winning a fillies’ maiden at three and gaining black-type when placed in the Listed Cammidge Trophy back at the same course. The following lot through the ring (lot 31), the Pivotal (GB) half-brother to Drew’s G3 Chartwell Fillies’ S. winner Perfect Tribute (GB) (Dubawi {Ire}), was bought by Robin O’Ryan and Richard Fahey for 110,000gns. Drew’s trio of Book 1 yearlings was completed by a Bated Breath (GB) half-sister to the dual winner and Chesham S. runner-up Nate The Great (GB) (Nathaniel {Ire}) (lot 160), who sold to Rabbah Bloodstock for 140,000gns. The family has been particularly active this season, with the filly’s dam’s half-brother James Garfield (Ire) (Exceed And Excel {Aus}) winning the G3 Greenham S. and being narrowly beaten in the G1 Prix Maurice de Gheest, while Uni (GB) (More Than Ready), a half-sister to grandam Whazzat (GB) (Daylami {Ire}) won the GIII Noble Damsel S. at Saratoga for Chad Brown. View the full article

Dr. Wes Sutter will be joining Rood & Riddle Equine Hospital’s team of board certified surgeons Dec. 1. A graduate of Colorado State University and former Rood & Riddle intern, Dr. Sutter did his surgical residency at Ohio State University, where he later served as an assistant professor in equine orthopedic surgery. He entered private practice as a surgeon at Ocala Equine Hospital and later co-founded Lexington Equine Surgery and Sports Medicine. Joining Sutter at Rood & Riddle is Dr. Daniel Devis, who has been practicing with him for the last eight years. View the full article

Godolphin's multiple group 1 winner Hawkbill has been retired after a highly successful racing career that saw the son of Kitten's Joy notch more than $4.7 million in earnings. View the full article

Karl Burke has confirmed the G1 Queen Elizabeth II S. at Ascot on Oct. 20 as the likely next target for his star filly Laurens (Fr) (Siyouni {Fr}). The daughter of Siyouni claimed her fourth Group 1 success of the season, and her fifth top-level victory overall, when landing the G1 Sun Chariot S. at Newmarket on Saturday. Laurens holds an entry in the G1 QIPCO Champion S. on Oct. 20, but Burke is leaning towards keeping her to a mile in the QEII–for which she needs to be supplemented. “We’re delighted with her,” said the North Yorkshire-based trainer. “She only lost four kilos on the whole trip and she looks in great shape. I’ve spoken to John [Dance, owner], and at the moment we’re leaning towards Ascot. She’s in the Champion S.–but it’s more likely we’ll supplement for the QEII, especially if the ground is on the easy side.” Although Champions Day has emerged as the likely next port of call for Laurens, Burke is not ruling out the possibility of sending his filly across the Atlantic for next month’s Breeders’ Cup. He added, “It’s definitely not impossible she could do both. Nothing is set in stone, but we’ll aim for Ascot and take it from there. If by the time Ascot comes around we felt she needed a bit more time, we could always wait and go straight to the Breeders’ Cup, but we’ll see. She has the option of the Mile [at the Breeders’ Cup] and the one-mile-three-furlong race for fillies only [Breeders’ Cup Filly and Mare Turf].” One Burke inmate who is bound for the Breeders’ Cup is his Group 1-winning sprinter Havana Grey (GB) (Havana Gold {Ire}). The G1 Flying Five hero was not beaten far into eighth place in Sunday’s G1 Prix de l’Abbaye at ParisLongchamp and is set for one final career outing at Churchill Downs before being retired to stud. Burke said, “He has come out of the race fine, and all being well he’ll go for the race over five and a half furlongs [Breeders’ Cup Turf Sprint]. That will probably be his finale.” View the full article

Observations on the European Racing Scene turns the spotlight on the best European races of the day, highlighting well-pedigreed horses early in their careers, horses of note returning to action and young runners that achieved notable results in the sales ring. Wednesday’s Insights features two sons of Kingman (GB). 3.00 Nottingham, Mdn, £10,000, 2yo, 8f 75yT TEMPUS (GB) (Kingman {GB}) is a son of the G1 Criterium de Saint-Cloud heroine Passage of Time (GB) (Dansili {GB}), which makes him a half-brother to the National Stud resident Time Test (GB) (Dubawi {Ire}) who also raced for this Roger Charlton stable. Khalid Abdullah’s newcomer encounters another unraced colt in Surfman (GB) (Kingman {GB}), a Roger Varian-trained half-brother to the recent G1 Prix Vermeille heroine Kitesurf (GB) (Dubawi {Ire}). View the full article

A total of 373 yearlings and horses-in-training will be offered at the Goffs UK Autumn Sale on Oct. 24-25 and the catalogue is now available. There will also be a point-to-point session, with entries being accepted up to the sale. There are 156 yearlings catalogued, seven of which are eligible for the £300,000 Goffs UK Premier Yearling S. during York’s Ebor Festival. The yearling portion of the sale will begin at noon local time, with the horses-in-training session beginning at 10 a.m. on Oct. 25. Yearling sale alumni G1SW Mabs Cross (GB) (Dutch Art {GB}), who won the G1 Prix de l’Abbaye de Longchamp Longines at ParisLongchamp on Arc Day, G1 Kingdom of Bahrain Sun Chariot S. victress Laurens (Fr) (Siyouni {Fr}) and G1 Keeneland Phoenix S. hero Advertise (GB) (Showcasing {GB}) have been ably flying the flag for the sale in 2018. Thomas Hobson (GB) (Halling), who won the 2018 G2 Doncaster Cup, is a graduate of the horses-in-training portion. “Goffs UK yearlings have enjoyed a superb season on the track through the exploits of star filly Laurens and 2YO Advertise and it was very timely to see sale graduate Mabs Cross join that list with a much-deserved Group 1 victory on Sunday,” said Goffs UK Managing Director Tony Williams. “She is a brilliant example as to the talent that can be found at this sale. Our Doncaster Horses-in-Training Sales have also had a strong year producing lively trade and some excellent graduates including Tiger Roll (Ire), Summerville Boy (Ire) and Thomas Hobson to name just three. We will be adding to Thursday’s HIT session over the coming fortnight with Point-to-Pointers and Form Horses and entries will be released as they are accepted.” View the full article

The race dates committee for the Kentucky Horse Racing Commission will consider bids from three current track owners to take over the Standardbred racing license abandoned by Thunder Ridge and launch a new harness track in the Oak Grove area. View the full article

MGSP De Treville (GB) (Oasis Dream {GB}-Dar Re Mi {GB}, by Singspiel {Ire}) will move to Haras du Mezeray in France for 2019, the stud announced on Tuesday. Bred by Watership Down Stud and knocked down for 850,000gns at the Tattersalls October Sale in 2013, the bay raced in the silks of Rashit Shaykhutdinov to two wins in 12 starts and was Group 3 placed four times in France at two and three for trainer Andreas Wohler. He covered approximately 30 mares in France in his first season at stud in 2018. Out of the three-time Group 1 winner Dar Re Mi who captured top-level events in England, Ireland and the United Arab Emirates, De Treville is her first foal. He was followed by GSW and G1 Prix de l’Opera Longines third So Mi Dar (GB) (Dubawi {Ire}) and ‘TDN Rising Stars’ Lah Ti Dar (GB) (Dubawi {Ire}) a two-time English listed winner who recently ran a close second in the G1 William Hill St. Leger S.; and G2 Champagne S. and G3 Solario S. hero Too Darn Hot (GB) (Dubawi {Ire}). His second dam, the French Group 1 winner Darara (Ire) (Top Ville {Ire}), was a half-sister to the champion Darshaan (GB) (Shirley Heights {GB}). A fee will be announced later and De Treville will stand alongside Taareef. View the full article

Ross Kierans has been appointed as General Manager of Tote Ireland, Tote Ireland announced on Tuesday. Ross graduated from NUI Galway and has previously worked in industries ranging from financial services to audit and assurance. Approaching 10 years of service with Tote Ireland and a qualified accountant, Ross has been the financial controller at Tote Ireland since June of 2016. “We are delighted to see Ross in the position of General Manager of Tote Ireland,” said Horse Racing Ireland Chief Executive Brian Kavanagh. “Ross has tremendous experience and in his 10 years with Tote Ireland has played an important role in the financial, operational and strategic performance of the company.” Tim Higgins, who has been the Chief Executive of Tote Ireland for six years, has decided to pursue new opportunities outside of HRI. Added Kavanagh, “I would like to thank Tim sincerely for his time while in his role as Chief Executive of Tote Ireland, and wish him all the best for the future.” View the full article

During Monday’s International Conference of Horseracing Authorities, the Executive Council of the International Federation of Horseracing Authorities (IFHA) re-elected incumbent Chairman Louis Romanet and Vice-Chairman Winfried Engelbrecht-Bresges (Asia). Jim Gagliano (Americas) and Brian Kavanagh (Europe) were also elected. The term is three years and lasts from October 2018-October 2021. “Horse racing is a globalized industry, and the IFHA remains dedicated to its task of promoting and standardising best practices,” said Romanet. “The newly re-elected Vice-Chairmen and I will continue in our efforts to bring uniformity to racing through the implementation of our strategic plan, which outlines the need for robust integrity measures. That includes but is not limited to the worldwide adoption of Article 6E of the International Agreement, which calls for out-of-competition testing for prohibited substances at any time in the career of any horse.” View the full article

Newsells Park Stud’s Shastye (Ire) (Danehill) has become a perennial headline-maker at Tattersalls October Book 1 since her Sir Isaac Newton (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}) made 3.6-million gns in 2013, and the mare’s latest produce, a full-brother to that Group 3 winner, was hammered down to Sir Isaac Newton’s buyer, MV Magnier, at 3.4-million gns on Tuesday. The colt (lot 109) was consigned by and bred by Newsells. View the full article

Kentucky Downs has filed an application with the Kentucky Horse Racing Commission to build a Standardbred track in Oak Grove, Ky, close to the Tennessee border and Clarksville, Tenn. View the full article

THOUSANDS of outraged Sydneysiders have taken to the Sydney Opera House to protest over a six-minute light display that has divided the city. View the full article

Universal Go Go’s sudden form turnaround has surprised many Hong Kong punters, but none more so than his own jockey, Vincent Ho Chak-yiu. The Francis Lui Kin-wai-trained gelding was uninspiring last season, running a best of seventh in three attempts, but has since turned it around, winning first-up this season and running an unlucky fourth since then. Ho has ridden Universal Go Go in four of his five starts to date and said he was benefiting from a more mature state of mind along with... View the full article

In-form jockey Karis Teetan has been forced to decide between two of Hong Kong’s hottest sprinters with the feature races just around the corner. The embarrassment of riches has seen Teetan side with proven Group One winner Mr Stunning over up-and-coming star Hot King Prawn due to a prior commitment to trainer Frankie Lor Fu-chuen and owners before Joao Moreira’s departure. A strong trial on Tuesday morning at Sha Tin reaffirmed Teetan’s decision after the six-year-old coasted... View the full article

ALL betting has been suspended for the world’s most lucrative horse race as fiery debate over its advertising on the Sydney Opera House rages on. View the full article