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Turfling
Europe · Saturday 29 August 2026
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The lead
Cheveley Park retires Estrange after bone bruising
Cheveley Park Stud has retired Estrange, the five-year-old grey who won the Group 1 Pretty Polly Stakes at the Curragh in June, after bone bruising sustained in her most recent start (The Irish Field). An autumn campaign had been envisaged, the Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe among the possibilities, but the stud said time was running out to have her fully fit and that Patricia Thompson felt that, having won her Group 1, it was time for her to retire to the paddocks (The Irish Field). Trained throughout by David O’Meara, she won six of her nine starts, taking the Group 2 Lancashire Oaks and back to back runnings of the Group 3 Lester Piggott Stakes, and was second to Minnie Hauk in last season’s Yorkshire Oaks (Thoroughbred Daily News). Mating plans have not been settled.
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Things to know today
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Zavateri won the Group 2 Celebration Mile at Goodwood by three and a half lengths under Charles Bishop for Eve Johnson Houghton, with Qirat second and Fast Tracker third, and the Queen Elizabeth II Stakes is now his target (Thoroughbred Daily News) |
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Rock Montreal was withdrawn from the Group 3 Solario Stakes at Sandown after rain, and Alfred Wallace won it for Ed Walker and Kieran Shoemark, with Dover Street second and Breacher third on good to soft ground (Thoroughbred Daily News) |
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Cheveley Park run five in the Group 3 Atalanta Stakes at Sandown on the same card, with Moon Target, So Regal, Secret Of Life, Calendar Girl and Kon Tiki (Thoroughbred Daily News) |
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Push The Boat Out beat Great Barrier Reef by a neck in the Group 3 Heider Family Stables Round Tower Stakes at the Curragh, with Velozee third, and Michael O’Callaghan said the Dewhurst at Newmarket had been mentioned (Thoroughbred Daily News) |
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Aidan O’Brien said Great Barrier Reef “was ready to run in France last week, but he just wasn’t quite right”, the No Nay Never colt having come out of the Prix Morny, with the Middle Park a possible autumn target (Thoroughbred Daily News) |
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Arrow Eagle runs on Sunday in the Group 2 Lucien Barriere Grand Prix de Deauville, a half-brother to Ace Impact and one of the last significant chances for Jean-Claude Rouget, who stops training next month (Thoroughbred Daily News) |
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Trippi has died at 29 at Drakenstein Stud in South Africa, where he had stood as the farm’s foundation sire since 2009, the Grade 1 Vosburgh winner finishing with 94 stakes winners worldwide and a South African champion sire title in 2015 and 2016 (Thoroughbred Daily News) |
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A Golden Horn nomination heads the auction for the Racing to Cricket tournament at Wormsley on 6 September, donated by Jayne McGivern of Dash Grange Stud, with all proceeds going to Racing Welfare and advance bids already open (Thoroughbred Daily News) |
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Solitary Man heads the GoffsGo Early September Sale, the Kilbeggan Midlands National winner one of 22 lots in an online sale that opens at noon on 2 September and closes at 2pm the following day (Thoroughbred Daily News) |
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The Route des Etalons returns on 22 and 23 January 2027, with around 20 Normandy studs opening their doors and Siyouni and Goliath Du Berlais among the stallions on show (Thoroughbred Daily News) |
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International
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America
Ten go to post for the 157th Travers
Ten three-year-olds go to post for the 1.25 million dollar Travers over a mile and a quarter at Saratoga at 6.35pm New York time on Saturday, the 157th running of the oldest stakes race for three-year-olds in the United States (NYRA). Golden Tempo, winner of the Kentucky Derby and the Belmont Stakes, returns for Cherie DeVaux from a bacterial lung infection diagnosed in late June and meets Preakness winner Napoleon Solo and Jim Dandy winner Renegade for the first time (Horse Racing Nation).
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Australasia
Beiwacht wins the Memsie for Waller
Beiwacht won the Group 1 Memsie Stakes over 1400 metres at Caulfield by three lengths for Chris Waller and Nash Rawiller, with Mr Brightside second and Cosmic Crusader third (Just Racing). It was one of five colts and geldings Chris Waller sent to the race (Sports News Australia).
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Asia
Delhi Race Club is flattened
Bulldozers flattened several of the Delhi Race Club’s historic structures, among them the old stables, the bookmakers ring and the winning post, after the Indian government issued an eviction order on 11 August under the public premises law and a local court declined to halt it. About 200 of the more than 250 horses on the 53 acre site have gone back to their owners, 52 remained at the time of the demolition, and the club has until 14 September to move the rest, with the land passed to the central public works department (Thoroughbred Daily News).
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Markets overnight
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FTSE 100 10,824.26, up 0.29 per cent (Investing.com) |
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DAX 26,569.99, up 0.77 per cent (Investing.com) |
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CAC 40 8,401.18, up 0.98 per cent (Investing.com) |
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EUR/USD 1.1644, down 0.09 per cent (Investing.com) |
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GBP/USD 1.3590, down 0.06 per cent (Investing.com) |
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Gold futures settled at 4,504.10 dollars an ounce, down 3.43 per cent (Investing.com) |
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Brent crude futures settled at 88.01 dollars a barrel, down 0.58 per cent (Investing.com) |
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Bitcoin 79,132.61 dollars, down 0.72 per cent, taken at 6.30am New York time on Friday 28 August (Fortune) |
Indices, currencies, gold and Brent read from the Friday 28 August close. Bitcoin trades around the clock and carries the time the figure was read.
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The week ahead
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The Celebration Mile at Goodwood, the Solario and the Atalanta at Sandown, the Round Tower at the Curragh, the Travers at Saratoga and the Memsie at Caulfield (Thoroughbred Daily News, NYRA, Sports News Australia) |
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The Grand Prix de Deauville, with Arrow Eagle carrying Jean-Claude Rouget’s colours (Thoroughbred Daily News) |
| 2 September |
The GoffsGo Early September Sale opens online and closes the following afternoon (Thoroughbred Daily News) |
| 6 September |
The Racing to Cricket tournament at Wormsley, in aid of Racing Welfare (Thoroughbred Daily News) |
| 14 September |
The deadline for the Delhi Race Club to move its remaining horses (Thoroughbred Daily News) |
| End of September |
Jean-Claude Rouget stops training (Thoroughbred Daily News) |
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