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Turfling
Europe · Sunday 30 August 2026
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The lead
Arrow Eagle carries Rouget at Deauville
Al Aasy won the Group 2 Grand Prix de Deauville on Sunday by a short neck from Chestnut Rocket, with Arrow Eagle a further half length back in third and the 2,500 metres covered in 2:48.20 (Zeturf). Tom Marquand rode the winner for William Haggas, and Cristian Demuro rode Arrow Eagle for Jean-Claude Rouget (GaloppOnline). Thoroughbred Daily News had named Arrow Eagle among five things to follow in Europe this weekend and described the Rouget runner as the stable star of a trainer in his final month (Thoroughbred Daily News). Jean-Claude Rouget, who is 73, will cease training at the end of September, and the business enters liquidation if no takeover bid arrives by 25 September, a deadline he has given his staff (Thoroughbred Daily News). He has been French champion trainer five times, has won the Prix du Jockey Club six times and the Prix de Diane and the Poule d’Essai des Pouliches four times each, and set a French seasonal record of 178 winners in 1991. Ace Impact, unbeaten winner of the 2023 Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe, along with Le Havre, Sottsass and Vadeni, all came out of the same yard (Thoroughbred Daily News). Deauville on a Sunday in late August is where a French trainer would want to be counted, and there are not many Sundays left.
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Things to know today
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Love Dynasty took the Group 3 Atalanta Stakes at Sandown by a neck under Neil Callan for Kevin Ryan, who said the ground was the important thing for her and that he has entered her for the Sun Chariot at Newmarket on 3 October (irishracing.com) |
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Miss Scott won the Group 3 Snow Fairy Fillies Stakes at the Curragh by three and three-quarter lengths under Christophe Soumillon for John and Thady Gosden, beating Faiyum, with the Prix de l’Opera raised as a possible end to her year (The Irish Field) |
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Sea Of Rain landed the Group 3 Newtownanner Stud Stakes at the Curragh by three-quarters of a length under Colin Keane for Jim Bolger, who said all she needed was the mile and a gallop and named the May Hill at Doncaster with next year’s Oaks in mind (irishracing.com) |
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Loughrea won the Tote Irish Cambridgeshire at the Curragh by three lengths for Andy Slattery and Andrew Slattery, the trainer saying he had thought the horse well handicapped and that the Concorde is the likely next step (irishracing.com) |
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Tenability took the Listed Weatherbys August Stakes at Windsor by half a length under Tom Marquand for William Haggas, with Silawi second (At The Races) |
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Rock Montreal was taken out of the Solario after rain and goes instead to Doncaster on St Leger day, 12 September, for either the Listed Flying Scotsman or the Champagne, Roger Varian saying the stiff track and the way the ground was riding made him nervous (irishracing.com) |
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Thirsk cut its six race card to two on Friday after Calaxy slipped on the bend and almost fell in the opener, clerk of the course James Sanderson saying that safety has to come first and that only the straight course was raced on (Sporting Life) |
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Forty Years On won over seven furlongs at Goodwood by two lengths under Hector Crouch for George Scott, who said the Mayson filly is deceptively fast, will be kept to the trip and goes on to the Sceptre at Doncaster (irishracing.com) |
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Chimes Of Thunder took the Darley EBF Maiden Fillies Stakes at Goodwood by four and three-quarter lengths under David Probert for William Haggas, from Queen Of Scotland (irishracing.com) |
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Tiffany has been confirmed for the Sceptre Sessions of the Tattersalls December Mares Sale, running from 30 November to 3 December, the Grosser Preis von Berlin winner having taken eight of her 18 starts and being consigned by Sir Mark Prescott’s Heath House Stables (Tattersalls) |
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International
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America
Leading Change wins the Travers on his third start
Leading Change beat Napoleon Solo by half a length in the 157th Travers at Saratoga on Saturday, with Kentucky Derby and Belmont winner Golden Tempo third and the time 2:02.98 on firm ground. The Gun Runner colt is unbeaten in three starts for Brad Cox and Wathnan Racing, and this was his first Grade 1 (Thoroughbred Daily News). Manuel Franco, who went into the race with 58 wins at the meet, said he had the trip he expected and sat on the rail the whole way round (Thoroughbred Daily News).
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Australasia
Guest House breaks the Rosehill record
Guest House won the Group 3 San Domenico Stakes over 1100 metres at Rosehill by a length and a quarter under Zac Lloyd for Mick Price, stopping the clock in 1:02.41 to take down Westicaro’s 2007 course record of 1:02.51 (Just Racing). He is the first since Tierce in 1991 to complete the Golden Slipper and San Domenico double, and Price called it an amazing win by a very good horse (Just Racing).
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Asia
Romantic Warrior waits on a second look
A Hong Kong Jockey Club scan showed a joint change in Romantic Warrior that needs further assessment, and owner Peter Lau said he would wait for Dr Lawrence Chan to return from holiday before any clear announcement. Lau said he wants to hear how and where each interested party would keep the eight-year-old before deciding, and has a fifth Hong Kong Cup in December in mind (Idol Horse).
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Markets overnight
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FTSE 100 10,824.26, up 0.29 per cent (Trading Economics) |
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DAX 26,570, up 0.77 per cent, a record high (Trading Economics) |
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CAC 40 8,401.18, up 0.98 per cent (Trading Economics) |
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EUR/USD 1.1583, down 0.60 per cent (Trading Economics) |
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GBP/USD 1.3531, down 0.46 per cent (Trading Economics) |
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Gold 4,454.08 dollars an ounce, down 3.18 per cent (Trading Economics) |
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Brent crude 88.29 dollars a barrel, down 0.26 per cent (Trading Economics) |
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Bitcoin 77,676.14 dollars, down 2.54 per cent over 24 hours, read at 1.25am New York time on Saturday 29 August (CoinDesk) |
Indices, currencies, gold and Brent are the Friday 28 August figures, the most recent available with European and American markets shut for the weekend. 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 Group 2 Grand Prix de Deauville went to Al Aasy from Chestnut Rocket, with Arrow Eagle third for Jean-Claude Rouget (Zeturf) |
| 12 September |
Rock Montreal returns at Doncaster on St Leger day, in the Flying Scotsman or the Champagne (irishracing.com) |
| 25 September |
The deadline for a takeover bid for Rouget’s business before liquidation (Thoroughbred Daily News) |
| End of September |
Jean-Claude Rouget stops training (Thoroughbred Daily News) |
| 3 October |
The Sun Chariot at Newmarket, the target for Love Dynasty if the ground comes right (irishracing.com) |
| 30 November |
The Tattersalls December Mares Sale opens, running to 3 December, with Tiffany in the Sceptre Sessions (Tattersalls) |
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