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Turfling
Europe · Monday 31 August 2026
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The lead
Al Aasy wins his first Group 2 at nine
Al Aasy swooped late to take the Group 2 Lucien Barrière Grand Prix de Deauville on Sunday under Pierre-Charles Boudot, 2,500 metres on heavy ground in 2:48.20, with Chestnut Rocket a neck back and Jean-Claude Rouget’s Arrow Eagle a further half length away in third. The nine-year-old Sea The Stars gelding has now won nine races at Group level, but this was his first at Group 2 (Thoroughbred Daily News).
It came on his 32nd start and took his record to 13 wins, six seconds and three thirds for 853,177 euros. William Haggas trains him for Shadwell Estate Company. Haggas said the horse had shown great courage, that he is a lovely horse, and that when conditions suit he is capable of doing some very good things. Boudot deputised at short notice after Tom Marquand and Maureen Haggas were grounded at Duxford by a technical problem with their plane (Thoroughbred Daily News, Racing Post).
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Things to know today
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Diego Ventura took the Group 3 Barrière Prix Quincey at Deauville by a short head from Half Half, with Colin The Brave third and the mile run in 1:41.28. Christophe Soumillon rode the four-year-old son of Mehmas, trained by Hamad Al Jehani and owned by Wathnan Racing, and it was his first win at Group level. British-trained horses took 11 Listed or Group races across the four weeks of the Deauville meeting. On the same card, Great Wish won the Group 3 Barrière Prix de Meautry over 1,200 metres by four and a half lengths from Zzodiac, with La Brodeuse a head away in third. Mickael Barzalona rode the five-year-old son of Night Of Thunder, trained at Klampenborg in Denmark by Bent Olsen for Lone and Kaj Nielsens Fonds (Sporting Life, Zeturf, Equidia, France Sire) |
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Light Of Dawn won the Group 3 Prestige Fillies’ Stakes at Goodwood by a length and a quarter over seven furlongs on soft ground, James Doyle riding for Karl Burke and Wathnan Racing. The Showcasing filly, bought for 625,000 euros at the Arqana May breeze-up, had been third in both the Albany and the Prix de Cabourg. Eabha was second and Coaxed third, giving first-season sire Baaeed his first black type (Thoroughbred Daily News) |
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Magny Cours bounced back in the Group 3 Coolmore Stud Little Big Bear Stakes at Cork, winning over seven furlongs by two and a half lengths under Ben Coen for Daniel McLoughlin. The Awtaad filly was second to True Love in the Group 3 Priory Belle at Leopardstown in April and finished 12th in the Irish 1,000 Guineas in May. Coen said the drop back to seven suited her (Sporting Life) |
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JM Jungle landed the Listed William Hill Beverley Bullet Sprint by half a length from Argentine Tango, with Badri third and Jason Hart riding for John Quinn. It was a first win of the season for the six-year-old son of Bungle Inthejungle, who was seventh in the Group 1 Nunthorpe at York on his previous start. The race was run on a Sunday for the first time, as part of a new bank holiday weekend fixture (Sporting Life) |
A thin list today by design. Sunday’s European programme ran to four meetings and produced one Group 2, four Group 3s and one Listed race. Everything verified is here, and nothing has been added to make up a number.
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International
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America
Golden Pal gets a first black-type winner
Seneca Park won the 750,000 dollar Untapable Stakes at Kentucky Downs on Sunday, six and a half furlongs on turf in 1:17.20, holding Luminous Beauty by a neck with Severely Overpayin two and a quarter lengths back in third. Brian Joseph Hernandez Jr. rode the two-year-old filly for Dallas Stewart and Holy Cow Stable. She is the first black-type winner for freshman sire Golden Pal, who has 21 first-crop winners (Thoroughbred Daily News).
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Australasia
Bev Kelso dies at 80
Bev Kelso, who trained Legarto and Levante, died on Saturday aged 80. She began pre-training in the late 1970s, took out her licence in 1977 and went into partnership with her husband Ken in 1978, running a small stable at Matamata for more than five decades. Their other Group One winners included Xanadu, Bounding, Love Dance, Perfect Fit and Envoy. The funeral is at Matamata racecourse on Monday 14 September at 1pm (Breednet).
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Asia
Ka Ying Rising ticks over at Sha Tin
Ka Ying Rising won a barrier trial at Sha Tin on Sunday by two lengths from Public Attention and Magic Control, jumping from barrier one under Zac Purton. David Hayes said the sprinter is bigger and stronger than he has ever been. Purton said he jumped well, cruised along and did enough to tick him over for his race next week. He returns in the Group 3 HKSAR Chief Executive’s Cup (Sporting Life).
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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 (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 (Trading Economics) |
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GBP/USD 1.3531 (Trading Economics) |
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Gold 4,529.90 dollars an ounce, down 2.88 per cent, December contract (Investing.com) |
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Brent crude 88.10 dollars a barrel, down 0.47 per cent (Investing.com) |
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Bitcoin 79,037.30 dollars, up 1.03 per cent, the completed Sunday 30 August session (Investing.com) |
Every figure above is linked to the page it was read from. Indices, currencies, gold and Brent are the Friday 28 August closes, the most recent settled prices with London shut for the bank holiday and Frankfurt and Paris not yet open. Gold is the December futures contract and Brent the quoted futures contract, both taken from dated settlement rows. Bitcoin trades around the clock and carries its last completed daily session. The percentage moves for the two currency pairs are omitted because the source page states two different figures for each, while the rates themselves are consistent throughout.
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The week ahead
| 6 September |
The Group 1 Grosser Preis von Baden at Baden-Baden, over 2,400 metres |
| 6 September |
The Group 3 HKSAR Chief Executive’s Cup opens the Hong Kong season at Sha Tin |
| 12 September |
St Leger day at Doncaster, with the Champagne Stakes and the Portland Handicap |
| 12 September |
The Royal Bahrain Irish Champion Stakes at Leopardstown |
| 26 September |
The Cambridgeshire Handicap at Newmarket |
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