Things to know today
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Venetian Sun has run her last race for Tony Bloom and Ian McAleavy and goes to the Sceptre Sessions at the Tattersalls December Mares Sale, which runs from 30 November to 3 December. The Starman filly won the Albany and the Duchess of Cambridge at two and then the Prix Morny, and this season took the Sandy Lane and the Commonwealth Cup at Royal Ascot for Karl Burke before running second in the July Cup. A tendon tear ended her year, and her connections say it was neither career ending nor life threatening (Thoroughbred Daily News, irishracing.com) |
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William Muir will bring Breacher back to Doncaster for the Futurity Trophy on 24 October, stepping the Cracksman colt up to a mile for his last run as a two year old. He was third in Saturday’s Group 2 Champagne Stakes behind Desert Castle and Sergei Diaghilev, and third in the Solario at Sandown before that. Muir, who trains in partnership with Chris Grassick, said he would have preferred a mile on Saturday but could not find the right race, and has ruled out the Autumn Stakes at Newmarket as a stepping stone (irishracing.com) |
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Big Mojo goes straight to the Breeders’ Cup at Keeneland without another run first, passing up British Champions Day. The four year old was third defending his Sprint Cup title at Haydock behind Almeraq, on ground Mick Appleby says does not suit him. The trainer said the horse has come out of the race really well, that Keeneland has been the plan for a while, and that owner Paul Teasdale sounds likely to keep him in training next year (irishracing.com) |
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Jim Goldie is weighing the Prix de l’Abbaye for American Affair, provided the ground is not too soft, with a Breeders’ Cup trip unresolved because the stable would have to fund it themselves this year. A Royal Ascot win last season earned a funded American berth that injury stopped him taking up. He was second in the Group 1 Flying Five at the Curragh behind Comanche Brave, and Goldie rates him probably the second best in Britain over five furlongs at the moment (irishracing.com) |
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Noble Exhibit won Tuesday’s two year old maiden at Punchestown by seven lengths from Dancinginthecity, leading throughout for Aidan O’Brien and Wayne Lordan and picking up a Rising Star rosette, the 53rd given to a runner by Frankel. Ballydoyle’s Chris Armstrong said the colt really stretched out to the line and will go for a Group race over a mile or possibly further. He is out of Prize Exhibit, a full sister to Mohaather, and had chased home Monogram on his debut at the Curragh (Thoroughbred Daily News) |
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Altius finished third on his debut in the seven furlong novice at Sandown, the Frankel colt being the first foal of Althiqa to reach a racecourse. His dam won the Diana and the Just A Game in America, and the race is the one Palace Pier took in 2019. El Morjan made all to win it by four and a quarter lengths from Imperial Nation for John and Thady Gosden and James Doyle, with Altius a further two and three quarter lengths away for Charlie Appleby and William Buick. Hierax, the Frankel half brother to Dramatised who topped the Tattersalls December yearling sale at 425,000 guineas, was fifth of seven for William Haggas. Chymbulak won the following mile maiden for Roger Varian and Ray Dawson, beating United Authority three quarters of a length, with John and Thady Gosden’s Saint Of Seville, a Baaeed filly out of the Prix de Diane winner Star Of Seville, fifth of eight (Thoroughbred Daily News, HorseRacing.net) |
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Amy Murphy sits fourteenth in the French trainers’ table with three individual stakes winners, in her second season at Lamorlaye after moving from Newmarket in March last year. Victoire Magique, bought for 40,000 guineas, has won the Prix Gerald de Geoffre, and Jabracadabra, a 45,000 euro Arqana yearling, the Grand Prix de Craon. Murphy says the aim is to finish in the top ten. Her husband Lemos de Souza trains separately from their former Newmarket yard (Thoroughbred Daily News) |
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The British Racing School has partnered with Weatherbys Racing Bank to fund roving maths and English tutors who will visit apprentices in yards around the country, alongside mentoring. Students aged 16 to 18 have to reach Level 1 or Level 2 in both subjects to complete their apprenticeships. Chief executive Andrew Braithwaite said supporting young entrants has never been more important given the shortage of stable staff, and that the scheme is not about ticking boxes (Thoroughbred Daily News) |
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