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Turfling
Europe
Sunday 20 September 2026
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The lead
Pellitory gives O’Meara a third Ayr Gold Cup
Pellitory won the Ladbrokes Ayr Gold Cup on Saturday by half a length from Tuco Salamanca, with Flash Harry third and Fine Interview fourth. The Class 2 heritage handicap over six furlongs was run on heavy ground, drew 24 runners and was worth 92,772 pounds to the winner. David O’Meara trains the four year old for Evan Sutherland, and Daniel Tudhope rode him from stall 16 (Racing Post).
Tudhope crossed from his central draw to join the larger far side group, which he said looked like the place to be, and put the win down to a horse campaigned over seven furlongs outstaying the field. It is a third win in the race for O’Meara after Louis The Pious and Summerghand, a second for Sutherland after Highland Colori in 2013, and a second for Tudhope, who won on Summerghand (Sporting Life).
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Things to know today
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Silent Beauty took the Group 3 Ladbrokes Firth of Clyde Stakes at Ayr by a length and three quarters from Ruby Moon, with Angel In My Heart a head away in third and Dark Issue fourth. Kevin Philippart De Foy trains the Amo Racing filly and David Egan rode. Only five went to post on heavy ground, four fillies having been withdrawn because the ground was unsuitable, and the six furlongs took 1m 18.15s (Racing Post) |
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Nabati won the Group 2 Dubai Duty Free Mill Reef Stakes at Newbury by a short head from Jolivette, with Arapaho Gold a neck away in third and the six furlongs covered in 1:10.61 on good to firm. The Night Of Thunder colt, an 850,000 guineas yearling at Tattersalls last October, is trained by Charlie Appleby for Godolphin and was ridden by William Buick. Appleby said he would imagine they might have a look at the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Turf Sprint next (Thoroughbred Daily News) |
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Primetime Emmy landed the Group 3 Prix Eclipse at Chantilly by a short head from Scythe, with Belisa Bay three and a half lengths further back in third and the six furlongs run in 1:09.31 on good ground. The Extreme Choice filly is trained by Francis-Henri Graffard for Hollymount Stud France and was ridden by Mickael Barzalona. She is the seventeenth Group winner for her sire, and Matthew Sandblom of Hollymount said Extreme Choice makes him look like an excellent breeder when it is simply the sire who is exceptional (Thoroughbred Daily News) |
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Sosie will stand at Poonawalla Stud Farms in India from 2027, in a deal brokered by Ajay Anne of New Approach Bloodstock. Trained by Andre Fabre and bred by Wertheimer et Frere, the son of Sea The Stars retires with seven wins from 15 starts and more than 4.4 million dollars, among them the Grand Prix de Paris, the Prix Ganay, the Prix d’Ispahan and the Hong Kong Vase. Anne said he will cover 60 to 70 mares, mainly Mr Zavaray Poonawalla’s, and joins Territories on the roster (Thoroughbred Daily News) |
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The SGA yearling sale at the Ippodromo La Maura in Milan turned over 1,182,500 euro on Friday, up seven per cent on three fewer lots, with 68 of 83 sold for a clearance rate of 82 per cent against 79 last year. Emanuele Grimaldi gave 90,000 euro for the top lot, a Mehmas filly out of the Raven’s Pass mare Ravensbelle consigned by Le.Gi., and bought five in all for 281,000 euro. John Kalmanson gave 87,000 euro for a Nathaniel filly from Vedano (Thoroughbred Daily News) |
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The Irish Racing Yearbook enters its fiftieth year with the 2027 edition in production, published by Danny Fleming, who succeeds his father John after his death in an accident at Dublin Airport in April. John Fleming had published the book for more than two decades. The edition again carries Go Racing vouchers giving free admission to just shy of 100 race days, with a total value of more than 3,000 euro, collectable at selected racecourses at a December fixture (Thoroughbred Daily News) |
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International
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America
The Puma takes the Pennsylvania Derby
The Puma won the one million dollar Pennsylvania Derby at Parx Racing on Saturday by half a length from Further Ado, with Sassmaster a length and a half away in third and the mile and an eighth covered in 1:49.10 on a fast track. The Essential Quality colt is trained by Gustavo Delgado and was ridden in first time blinkers by Javier Castellano, who swept round the far turn from eighth. Scratched from the Kentucky Derby with swelling caused by a skin infection, he takes his first Grade 1 in his seventh start, and Delgado said they will wait before thinking about the Breeders’ Cup (Thoroughbred Daily News).
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Asia
Ka Ying Rising works for an Everest defence
Ka Ying Rising galloped at Sha Tin on Friday morning before travelling to defend his title in the Everest at Randwick on 17 October, worth 20 million Australian dollars, covering 1200 metres in 1:21.07 with a final 400 in 22.60 seconds. The gelding has won his last 21 starts and lowered his own Sha Tin track record on 6 September. David Hayes said he is in great shape, probably ahead of last year, and he leaves for Sydney on Sunday night, trialling at Randwick on 6 October after two weeks in quarantine with his retired stablemate Ka Ying Glory for company (Thoroughbred Daily News).
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Markets overnight
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FTSE 100 10,659.13, down 1.45 per cent (Trading Economics) |
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DAX 25,304.06, down 1.60 per cent (Trading Economics) |
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CAC 40 8,065.02, down 1.49 per cent (Trading Economics) |
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EUR/USD 1.1485, up 0.08 per cent (Trading Economics) |
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GBP/USD 1.3395, up 0.27 per cent (Trading Economics) |
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Gold 4,383.45 dollars an ounce, up 0.97 per cent (Trading Economics) |
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Brent crude 103.87 dollars a barrel, down 0.91 per cent (Trading Economics) |
Indices, currencies, gold and Brent are the Friday 18 September closes, the most recent available with European and American markets shut for the weekend. Bitcoin is omitted from this edition because every price source Turfling uses was unreachable when it was assembled, and a figure that has not been read from a live source is not published here. Nothing above is rounded from memory, interpolated, or carried forward from a previous day.
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The week ahead
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The European Equine Conference at the Irish National Stud, hosted by the European Horse Network with the support of Horse Racing Ireland and the European Federation of Thoroughbred Breeders Associations |
| Wednesday |
The GoffsGo Late September Sale opens at midday, 40 lots of horses in training, breeding stock and yearlings, running until two o’clock on Thursday afternoon |
| 3 October |
The Qatar Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe meeting opens at ParisLongchamp with the Prix du Cadran, the Prix de Royallieu, the Prix Chaudenay, the Prix Daniel Wildenstein and the Prix Dollar |
| 4 October |
The Qatar Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe itself, the 105th running, alongside the Prix Jean-Luc Lagardere, the Prix Marcel Boussac and the Prix de l’Abbaye |
| 3 November |
The Lexus Melbourne Cup at Flemington |
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