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Turfling
Europe
Friday 25 September 2026
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The lead
Spirited Gesture meets the Rockfel at Newmarket
The Group 2 Betway Rockfel, for fillies over seven furlongs, is the feature of day two of the Cambridgeshire Meeting. Spirited Gesture, unbeaten in two starts for John and Thady Gosden, is a Kingman filly owned by Juddmonte and a sister to Coppice and Calyx. She meets Sugar Yes Please, winner of the Group 3 Sweet Solera on the July Course, and Light Of Dawn, who took the Prestige at Goodwood (Racing Post, Express and Star)
Barry Mahon of Juddmonte called her a beautiful filly with a great pedigree whose family the Gosdens know well. The card also carries the Group 2 Joel Stakes over a mile, in which Charlie Appleby runs Talk Of New York, and the Group 3 Princess Royal over a mile and a half. Appleby said the horse comes here in great order and that the make up of the race will suit him (Thoroughbred Daily News)
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Things to know today
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Fuel The Jet won the Group 3 Tattersalls Stakes, registered as the Somerville Tattersall, by three quarters of a length at Newmarket on Thursday, beating Notable Dream in 1:24.24 for Tom Clover and Neil Callan. Clover said they were checking the entries 15 minutes before closing and there were only four in it. Gregory took the Listed Jockey Club Rose Bowl on the same card by eleven lengths under James Doyle for John and Thady Gosden, who hold entries for him in the Long Distance Cup on Champions Day and the Prix Royal-Oak (Thoroughbred Daily News, Express and Star) |
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Great Barrier Reef was absent when seven were declared for Saturday’s Group 1 Tattersalls Middle Park Stakes, with Aidan O’Brien instead running Marco Polo and Confucius. Six stand their ground in the Group 1 Cheveley Park. Folsom Blues also misses the Middle Park, and Kieran Lalor of Al Shira’aa Racing said the Dewhurst would be the main goal, with the Prix Jean-Luc Lagardere a back-up plan if needed (Sporting Life, Thoroughbred Daily News) |
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Twenty were declared for the Goffs Million at the Curragh tomorrow, run over seven furlongs for one million euro. Six are trained in Britain: Blessed Voyager for Ralph Beckett, Waasil for Karl Burke, Bayside View for Michael Bell, Dorigo for Kevin Ryan, Love Is for Richard Hughes and Nobelos for Charlie Hills (The Curragh) |
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Horse Racing Ireland published its 2027 fixture list, with 396 racing dates, six more than this year. The new all weather track at Tipperary, built with a government approved 34 million euro loan, takes nine fixtures, the first of them on 23 October 2027. The Dublin Racing Festival falls on 30 and 31 January at Leopardstown and Good Friday racing returns to the Curragh on 26 March (The Irish Times) |
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Part two of the Tattersalls Ireland September Yearling Sale grossed 2,039,100 euro, up nine per cent on last year, at a clearance rate of 85 per cent, taking the combined aggregate for both sections past 20 million euro. A Lope De Vega colt led the session at 52,000 euro, bought by Valfredo Valiani from the Castlebridge Consignment (Tattersalls Ireland) |
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Joseph O’Brien has yet to commit Thundering On to the Arc. The Oaks winner, who took the Group 2 Blandford at the Curragh, could instead go for the Prix de l’Opera or wait for British Champions Weekend at Ascot a week later. O’Brien said she is a stayer that has speed, who relaxes very well and has a turn of foot, and that those are the attributes that would enable her to compete in the Arc (France Galop) |
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Two half shares in Galiway have been added to Aktem’s online stallion sale, which is held today. The son of Galileo stands at Haras de Colleville and has sired the Group 1 winners Sealiway and Sunway on the Flat, and the top level jumps winners Gala Marceau and Vauban (Racing Post) |
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International
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America
Pin Oak goes to Book 5A for a Vekoma colt
Keeneland September’s tenth session closed Book 5A with a gross of 14,219,000 dollars from 311 sold, an average of 45,720 dollars, up 8.43 per cent, and a median of 32,000 dollars. Hip 3466, a Vekoma colt, topped the day at 260,000 dollars, bought by Pin Oak Stud from VanMeter Sales. Headley VanMeter said he cannot imagine how often Pin Oak has been shopping in Book 5A and called it an incredible result to get (Thoroughbred Daily News)
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Australasia
Tuxedo steps up to the mile at Hastings
Tuxedo runs in the Group 1 Howden Insurance Mile over 1600 metres at Hastings on Saturday for Shaune Ritchie and Colm Murray, three weeks after finishing fifth in the Group 1 Proisir Plate over 1400 metres at Ellerslie. Ritchie said the horse is going fantastic, that he is looking for the mile now and perhaps even further down the track, and that the stable took him to Ellerslie for an exhibition gallop last Saturday (Breednet)
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Markets overnight
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FTSE 100 10,679.99, down 0.24 per cent at Thursday’s close (Investing.com) |
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DAX 25,266.53, down 0.57 per cent at Thursday’s close (Investing.com) |
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CAC 40 8,081.43, down 0.52 per cent at Thursday’s close (Trading Economics) |
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EUR/USD 1.1374, down 0.07 per cent at Thursday’s close (Investing.com) |
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GBP/USD 1.3209, down 0.24 per cent at Thursday’s close (Investing.com) |
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Gold 4,286.06 dollars an ounce, down 0.06 per cent at Thursday’s close (Investing.com) |
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Brent crude 106.60 dollars a barrel, up 3.41 per cent at Thursday’s close (Investing.com) |
Bitcoin is missing today. The sources we could reach carried levels more than 1,100 dollars apart at the same moment, several of them undated, and a figure we cannot stand behind is left out rather than estimated.
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The week ahead
| Today |
The Group 2 Betway Rockfel and the Group 2 Betway Joel Stakes at Newmarket |
| Saturday |
The bet365 Cambridgeshire at Newmarket |
| Sunday |
The Irish Cesarewitch at the Curragh |
| 28 September |
Goffs Orby Book 1 opens at Kildare Paddocks, running to 29 September |
| 3 October |
The Arqana Arc Sale at Saint-Cloud |
| 4 October |
The Qatar Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe at ParisLongchamp |
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