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Turfling
Europe
Monday 5 October 2026
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The lead
Graffard doubts he will get a third Arc with Daryz
Daryz may have run his last race. Francis-Henri Graffard said after the Qatar Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe that he wished he could try for a third time but did not think he would be allowed to, and that the colt does not have to prove anything else. Mickael Barzalona called him an exceptional horse who deserved to win again and the best of the season (Sporting Life)
Princess Zahra Aga Khan said you get to the point where you are taking a risk every time you run the horse, and that she is not sure whether they would want him to train on for another year. The Arc is a Breeders’ Cup Challenge race, so Sunday’s win carries an automatic fees-paid place in the Turf at Keeneland on 31 October (Sporting Life, Breeders’ Cup)
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Things to know today
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Bay City Roller goes to the Champion Stakes at Ascot on British Champions Day after finishing second to Daryz, George Scott saying he could see Daryz coming but that it was an incredible run, that they came up second best to an outstanding racehorse, and that he thinks the horse stays in training and will come back next year (Express & Star) |
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Blue Bolt won the Group 1 BetMGM Sun Chariot Stakes over a mile at Newmarket on Saturday by two and a quarter lengths under Colin Keane for Andrew Balding, with City Of Memphis second for Paddy Twomey and Kon Tiki third for Jane Chapple-Hyam, seven runners on good to firm and the time 1:34.60, a fourth Group 1 in a row for the filly (Sporting Life) |
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Karl Burke said the plan for Miss Yechance is to go back to Dubai, that he does not know whether that changes, and that the Breeders’ Cup has to come into it now but is a discussion for later, after the filly took the Prix de l’Abbaye de Longchamp over five furlongs from Shiri and Mission Central under the twenty year old apprentice Jack Nicholls (At The Races) |
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Amusingly and Green Empress both hold an automatic fees-paid place at the Breeders’ Cup at Keeneland on 30 and 31 October, Amusingly in the Juvenile Turf after the Qatar Prix Jean-Luc Lagardère for Francis Graffard and Colin Keane, and Green Empress in the Juvenile Fillies Turf after the Qatar Prix Marcel Boussac for Joseph O’Brien and Christophe Soumillon (Breeders’ Cup, Horse Racing Nation) |
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Carla Ridge took the Listed Brigid’s Pastures Stakes for fillies over six furlongs at the Curragh on Sunday by half a length under Chris Hayes for E and P Harty, with Dancing Saxon second for Joseph Patrick O’Brien and Royal Bay Cen third, sixteen runners on soft ground and the time 1:15.71 (At The Races) |
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Breaking Cover won the Class 2 NSPCC School Service Handicap Chase over two miles and one furlong at Kelso on Sunday by half a length under Chad Bament for Anthony Honeyball, with Primoz second for Lucinda Russell and Michael Scudamore and Aeros Luck third, four runners on good to firm and the time 4:07.40 (Racing Post) |
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International
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America
Fully Subscribed takes the Spinster and a place in the Distaff
Fully Subscribed won the Grade 1 Juddmonte Spinster Stakes over a mile and an eighth at Keeneland on Sunday by three lengths under Flavien Prat for Chad Brown and Klaravich Stables, from Counting Stars and Immersive in a field of three, the time 1:50.60. The four year old Tiz the Law filly came into it off a nine and three quarter length win in the Grade 1 Personal Ensign. The Spinster is a Breeders’ Cup Challenge race, so she now holds an automatic fees-paid place in the Distaff at Keeneland on 31 October, worth 2 million dollars. The Spinster itself was worth 650,000 dollars (Equibase, Keeneland)
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Australasia
Well Written beaten in the Epsom but stays on the Golden Eagle road
Well Written lost her unbeaten record in the Group 1 TAB Epsom over 1600 metres at Randwick on Sunday, finishing sixth behind God’s Window. Stephen Marsh, who trains the New Zealand Horse of the Year, said it was also a month between runs and nothing quite worked out for them, that the weight was always a little bit of a question mark and a lot of weight for a mare, and that they are certainly pushing on to the Golden Eagle, run over 1500 metres and worth 10 million Australian dollars. No decision has been taken on the ride (Racing News New Zealand, Breednet)
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Asia
Seiun Hades takes the Mainichi Okan at Tokyo
Seiun Hades won the Group 2 Mainichi Okan over 1800 metres on turf at Tokyo on Sunday under Hideaki Miyuki for Shinsuke Hashiguchi, with Ho O Biscuits second and Readiness third from seventeen runners, the time 1:45.5 on good ground. The race carried a total prize pool of 145,790,000 yen, of which 67 million yen went to the winner (Netkeiba, Keiba Drive, Japan Racing Association)
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Markets overnight
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FTSE 100 10,461.95, up 0.32 per cent (Trading Economics) |
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DAX 25,231.20, up 1.17 per cent (Trading Economics) |
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CAC 40 7,897.19, up 0.79 per cent (Trading Economics) |
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EUR/USD 1.1253, from 1.1243 the day before (Pound Sterling Live) |
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GBP/USD 1.3241, from 1.3196 the day before (Pound Sterling Live) |
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Gold 4,140.19 dollars a troy ounce (Trading Economics) |
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Brent crude 102.25 dollars a barrel (Trading Economics) |
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Bitcoin 85,347.70 dollars, up 0.70 per cent (Investing.com) |
The indices, the two currency pairs, gold and Brent are the Friday 2 October close, the most recent to have happened, with European and American markets shut over the weekend and the Monday session not yet open. The currency figures are daily closes and are given with the previous day’s close beside them rather than a percentage. Gold and Brent have no official close and the levels are the previous settled figures printed by the source named beside them, with no percentage shown. Bitcoin trades around the clock and the figure is that source’s daily close for Sunday 4 October.
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The week ahead
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Killarney in Ireland and Wolverhampton in Britain |
| 6 October |
The Tattersalls October Yearling Sale Book 1 opens at Newmarket, running to 8 October |
| 12 October |
Book 2 of the Tattersalls October Yearling Sale opens, running to 14 October |
| 17 October |
British Champions Day at Ascot, where the Flat jockeys’ championship is settled |
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