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Turfling
Europe
Sunday 1 November 2026
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The lead
Benvenuto Cellini takes the Breeders’ Cup Turf and Europe fills the first seven
Benvenuto Cellini beat Map Of Stars by three quarters of a length in the Longines Breeders’ Cup Turf at Keeneland on Saturday, Ryan Moore covering the mile and a half in 2:27.50 on firm ground for Peter Brant, Westerberg, Mrs John Magnier, Derrick Smith and Michael Tabor. Diamond Necklace, Aidan O’Brien’s other runner, was third, the same place she took in the Arc. The Frankel colt won the Irish Derby in June (Paulick Report, The Irish Times)
The win was O’Brien’s eighth in the Turf and his 24th at the Breeders’ Cup, and it drew him level with the 28 Group and Grade 1 winners in a calendar year he recorded in 2017. European trained horses filled the first seven places, Tiffany fourth, Survie fifth, Bay City Roller sixth and Hotazhell seventh, with last year’s winner Ethical Diamond ninth. “Ryan gave him a brilliant ride,” O’Brien said (Racing Post, Paulick Report race recap)
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Things to know today
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Notable Speech was beaten three quarters of a length on the final start of his career in the FanDuel Breeders’ Cup Mile, Deterministic holding the Godolphin colt for Kendrick Carmouche and Miguel Clement in 1:34.52. Lake Forest was a further length and a quarter back in third. Notable Speech, who won the race last year, broke a stride slow under William Buick and is being retired. “This just happens in racing, sometimes. It’s his last race and of course you wanted to go out on a high, but it didn’t happen,” Charlie Appleby said (Horse Racing Nation, Paulick Report) |
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Bengal Tiger won the Group 3 Hurworth Bloodstock Horris Hill Stakes at Newmarket by a neck from Simon Crisford’s Lex Victoria, Sean Levey riding the two year old for Aidan O’Brien and the seven furlongs taking 1m 27.01s on good to soft ground. William Haggas trained Mezzo Forte into third of the fifteen runners. Charlie Appleby and Kieran Shoemark took the Listed James Seymour Stakes with Arabian Light, two lengths clear of Nahraan over a mile and a quarter, and Ralph Beckett’s Haldon Pier beat So Lovely in the Listed Montrose Fillies’ Stakes under Rhys Clutterbuck (Racing Post) |
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Viroflay won the Sodexo Live! Regal Encore Handicap Chase at Ascot, the Premier Handicap over three miles, and gave Lucas Murphy his first winner over fences. The seventeen year old, who is the son of Timmy Murphy, led two out and held Your Darling, with Tapley third of the ten runners. Paul Nicholls trains the horse for John Bolton. “Today was the day. He was ready for his life,” Nicholls said. Murphy said he had one more year of A levels and would tip away and keep learning (Racing Post report) |
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Kala Conti gave Gordon Elliott the first two places in the Grade 2 Racing Post Chase at Down Royal, Danny Gilligan beating the stable’s Jacob’s Ladder and Jack Kennedy by two lengths over two miles three and a half furlongs in 4m 50.20s. Mrs P Griffin’s Herja was a further four and a quarter lengths away in third. Five ran on good ground, Break My Soul and Koktail Divin having come out (Sporting Life) |
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Kateira took the Listed bet365 Montagu Mares’ Hurdle at Wetherby by a neck from Jamie Snowden’s La Conquiere, Harry Skelton riding her for Dan Skelton and the two miles taking 3m 47.25s on good ground. Ben Clarke’s Ooh Betty was three and three quarter lengths back in third. Four ran, Watamu having been taken out on unsuitable ground (Racing Post result) |
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Goffs has catalogued 1,028 foals for its November Foal Sale, which runs from 16 to 19 November at Kildare Paddocks, with 218 of them out of stakes producing mares and 148 out of stakes performing dams. The November Breeding Stock Sale follows on 20 and 21 November and carries the first running of the Chicquita Session of elite fillies and broodmares on the Friday evening. Group chief executive Henry Beeby said there is no sale like the Goffs November Foal Sale and that this year’s catalogue underlines why (Racing Post bloodstock) |
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International
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America
Sovereignty signs off with the Breeders’ Cup Classic
Sovereignty closed his career with the Longines Breeders’ Cup Classic at Keeneland, Junior Alvarado bringing the Into Mischief colt three wide on the far turn and holding The Puma by a length and three quarters in 2:00.36 on a fast track for Bill Mott and Godolphin. Knightsbridge was third, ahead of T O Password and Forever Young. The four year old, who won the Kentucky Derby, the Belmont and the Travers, retires with eight wins from thirteen starts and more than 10.5 million dollars. “I’ve had a couple good ones, but you could almost say he’s a once in a lifetime horse,” Mott said (Paulick Report)
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Asia
T O Elvis runs down Englishman for Japan
T O Elvis gave Japan the Breeders’ Cup Sprint, Ryusei Sakai driving the Tomoya Ozasa colt past Englishman to win by a length and a quarter in 1:08.20 for the six furlongs, with the pacesetter Liam Smith four lengths back in third. The Kentucky bred had won four straight in Japan. Daisuke Takayanagi, speaking through an interpreter, said they had planned to run once between these two races but decided to focus on this one (Daily Racing Form)
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Markets overnight
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FTSE 100 10,729.78 at the Friday 30 October close (Trading Economics) |
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DAX 25,818.21, down 221.47 points or 0.85 per cent at the Friday 30 October close (Trading Economics Germany) |
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CAC 40 7,969.42, down 0.58 of a point or 0.01 per cent at the Friday 30 October close (Trading Economics France) |
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EUR/USD 1.1158, down 0.20 per cent on the Friday 30 October reading (Trading Economics euro area) |
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GBP/USD 1.3392, up 0.11 per cent on the Friday 30 October reading (Trading Economics sterling) |
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Spot gold 3,875.19 dollars an ounce, where it ended Friday 30 October after a fall of 3.74 per cent over the week (FinanceFeeds) |
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Brent crude 113.43 dollars a barrel, the January contract settling up 2.63 dollars on Friday 30 October as the new front month (FinanceFeeds oil report) |
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Bitcoin 77,795.41 dollars, up 607.38 dollars or 0.79 per cent, read at 1.02am New York time on Sunday 1 November (CoinDesk) |
The three indices are the Friday 30 October closes, the most recent to have happened, with European and American trading shut for the weekend. The two currency figures are Friday readings rather than settlements, neither market having an official close. Gold is the spot price at the end of Friday trading. Brent is a settlement for the January contract, which became the front month when December expired on Friday, so the level is not comparable with the December figure carried earlier in the week. Bitcoin trades around the clock and carries the time the figure was read.
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The week ahead
| Today |
The Tenno Sho (Autumn), the Group 1 over 2,000 metres at Tokyo |
| 3 November |
The Lexus Melbourne Cup over 3,200 metres at Flemington |
| 5 November |
The Group 1 VRC Oaks at Flemington |
| 7 November |
The Mackinnon Stakes, the Cantala Stakes and the VRC Sprint Classic close the Flemington carnival |
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