The G3 Burj Nahaar produced a most impressive winner when Salute The Soldier (Ger) (Sepoy {Aus}) routed the opposition to give trainer Fawzi Nass and jockey Adrie De Vries another major Middle Eastern win. The winner was having his first start on dirt but that proved no barrier to the 5-year-old, who looked a horse [...]

There was a surprise result in Super Saturday's opening group race, the G3 Mahab Al Shimaal over six furlongs, when the Satish Seemar-trained Wafy (Ire) (Dubawi {Ire}) came from way off the pace to deny stablemate and fellow longshot Leading Spirit (Ire) (Exceed And Excel {Aus}). The Tadhg O'Shea-ridden winner looked a forlorn hope early [...]

Brendan and Anne Marie Hayes have been breeding Thoroughbreds with great success at their Knocktoran Stud in Limerick for more than 30 years. The couple reached the pinnacle of their breeding achievements to date when their homebred Precieuse (Ire) (Tamayuz {GB}), who they still owned at the time, won the G1 Poule d'Essai des Pouliches [...]

KILDARE, Ireland-The Goffs sales year got off to a relatively low key start on Tuesday as the first session of the two day February Sale got underway. Yearlings were the order of the day and it was a handsome son of Coolmore stallion Churchill (Ire) who topped proceedings when selling to leading pin-hooker and breeder [...]

Tuesday sees Goffs kick off its 2020 sales year with the two-day February Sale consisting of yearlings, 2-year-olds, older horses, horses-in-training, breeding stock and even a stallion prospect in the 2017 G1 Goffs Vincent O'Brien National S. winner Verbal Dexterity (Ire) (Vocalised). The 5-year-old will be offered late in the day on Wednesday through his [...]

Cable Bay (Ire) entered stud with solid credentials, being a multiple group-winning son of Invincible Spirit (Ire), but it is safe to say that the Highclere Stud resident exceeded expectations with his first runners in 2019. Cable Bay finished last season ranked the second-leading first-season sire in Europe based on worldwide earnings, siring 28 winners [...]

It is hard to believe this is the fifth year in a row I have traversed rural Ireland on the Irish Thoroughbred Marketing Irish Stallion Trail, and while it represents a unique chance for the general public who are interested in the bloodstock industry to get a glimpse of some household stallion names, for me [...]

Bloodstock agent Peter Doyle needs no introduction to TDN readers having developed, along with his son Ross and wife Anna, one of the most successful and respected agencies in Europe. His roll of honour is countless and he maintains as much enthusiasm for the sport and drive for success as he's ever had. The TDN's [...]

KILDARE, Ireland–A bright, crisp morning at Kildare Paddocks greeted breeders, buyers and sellers on Monday for the opening session of Part 1 of the Goffs November Foal Sale. Trade resembled the outside temperature at times but held up reasonably well when compared with the corresponding day 12 months ago. Last year, a son of No [...]

When a Classic-winning filly retires to stud great things are naturally expected of her subsequent progeny, but often a top-class race mare struggles to produce a horse as good as herself. This is certainly not the case with G1 Irish 1000 Guineas winner Nightime (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}), who is the dam of two Group/Grade 1 [...]

Last year's Goffs November Foal Sale was a particularly memorable one for Jacqueline Norris as her Jockey Hall Stud was responsible for selling two of the top-priced foals including the overall sale topper, a Kingman (GB) filly that sold to Outsider Bloodstock for €350,000. That filly was consigned by Norris on behalf of owners Paddy [...]

The news that Naas was awarded Racecourse of the Year last weekend by the Association of Irish Racehorse Owners in conjunction with The Irish Field is a sure sign that Irish owners are making their voices heard and showing their appreciation for a track that has very much put owners to the fore in terms [...]