Tattersalls have added four wildcards to their July Sale which begins next Wednesday for three days. Heading the quartet is lot 177A At Last (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}). The 3-year-old filly is a half-sister to the very promising young sire Zoustar (Aus) and will be offered by The Castlebridge Consignment. At Last has run three times [...]

Despite his unblemished record and his impressive performance in the G2 Gain Railway S. connections of Siskin (First Defence) are not getting carried away regarding the horse's future plans. It is very much a race by race approach and Ger Lyons and the Juddmonte team are keen for the colt to come through his G1 [...]

Japanese rider Nanako Fujita landed the Women Jockeys' World Cup at Bro Park in Sweden on Sunday. 22-year-old Fujita, currently the only licensed female jockey in Japan, rode two winners on the card and it was her victory in the final race, when it was still all to play for, that clinched her victory with [...]

Last year's G1 Prix du Jockey Club winner Study Of Man (Ire) (Deep Impact {Jpn}) has failed to get his head in front in five starts since then but his connections have not lost faith in the 4-year-old. The Pascal Bary trained colt has posted two encouraging displays this season, finishing second to Waldgeist (GB) [...]

Japanese trainers are planning a three-pronged assault on this year's G1 Qatar Prix de l'Arc de Triomhe at ParisLongchamp in October. Roger Barows (Jpn) (Deep Impact {Jpn}) and Fierement (Jpn) (Deep Impact {Jpn}), who were already confirmed to be on the Arc trail will be joined by Kiseke (Jpn) (Rulership {Jpn}). The 5-year-old entire Kiseki [...]

Hughie Morrison has not ruled out letting his G2 Dante S. winner Telecaster (GB) (New Approach {Ire}) take his chance in the G1 Coral Eclipse at Sandown on Saturday week. The colt was supplemented for the G1 Investec Derby but proved a disappointment when coming home in rear but Morrison is happy with the horse [...]

Buyers again had to dig deep at the second and final day of the Tattersalls Ireland Derby Sale and similar to the opening session it was a French bred 3-year-old who topped the day and indeed the whole sale when knocked down to Ronnie O'Leary for €220,000. O'Leary had been active at the upper end [...]

Arqana's Summer Sale, which begins next Tuesday July 2 and runs for two days has received another four wildcards. Among them is lot 390, Famous Wolf (Fr) (Kendargent {Fr}), a stakes-winning 3-year-old colt trained by Andre Fabre who was last seen finishing fourth in the G3 Prix de Guiche. Jean-Claude Rouget will offer lot 400 [...]

The upwardly mobile Bellewstown Racecourse is the latest Irish track to sign off on a significant capital development project. As the Meath track prepares for its annual summer festival next week – which is now a four-day meeting – plans have been announced to invest over half a million Euros in developing permanent stabling facilities. [...]

The Jean Claude Rouget trained Sottsass (Fr) (Siyouni {Fr}) who lowered the colours of Persian King (Ire) (Kingman {GB}) in the G1 QIPCO Prix du Jockey Club at Chantilly earlier this month will take a mid-season break from racing. The Peter Brant owned colt will be trained with the G1 Qatar Prix de l'Arc de [...]

Eight horses have been declared for Saturday's G1 Dubai Duty Free Irish Derby at The Curragh. Five of those will represent Ballydoyle and as expected G1 Investec Derby winner Anthony Van Dyck (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}) leads the charge. He will be partnered by Ryan Moore with Donnacha O'Brien jocked up on stable-mate Broome (Ire) (Australia [...]

Horse Racing Ireland has expressed its satisfaction over a 75% compliance rate in the 30-day thoroughbred foal notification system which was introduced in Ireland for the 2019 foaling season. The 30-day notification system requires breeders to notify Weatherbys of the birth of a foal within 30 days of birth, done through the submission of the [...]