Mozu Katchan (Jpn) (Harbinger {GB}) became the second Group 1 winner for her sire with a game victory in the 2200-metre G1 Queen Elizabeth II Cup at Kyoto on Sunday. Crocosmia (Jpn) (Stay Gold Jpn) was a neck back in second, while Mikki Queen (Jpn) (Deep Impact {Jpn}) was only a head further behind to [...]

Embellish (NZ) (Savabeel {Aus}), the $2.70 crowd's pick, put his stamp on the NZ$500,000 G1 Al Basti Equiworld New Zealand 2000 Guineas at Riccarton Park on Saturday, leading home a Te Akau Racing exacta with Age of Fire (Aus) (Fastnet Rock {Aus}) 1 1/4 lengths behind. The famed tangerine and blue silks almost swept the [...]

American-based Aron Wellman of Eclipse Thoroughbred Partners was in an understandably jubiliant mood Friday morning regarding G1 Kennedy Oaks heroine Pinot (Aus) (Pierro {Aus}). “We arrived Wednesday morning, went to the race on Thursday and I'm in the lounge waiting to board back to LA as we speak,” said Wellman. “It's been a bit of [...]

Observations on the European Racing Scene turns the spotlight on the best European races of the day, highlighting well-pedigreed horses early in their careers, horses of note returning to action and young runners that achieved notable results in the sales ring. Wednesday's Insights features a half-brother to MG1SW Manduro (Ger) (Monsun {Ger}). 1.05 Nottingham, Mdn, £5,000, 2yo, 8f [...]

Japan's 2016 Horse of the Year Kitasan Black (Jpn) (Black Tide {Jpn}) found the bog-like conditions to his liking at Tokyo Sunday as Japan was in the grip of yet another typhoon and held off 3-1 second choice and G1 Hong Kong Vase victor Satono Crown (Jpn) (Marju {Ire}) by a neck to take the [...]

Dual G1 Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe runner-up and Shadai Stallion Station resident Orfevre (Jpn) (Stay Gold {Jpn}) celebrated his second group winner with his first crop of juveniles, when his Lucky Lilac (Jpn) saluted by three-quarters of a length in the 1600m G3 Artemis S. at Tokyo Saturday to remain undefeated. She follows on [...]

The number of foals registered this year in Britain and Ireland are both up marginally, according to the Weatherbys Return of Mares, which will be published on Nov. 2. Thus far, 4,674 foals have been registered in Britain, up 2% on last year and following increases of 5% and 3%. In Ireland, 9,044 foals have [...]

Observations on the European Racing Scene turns the spotlight on the best European races of the day, highlighting well-pedigreed horses early in their careers, horses of note returning to action and young runners that achieved notable results in the sales ring. Tuesday's Insights features a half-brother to MG1SW sire Doctor Dino (Fr) (Muhtathir {GB}). 4.00 [...]

Jockey Graham Gibbons has been banned for a combined period of 2 1/2 years by the disciplinary panel of the British Horseracing Authority (BHA) after testing positive for a metabolite of cocaine at a meeting at which he attempted to swap urine samples. Gibbons had voluntarily not ridden since December last year, when he was [...]

Fresh off a victory in the G1 Windsor Park Horlicks Plate at Hastings on Sept. 23, Te Akau Racing's Gingernuts (NZ) (Iffraaj {GB}) is favoured to take the third and final leg of the Hawke's Bay Triple Crown, the G1 Livamol Classic over 2000 metres at Hastings, on Oct. 7. A strong fifth to Windsor [...]

The margin in the end was only a head, but upwardly mobile dual Group 1 winner Gingernuts earned his third top-flight victory at the expense of recent G1 Tarzino Trophy hero Close Up and first as a 4-year-old at Hastings Saturday, landing the 1600-metre G1 Windsor Park Plate in thrilling fashion. Bet down to 90 [...]

Hastings hosts the second leg of the Hawke's Bay Triple Crown Saturday, the 1600m NZ$200,000 G1 Windsor Park Horlicks Plate, and first-leg winner, Close Up (NZ) (Shinko King {NZ}) returns to the scene of his greatest success. The 8-year-old gelding saluted in the G1 Tarzino Trophy over 1400 metres in slow going on Sept. 2 [...]