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Lingstown debut winner Kindly Prince (Fr) (Great Pretender {Ire}) (lot 4) topped the second edition of the Goffs Coral Gold Cup Sale at £320,000 on Saturday. David Mullins snapped up the 4-year-old gelding from Jonathan Fogarty Racing.    Soldier Of Fortune (Ire) gelding Real Quartz (Ire) (lot 7) caught the eyes of Ryan Mahon and Dan Skelton Racing for £190,000. He was consigned by Skehanagh Stables. The bay is from the same family as dual Grade 1-winning chaser Joncol (Ire) (Bob's Return {Ire}). Statistically, 14 of the 16 horses offered...

Breeders in town for the Tattersalls December Mares Sale can take advantage of the 'open house' at many of the stallion farms around Newmarket. CHEVELEY PARK STUD (postcode reference for SatNav: CB8 9DD) Dual Group 1-winning juvenile Vandeek (GB) is the newest member of the Cheveley Park Stud stallion yard and both he and Ulysses (Ire) can be viewed throughout the December Mares Sale by appointment via 01638 730316. DARLEY (postcode: CB8 9HE) Dalham Hall Stud is open until December 4 with the stallions on show each day at 11.30am,...

Even a cursory glance through the pages of the catalogue for the JRHA Select Sale in Japan each year would give an instant impression that there is almost no corner of the globe which is unexplored by Katsumi Yoshida in recruiting mares for his Northern Farm. Mind you, it's not simply readymade breeding prospects with top-class form on the shopping list. Over the last few years, Yoshida's name has appeared on the buyers' list at foals sales in Europe, and Northern Farm's representative Shingo Hashimoto was in action again at...

New dreams abound for Harry and Oliver Vigors, some of the youngest pinhookers to get in on the action at Tattersalls this week, with the pair going to 72,000gns to secure a Perfect Power (Ire) colt in partnership with Redwall Bloodstock.  That proved to be the sale-topping figure for the final session of what has been record-breaking foal trade at Tattersalls. In fact, such records had already been achieved by Friday when the 30,906,000 turnover for that memorable session exceeded what was spent during the entirety of this sale 12...

Shaquille (GB) and Soldier's Call (GB) will be available for viewing at Dullingham Park, just outside Newmarket, on Sunday, December 1. The stallions will show on the hour from 10am to 3pm, with refreshments available. Shaquille, the European champion sprinter of 2023, will have his first foals on the ground next year after covering 158 mares this spring.  Breeders who miss Sunday's shows are welcome to view both stallions by appointment.

Trainer Adam West has sent 12 horses to Maisons-Laffitte in France and opened a satellite yard there, according to published reports. The 35-year-old is the trainer of G1 Nunthorpe Stakes hero Live In The Dream (Ire) (Prince Of Lir {Ire}), who has remained at Epsom, but is now housed at Gasston Stables, instead of Loretta Lodge Stables. "I immediately really liked Maisons-Laffitte," West told Jour de Galop from the track on Friday morning. "This centre has a lot of assets. I chose to come to France because the working conditions...

Group winner Gezora (Fr) (Almanzor {Fr}) has been acquired privately by Peter Brant's White Birch Farm, Jour de Galop reported on Friday. The G3 Prix des Reservoirs winner holds Classic aspirations and she will now be trained by Francis-Henri Graffard. Bred by SARL de Chambure/Haras d'Etreham, the bay made four starts for Etreham and trainer Nicolas le Roch. Fourth when unveiled at Dieppe in July, she graduated by a length there a month later. A narrow second in the G3 Prix de Conde at Chantilly in September, the daughter of...

By Brian Sheerin and Emma Berry NEWMARKET, UK -- In an extraordinary session in which the turnover of 30,906,000gns was almost double this day of trade from 12 months ago, and included the five highest-priced foals sold in Europe this year, Amo Racing's Kia Joorabchian returned to the Tattersalls ring to once again head the buyers' list. In addition to his eye-watering outlay on yearlings in October, the football agent and increasingly prominent owner and breeder spent a total of 4,675,000gns on four weanlings.  Heading this recent spending spree was...

Breeders can view the Shadwell stallions Baaeed (GB), Mohaather (GB) and Mostahdaf (Ire) at Beech House Stud near Newmarket from Saturday. The trio will be shown during the Tattersalls December Sales from November 30 to December 3, parading on the hour from 10am to 3pm each day. Baaeed's first foals have sold for up to 400,000gns during the first three days of the Tattersalls December Foal Sale. A trio of Mohaather's 21 winners have already won stakes races, including G3 Molecomb Stakes hero Big Mojo (Ire). The first foals of...

John 'Shark' Hanlon, who will begin his six-month ban on Dec. 1, has appointed Tara Lee Cogan as his temporary replacement, he announced on Friday. "Tara Cogan is going to take over training," said Hanlon, who was originally supposed to serve a 10-month ban, but had that reduced on appeal. "She's a friend not too far from me and she's moving into my yard. She takes over on Monday." The Referrals Committee of the Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board (IHRB) ruled Hanlon had acted in a manner that "caused significant prejudice...

A share in French Classic winner Persian King (Ire) (lot 3B) is one of 14 lots catalogued for the Auctav Winter Breeding Sale. The first-season sire has 14 winners to his name. The sale, which features stallion shares, breeding rights, two broodmares, and a 3-year-old filly, is set for Wednesday, Dec. 11 beginning at 3 p.m. local time. Other lots of note are a share in group sire The Grey Gatsby (Ire) (lot 5B), a stallion share in Beaumec De Houelle (Fr) (lot 4B), a share in Nirvana Du Berlais...

MV Magnier acquired lot 937 for 1,000,000gns on Friday. The son of Sea The Stars (Ire) was the first foal to reach the seven-figure mark at the Tattersalls December Foal Sale, which is in its third session and concludes on Saturday. Bred and consigned by Genesis Green Stud, he is a son of Angel's Point (GB) (Dark Angel {Ire}). The colt is a half-brother to G2 Solonaway Stakes winner I Can Fly (GB) (Fastnet Rock {Aus}), who was placed thrice at Group 1 level, and the stakes winner and group-placed...