Today's Edition

Fasig-Tipton has catalogued 1,499 yearlings for its October Sale, which will take place in Lexington, KY Oct. 22 - 25 with sessions beginning at 10:00 a.m. "The October Sale continues to produce successful results for both buyers and sellers, which has generated a larger catalogue once again in 2018," said Fasig-Tipton President Boyd Browning. "There is good quality from start to finish--at all price levels--and the sire power represented is outstanding." Browning added, "October graduates have globally notched an impressive 175 stakes wins or placings to date in 2018." Among...

MILAN, Italy--A giant racing mural outside Milan's iconic restaurant which bears his name ensures that the legendary Italian-bred Ribot won't be forgotten any time soon. And while the Italian racing and breeding industry continues to face funding problems, a reminder of the country's breeders' ability to produce top-class horses has been issued this season via the dual Oaks victrix Sea Of Class (Ire) (Sea The Stars {Ire}). Trained by William Haggas in the colours of the Tsui family's Sunderland Holdings, Sea Of Class was bred by Razza Del Velino, the...

Miguel Clement straddles many divides. Son of Christophe Clement--best known for training 2014 GI Belmont S. and GI Jockey Club Gold Cup winner Tonalist (Tapit) and Gio Ponti (Tale of the Cat), champion turf horse in 2009 and 2010 and champion older male of 2010--he balances his responsibilities as assistant trainer for his father's stable with his love for his family and unbridled passion for the Thoroughbred. On a balmy August morning, 27-year-old Clement stands in the center of his father's Saratoga stableyard, hands planted on his hips. Just a...

FAIRYHOUSE, Ireland--The first frost of the year chilled the air at Tattersalls Ireland over the weekend, but consignors and hopeful buyers kept warm over a chilly few days by viewing a catalogue which had received the most subscriptions in the September Yearling Sale's history. As the sale's graduates hit higher notes, so too do the turnover and the pedigrees of the individuals catalogued, which was demonstrated early on Tuesday. Lot 11 from the Castlebridge Consignment attracted plenty of attention on pedigree, being a three-parts brother to G1 Dubai World Cup...

The New York Racing Association (NYRA) will host a morning/afternoon "Transatlantic Pick 4" Sunday, Oct. 7, linking two Group 1 races from ParisLongchamp Racecourse with a pair of Grade I stakes from Belmont Park. In addition, the G1 Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe and the G1 Prix de l'Opera from Longchamp will both be televised live in a 90-minute Fox Sports (FS2) show that starts at 9:30 a.m. Eastern. The GI Flower Bowl S. and GI Frizette S. will be the Belmont races (order within the Pick 4 to be...

Classic-placed 'TDN Rising Star' Irish War Cry (Curlin--Irish Sovereign, by Polish Numbers) has been retired and will enter stud at Northview Stallion Station in Chesapeake City, Md., for the 2019 season. The Isabelle de Tomaso homebred, a three-time graded winner and runner-up in the 2017 GI Belmont S., retires with a record of 13-5-2-0 and earnings of $1,257,060. The breeding rights to the New Jersey-bred were sold to a group including Hill 'n' Dale's John Sikura, Glen Hill Farm's Craig Bernick, SF Bloodstock, Colts Neck Stables, the China Horse Club,...

Young trainer Jonathan Thomas has enjoyed a breakout year in 2018, spearheaded by the rousing success of his versatile 3-year-old colt Catholic Boy (More Than Ready), who won the GI Belmont Derby on grass and the GI Travers S. on dirt in consecutive starts. With the Aug. 25 Travers representing his most recent start, Catholic Boy is being trained up to a tilt in the GI Breeders' Cup Classic at Churchill Downs Nov. 3., where he is expected to take on the likes of formidable older foes such as Accelerate...

Following details released at its AGM in July, the Thoroughbred Breeders' Association (TBA) has renewed calls for a racehorse owners' premium scheme to reward British-bred horses, a step it feels is urgently required to halt the decline in the number of small breeders. The TBA revealed the findings of its second Economic Impact Study (EIS) in four years at a meeting in London on Tuesday. Among the results to have struck a warning note with the association is the fact that 66% of breeders surveyed in 2017 were found to...

Off the charts, no question. You just have to hope that it doesn't turn out to be off the rails, too. Indices measuring the business done at Keeneland over the past fortnight trail sparks and smoke. Pondering the state of the market before the September Sale, it had been clear that to maintain the arc set by Fasig-Tipton's summer yearling sales would require something "fairly historic." In the event, the market carried right on through the roof. The numbers strewn behind the world's biggest bloodstock auction represent the statistical equivalent...

Last year's champion 2-year-old Good Magic (Curlin--Glinda the Good, by Hard Spun) has been retired and will join his sire at Hill 'n' Dale Farm. He will stand the 2019 season for a fee of $35,000. "Good Magic is a fantastic addition to our stallion roster," said John Sikura, president of Hill 'n' Dale. "It is rare indeed for a champion 2-year-old to retain his Grade I form at three, which was witnessed by Good Magic's narrow defeat by super horse Justify in the GI Kentucky Derby. We sold Good...

Tattersalls Ireland reported recently about the massive number of applications it received for the 845 slots available for this week's September Yearling Sale including Part II, with the auction house forced to turn down twice as many horses as catalogued. While on one hand such a scenario suggests there will be a lot of yearlings struggling to find new homes this year it also implies that Tattersalls Ireland should have been able to put together a catalogue as high on quality as it has ever done so. That theory is...

The Derby can often take its toll on young Thoroughbreds and, according to William Haggas, it "knocked the stuffing out of" Young Rascal (Fr) (Intello {Ger]), who finished seventh at Epsom after winning the G3 Chester Vase. Bernard Kantor, for whom a Derby win would have been extra special as sponsor of the race for 10 years through Investec, gained some compensation in seeing his colt return in encouraging fashion at Newbury, where he won the G3 Dubai Duty Free Legacy Cup, formerly known as the Arc Trial, in testing...