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Next Saturday's G1 QIPCO Irish Champion S. has been decided as the objective for Study Of Man (Ire) (Deep Impact {Jpn}) after connections eschewed probably an easier option closer to home in the following day's G2 Prix Niel at ParisLongchamp. The Pascal Bary trained colt looked set for a glorious season when winning the G1 QIPCO Prix du Jockey Club at Chantilly in June and on the face of it was quite disappointing when a well-beaten third to Knight To Behold (Ire) (Sea The Stars {Ire}) in the G2 Prix Guillaume d'Ornano Haras...

"Give me your tired, your poor / Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free," wrote the poet Emma Lazarus. Those words from a sonnet were later inscribed on the Statue of Liberty and are synonymous with the ethos of the United States of America. They are applicable to racing here as well. The U.S. is still the only major racing country that allows race-day Lasix, a diuretic that helps control exercise-induced pulmonary hemorrhage (EIPH), or bleeding in the lungs and airways. As a result, bleeders from abroad frequently find second...

Wednesday was a big day for Victor Espinoza. For the first time since July 22 he was able to get a haircut, shave and change his clothes. For the jockey who was briefly paralyzed in a training accident at Del Mar, it was a meaningful step forward toward once again living a normal life. He was able to clean up because the doctors removed the neck brace he had been wearing since the spill. "I looked like I was homeless," he said. "My hair is so long and so is...

An earthquake measuring 6.7 on the Richter scale struck in Japan's northern island of Hokkaido in the early hours of Thursday morning. The event happened 68km south east of Sapporo and early reports indicate at least nine people have died with hundreds more injured and trapped by debris . There was also widespread structural damage to homes and buildings, with flights at Sapporo and New Chitose Airports also disrupted. The affected area is close to many of Japan's major Thoroughbred breeding operations such as Northern and Shadai Farms, in addition...

By Daithí Harvey Peter Nolan Bloodstock is a consignment that has shot to prominence at national hunt sales in what seems a very short space of time and Nolan is hoping his first big flat consignment at Tattersalls Ireland's Ascot Yearling Sale next week will be a springboard to a greater presence at similar sales in the future. The Wexford man will offer a draft of 10 colts at the second edition of the Ascot Sale held on Tuesday and was encouraged by the success he had at the inaugural...

By Daithi Harvey Its probably fair to assume that when John Gosden chose the G3 September S. at Kempton on Saturday as the comeback run for Enable (GB) (Nathaniel {Ire}), he would have been surprised if the brilliant filly wasn't the highest rated performer in the 5-runner field. That accolade belongs to Crystal Ocean (GB) (Sea The Stars {Ire}), rated a pound superior to the Juddmonte filly and surprisingly pitched in by his trainer Sir Michael Stoute to form an intriguing and unexpected clash in what is normally a relatively...

With summer racing in the books and the industry's focus shifting to Lexington and next week's Keeneland September Yearling Sale, the list below highlights some of the promising, maiden-winning juveniles with siblings catalogued in the first book of that marathon auction. It does not include runners who have already competed in stakes company and is not exhaustive. FEEDBACK (f, Violence--Honest Answer, by Tale of the Cat) O-Klaravich Stables, Inc. B-Wolverton Mountain Farm LLC & Cameron Wheeler (KY). T-Chad Brown. Sales history: $85,000 wnlg '16 KEENOV. This Chad Brown-trained newcomer was...

Last term's GI Kentucky Derby and GI Florida Derby winner Always Dreaming (Bodemeister--Above Perfection, by In Excess {Ire}) has been retired from racing and will stand stud at WinStar Farm for a 2019 fee of $25,000. "He was brilliantly fast, and he has everything you want in a stallion--looks, pedigree, and performance," said WinStar's Elliott Walden. "We dream about the Kentucky Derby every day, but the race I really liked was the Florida Derby. When I saw the teletimer, I was amazed. We are excited to add a potentially breed-shaping...

LA TESTE DE BUCH, France—A steady start on the opening day gave way to much more buoyant trade during the second and final session of the Osarus September Yearling Sale, with a top lot of €120,000 being the second-highest ever recorded at this auction and significant boosts in median and average. The stallion name at the top of the list was a familiar one—Siyouni (Fr), who last week provided the co-top lost at the BBAG Sale in Germany—but the vendor and breeder of lot 167, Jose Delmotte of Haras d'Haspel,...

Last year's G1 St Leger winner Capri (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}) is set to resurface in ParisLongchamp's G2 Prix Foy on Sept. 16 in preparation for the Oct. 7 G1 Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe. Capri won last year's G1 Irish Derby and the St Leger before beating just one home in the Arc, and his lone appearance since has been a win in the G3 Alleged S. at Naas on Apr. 13. "The plan with him is to go to France for the Prix Foy and then if that goes...

Thanks in large part to its insular nature, horse racing is an institution with deep family traditions. It's pretty difficult to enter the game on your own and create a legacy, so when one does, it makes sense that they would want to pass that legacy on to the next generation in their lineage. Those who share our blood and name are most likely to feel the connection to and pride in our heritage of racing. Clans like the O'Briens at Ballydoyle, the Hancocks at Claiborne and the Farishes at...

From the remarkable rise of Into Mischief (Harlan's Holiday) to the top of the stallion ranks to the presence of his four-time champion half-sister Beholder (Henny Hughes) in her new career as a broodmare, 2018 is an exciting time to be at Spendthrift Farm. Fresh off the graded stakes success of Into Mischief's scintillating 'TDN Rising Star' Instagrand, and as the Keeneland September Sale approaches--where the super-sire's best-bred crop yet will make their way into the sales ring--the TDN's Lucas Marquardt sat down with Spendthrift general manager Ned Toffey, who...