daylight

Group winner and G1 Cheveley Park Stakes runner-up Daylight (Fr) (Earthlight {Ire}) will be offered by Haras de Beaumont during the first evening of the Vente d'Élevage on Saturday 7 December at Arqana.  A winner on her debut in the spring and third in the G3 Prix du Bois on her second outing, Daylight struck at Group level when winning the G3 Prix de Cabourg at Deauville. The juvenile boasts a rating of 110 and is out of the Group-placed mare Latita (Fr) (Silver Frost {Ire}). Haras de Beaumont's Pauline...

His grandfather managed studs for the late Queen Elizabeth II and his father has a notable track record as a bloodstock agent, so for Conor Norris a life in racing was perhaps inevitable. But he has gone his own way to a degree, and combines his role on Darley's nominations team with his hobby of running the syndicate Keep Kicking Racing. How did you first become involved/interested in racing and bloodstock? I was born and raised around a family passionate about racehorses and heavily involved in the industry. My grandfather,...

Del Mar' Friday post time has been moved up to 3 p.m. instead of the usual 4 p.m. start time. The Friday switch to 3 p.m. will be the first of four such Friday changes--Aug. 19, Aug. 26, Sept. 2 and Sept. 9--going through to the track's final Sept. 9, 10, 11 weekend. The change is being brought into play to ensure that the track has enough light to run its final races in a safe and viewable manner with sunset coming earlier in the late afternoon as summer nears...