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The Weekly Wrap: Time For British Racing To Heed Warnings

If we can view Europe's largest training centre of Newmarket as a microcosm of the wider racing world, then events in the last week give a pretty concerning snapshot of the future of the sport. On the positive front, there was a first winner for the town's newest trainer, Terry Kent, who, at 53, is also one of the longest-serving members of its workforce, having previously been a jockey and worked for trainers Michael Jarvis, Julie Cecil, Saeed Bin Suroor and Roger Varian. Another recent recruit to the training ranks,...

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Observations: Ballydoyle Bluebloods out in Force at Leopardstown

2.10 Leopardstown, Mdn, €16,500, 2yo, f, 7fT SWEET MOLLY MALONE (American Pharoah) is one of two regally-bred fillies from Ballydoyle and the pick of Seamie Heffernan, which is probably the best guide as to what is expected. The half-sister to the stable's G1 Irish Oaks heroine Bracelet (Ire) (Montjeu {Ire}) and her Grade I-winning close relative Athena (Ire) (Camelot {GB}) is joined by Divinely (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}), a full-sister to TDN Rising Star Found (Ire) who is partnered by Wayne Lordan while Donnacha saddles Shale (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}, a daughter...

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War Front's Battleground On Top In the Chesham

Fifth on debut over six furlongs at Naas June 8, Battleground (War Front) took a step forward to win the Listed Chesham S. as the 11-4 favourite for a 73rd Royal winner for Aidan O'Brien. Always travelling strongly tracking the pace under Ryan Moore, the first foal out of the brilliant Arc heroine Found (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}) took over from March Law (Ire) (Lawman {Fr}) with 1 1/2 furlongs remaining and stayed on strongly to beat that rival by 2 1/2 lengths, with the sole filly Seattle Rock (GB) (Fastnet...

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Found Stuck In the Mud As Fastnet Rock Filly Flourishes In the Alleged

CORAL.IE ALLEGED S.-Listed, €47,000, CUR, 4-3, 4yo/up, 10fT, 2:23.89, hy. 1--ZHUKOVA (IRE), 129, f, 4, Fastnet Rock (Aus)--Nightime (Ire) (G1SW-Ire, $299,507), by Galileo (Ire). (540,000gns RNA Ylg '13 TAOCT). O-Mrs C C Regalado-Gonzalez; B-Mrs C L Weld (IRE); T-Dermot Weld; T-Pat Smullen. €27,730. Lifetime Record: 5-3-0-0, $84,902. 2--Success Days (Ire), 136, c, 4, Jeremy--Malaica (Fr), by Roi Gironde (Ire). O-Robert Ng. €9,400. 3--Found (Ire), 133, f, 4, Galileo (Ire)--Red Evie (Ire), by Intikhab. O-Michael Tabor, Derrick Smith & Susan Magnier. €4,700. Margins: 4 3/4, 3, 3. Odds: 6.00, 4.50, 0.90....

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