Italy

Irish highweight Magician (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}-- Absolutelyfabulous {Ire}, by Mozart {Ire}) will stand in Italy next season, Jour de Galop reported on Tuesday. A two-time champion in Ireland for Coolmore partners and Aidan O'Brien, the 2013 G1 Irish 2000 Guineas and GI Breeders' Cup Turf hero spent the better part of four seasons at Coolmore's Ashford Stud in America (2015-2018) and stood the end of the 2018 season at Coolmore Stud in Ireland. The sire of US black-type winner Miss My Rose, the 10-year-old moved to Haras de Corlay in...

At 8 p.m. Saturday evening, French Prime Minister Edouard Philippe announced stricter social distancing measures due to the coronavirus, and that all places non-essential to French living including restaurants, cafes, cinemas and clubs, will be closed beginning at midnight on Saturday, Jour de Galop reported. At this time, French racecourses, which are currently racing without spectators for the foreseeable future, will remain open. France Galop's President Edouard de Rothschild and Managing Director Olivier Delloye both confirmed late Saturday evening to the JDG that racing will continue in "closed camera" mode,...

Gerald Mosse has been named the first call jockey for Italian trainer Bruno Grizzetti for the 2020 season, Mondoturf's Gabriele Candi reported on Sunday. Grizzetti, who has 120 horses-in-training, is based at Milan. The 53-year-old Mosse collected a win in the 1990 G1 Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe with Saumarez (GB) (Rainbow Quest) and also was the regular pilot of American and French champion juvenile Arazi (Blushing Groom {Fr}). The retained rider for His Highness The Aga Khan from 1993-2001, Mosse booted home Americain (Dynamformer) in the 2010 G1 Melbourne...