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A share in French Classic winner Persian King (Ire) (lot 3B) is one of 14 lots catalogued for the Auctav Winter Breeding Sale. The first-season sire has 14 winners to his name. The sale, which features stallion shares, breeding rights, two broodmares, and a 3-year-old filly, is set for Wednesday, Dec. 11 beginning at 3 p.m. local time. Other lots of note are a share in group sire The Grey Gatsby (Ire) (lot 5B), a stallion share in Beaumec De Houelle (Fr) (lot 4B), a share in Nirvana Du Berlais...

She Is For Me Boys (GB) (Clovis Du Berlais {Fr}) (lot 161) was knocked down for 42,000gns to Tom Malone Bloodstock during the Tattersalls Online October Sale on Friday. Consigned by Baltimore Stables, the 5-year-old point-to-pointer won a three-mile mares' maiden at Toomebridge on Oct. 5. Malone said of the mare, "I've seen her plenty in James Doyle's yard and I liked her when I saw her in February. I saw her in September again and then she went and won first time out. The form was solid and she's...

Irish Oaks winner You Got To Me (GB) (Nathaniel {Ire}) is one of the highlights of the 991-strong Tattersalls December Mares catalogue, which was released on Friday. The third edition of the Sceptre Sessions will take place on Monday, Dec. 2 and Tuesday, Dec. 3. An additional two sessions of the December Mares Sale will continue on Dec. 4-5. The first Irish Oaks winner (lot 1753) to be sold at Tattersalls as a 3-year-old for over 40 years, the filly will be joined by up-and-coming sprinter Believing (Ire) (Mehmas {Ire})...

Chromosomal errors are a common cause of pregnancy loss in mares, researchers from the Royal Veterinary College (RVG), as part of a team from Cornell University, have discovered in a new study. In humans, chromosomal errors are a common cause of miscarriage, accounting for up to 82% of pregnancy loss. Due to the similarities between human and horse chromosomal structures and other pregnancy characteristics, this research supports the use of horses as a novel model organism to study miscarriage in women. The findings of this study mean it is possible...

The TDN's popular annual series 'Mating Plans, presented by Spendthrift,' continues today in a conversation with Robert Tillyer, farm manager of William and Donna Shively's Dixiana Farm. AMERICA'S TALE (9, Gio Ponti - America's Friend, by Unusual Heat) to be bred to Taiba She's in foal to Jackie's Warrior and she's a Grade II winner. We thought Taiba was good value. He's a very attractive son of Gun Runner that won three Grade I races. DIAMOND WOW (5, Lookin At Lucky - Patriotic Diamond, by Hat Trick {Jpn}) to be...

The TDN's popular annual series 'Mating Plans, presented by Spendthrift,' continues today in a conversation with Hinkle Farms co-owner Tom Hinkle. "In determining the matings for our mares, it is a total team effort by my brother Henry, my daughter Anne Archer and me," said Hinkle. "We work hard to arrive at the best possible mating, at least in our opinions." SEEKING GABRIELLE (17,  Forestry - Seeking Regina, by Seeking the Gold) to be bred to Gun Runner        Seeking Gabrielle is the dam of Nyquist. She is...

Over 40 lots from the Niarchos Draft headline the 541-strong Goffs November Breeding Stock Sale catalogue, which was released on Tuesday. Some of the stars of the two-day stand on Nov. 24-25 are Classic heroine and four-time Group 1 winner Alpha Centauri (Ire) (Mastercraftsman {Ire}) (lot 1263) in foal to Sea The Stars (Ire); Group 1 winners Alpine Star (Ire) (Sea The Moon {Ger}) (lot 1240) in foal to Frankel (GB) and Albigna (Ire) (Zoffany {Ire}) (lot 1212) carrying to St Marks Basilica (Fr). All three mares are from the...

Near the end of the first edition of the Auctav Flat Sale at Haras de Bois Roussel, the Kendargent (Fr) mare Lovera (Fr) (lot 84), in foal to Haras d'Etreham resident Hello Youmzain (Fr), became the sales topper with a €100,000 bid by Trotting Bloodstock's Florent Fonteyne. Consigned by Roc Let Stud, the grey 5-year-old is a half-sister to the stakes winner and group placed Lova (Fr) (Goken {Fr}), as well as G3 Prix Eclipse third Lovamour (Fr) (Goken {Fr}), and a full-sister to Kenlova (Fr) (Kendargent {Fr}), who was...

The Jockey Club projects a 2024 North American foal crop of 18,000, some 500 fewer foals than the 2023 foal-crop estimate of 18,500. The projection of the foal crop is made using the Reports of Mares Bred (RMBs) received to date by The Jockey Club for the 2023 breeding season. RMBs are due no later than Aug. 1 of each breeding season. Stallion owners who have yet to return their RMBs for the 2023 breeding season are encouraged to do so by The Jockey Club as soon as possible. Interactive...

Jim and Dana Bernhard, recent buyers of the 793-acre Pin Oak Stud near Versailles, KY, have acquired an additional 465 acres from Adena Springs, bringing the total size of the farm to just over 1,250 acres. The land, purchased from eight-time Eclipse Champion Breeder Adena Springs, connects the existing Pin Oak land on the east side of US-60--commonly known as Versailles Road--with an entrance on Old Frankfort Pike. "Frank Stronach's Adena Springs and Josephine Abercrombie's Pin Oak Stud are two legendary farms. Both were champion breeders focused on raising the...

Seraphic (Ire) (Dubawi {Ire}) (lot 8), who won by 30 lengths at Clairefontaine on July 27, is one of 64 lots catalogued for the Tattersalls Online August Sale on Aug. 16-17. Bidding will begin at noon on the 16th and begin ending at noon on the following day. The son of the listed-placed Elle Galante (Ger) (Galileo {Ire}) is one of 48 horses in/out-of-training and he is a half-brother to Cheltenham's G1 Triumph Hurdle winner Pentland Hills (Ire) (Motivator {GB}) and Group 2 Royal Ascot winner Balios (Ire) (Shamardal). The...

A varied catalogue featuring 92 2-year-olds, 162 2- and 3-year-old stores, 151 horses-in-training, and 80 fillies and mares comprise the upcoming Arqana Summer Sale. Flat-bred 2-year-olds will breeze at Deauville Racecourse beginning at 1 p.m. on Tuesday, July 4. The first day of the sale will consist of Flat-bred 2-year-olds and stores on Wednesday, July 5, while breeding stock and horses-in-training will sell the day after. Both sessions will begin at 11 a.m. American Grade I winner Chez Pierre (Fr) (Mehmas {Ire}) was sourced as a juvenile out of this...