New England Stud

Charlie Fellowes trainee Luther (GB) (Frankel {GB}--Give And Take {GB}, by Cityscape {GB}) followed up a debut success at Salisbury with a runner-up finish back there in last month's Listed Stonehenge Stakes and regained the winning thread with a dominant performance in Saturday's Listed Betfair Daily Tips On Betting.Betfair Ascendant Stakes at Haydock. Steadied to track the leaders in fifth and last off the bridle in the home straight, the 16-5 chance was shaken up to challenge entering the final furlong and lengthened clear in the closing stages to easily...

As Royal Ascot drew to a close on Saturday, one of its luminaries of yesteryear, Superstar Leo (Ire) (College Chapel {GB}), died peacefully in America at the age of 26. The winner of the Norfolk Stakes in 2000, she was an outstanding two-year-old for William Haggas, initially racing for her breeders, the trainer's father-in-law Lester Piggott and Tony Hirschfield, before being bought by Roy and Gretchen Jackson of Lael Stable. Having already won twice prior to Ascot, she then went on to win the Weatherbys Super Sprint and G2 Flying...

John and Thady Gosden's team has yet to reach the giddy heights of Charlie Appleby and Aidan O'Brien this term, but TDN Rising Star Emily Upjohn (GB) (Sea the Stars {Ire}--Hidden Brief {GB} {SP-Fr}, by Barathea {Ire}) provided the Clarehaven stable with hopes of Classic glory after another impressive display in Wednesday's G3 Tattersalls Musidora S. at York. The 60,000gns Tattersalls October Book 2 yearling had opened up with a narrow victory in her Nov. 23 unveiling at Wolverhampton before earning this publication's seal of approval with a 9 1/2-length...

Trading as the largely unconsidered 25-1 outsider-of-five for Wednesday's G3 Tattersalls Acomb S. at York, Highclere Thoroughbred Racing's Royal Patronage (Fr) (Wootton Bassett {GB}) turned that logic on its head with a command performance from the front. Coming off an impressive five-length success over this seven-furlong trip in an Epsom novice July 29, the bay was on his mettle at the break and a sharp getaway yielded immediate control. Unflustered on the lead down the centre of the track in the straight, he bore all the hallmarks of a typical...

Godolphin continued its spending spree on sons of its flagship sire Dubawi (Ire) early during session two of Book 1 of the Tattersalls October Yearling Sale on Wednesday, snapping up lot 225, Highclere Stud's first foal of the G1 Moyglare Stud S. winner Intricately (Ire) (Fastnet Rock {Aus}), for 1.1-million gns just moments before adding New England Stud's lot 229, the latest colt out of Group 1 performer and producer Jacqueline Quest (Ire) (Rock Of Gibraltar {Ire}) for 525,000gns.

Nominations for the Thoroughbred Breeders' Association Stud Employee Award are now open. Sponsored by Peter Stanley's New England Stud, the award aims to recognise the significant contributions that stud employees make to the breeding industry and reward those who have show dedication and excellence in their role. Selected from a pool of six short-listed nominees, the winner will receive £2,000, a perpetual trophy in the form of a Charlie Langton bronze and a memento. The remaining short-listed nominees will receive £250 each. As the TBA Flat Breeders' Awards Evening has...