Taraj (Ire)

The initial entries for the Goffs London Sale, in association with Privat 3 Money, were announced on Sunday, including an unraced Kingman (GB) two-year-old filly out of the six-time Group 1 winner Laurens (Fr) (Siyouni {Fr}). The sale is scheduled for Monday, June 17 at Kensington Palace Gardens, on the eve of Royal Ascot, with the full catalogue set to be released early next week. The other two-year-old entries include Adrian Keatley's Listed winner Francisco's Piece (GB) (Mayson {GB}) and Rock Hunter (GB) (Expert Eye {GB}), who was last seen...

Putting another piece in the Derby puzzle on Sunday, Ballydoyle's unbeaten Los Angeles (Ire) (Camelot {GB}--Frequential {GB}, by Dansili {GB}) marked his return with a workmanlike but promising win in Leopardstown's G3 Cashel Palace Hotel Derby Trial S. Last seen winning the G1 Criterium de Saint-Cloud, the 4-5 favourite sat off the tempo set by stablemate Euphoric (GB) (Frankel {GB}) under Wayne Lordan and after getting to the front a furlong out stayed on to beat that rival by a length, with the Dermot Weld trainee Taraj (Ire) (Churchill {Ire})...