Advertise (GB)

Providing connections with the big money when taking Doncaster's Weatherbys Scientific £300,000 2-Y-O Stakes last month, Calendar Girl (Advertise) added vital black-type in Friday's G3 Godolphin Lifetime Care Oh So Sharp Stakes at Newmarket. Delivered from mid-division to take over inside the last two furlongs, the 6-5 favourite battled for Callum Rodriguez to ward off Mubasimah (Frankel) by a neck. "I thought she was a bit too short to be truthful, but she hung on in there well," trainer Owen Burrows said of the Kennet Valley Syndicate flagbearer. "She was...

Due to the structure of Doncaster's Weatherbys Scientific £300,000 2-Y-O Stakes on Thursday, Advertise's Calendar Girl was "chucked in" as they say in Britain and duly scooped the big 6 1/2-furlong pot for her Kennet Valley Syndicate. Carrying 8-3 due to her sire's Sales median, the Owen Burrows-trained 45,000gns Tattersalls October Book 2 purchase who had won at Newbury and been second at Epsom over seven was produced late by Saffie Osborne to overwhelm the Harry's Half Million winner Song Of The Clyde (Sergei Prokofiev) in the closing stages and...

Amer Abdulaziz Salman, the founder and chief executive of Phoenix Thoroughbreds, has been jailed for 15 months in the U.S. for conspiracy to commit money laundering. The news first appeared in The Racing Post. The piece says that Abdulaziz, 61, was sentenced by judge Edgardo Ramos in the Southern District of New York for his role in the OneCoin fraud. He was jailed at the Loretto Federal Correctional Institution, a low-security facility in Pennsylvania July 11 with a release date of Oct. 20, 2026, according to the Federal Bureau of...

Fourth in Royal Ascot's G2 Coventry Stakes and third over seven furlongs in the G2 Vintage Stakes at Goodwood, John Wallinger's Cool Hoof Luke (GB) (Advertise {GB}--Dutch Monument {GB}, by Dutch Art {GB}) showed that speed is his game by taking Friday's G2 Al Basti Equiworld Dubai Gimcrack Stakes at York. Anchored towards the rear early by Oisin Murphy, the Andrew Balding-trained 8-1 shot was delivered with a potent kick to lead passing the furlong pole and get to the line 3/4 of a length ahead of Shadow Of Light...

   In this series, the TDN takes a look at notable successes of European-based sires in North America. This week's column is highlighted by a trio of victories for Seth Klarman's Klaravich Stables and trainer Chad Brown.   Klaravich Filly Earns Listed Badge Chad Brown saddled Tampa Bay maiden winner Oversubscribed (GB) (Too Darn Hot {GB}) in the Listed Wild Applause Stakes in the Belmont at the Big A meeting in June, and the Klaravich Stables-owned filly waltzed to a 3 1/4-length victory (video). The two-for-three daughter of Listed Rosemary...

One of the least-likely candidates on paper for Wednesday's G3 Tattersalls Musidora S. at York, Guy Brook's Secret Satire (GB) (Advertise {GB}--Secret Pursuit {Ire}, by Lawman {Fr}) defied formbook logic to run out a clear-cut winner of one of the premier Oaks trials. Only third in a Sandown novice last month, the Andrew Balding-trained 22-1 shot raced freely early before being found cover by Oisin Murphy behind the leader. Staying on strongly to gain the advantage a furlong out, the homebred drew away late to score by two lengths from...

Brosay (GB) (Tasleet {GB}), a winner at Goodwood on Friday, is one of four wildcards added to the Tattersalls Online May Sale, the sales company announced on Saturday. Currently rated 80+ by Timeform, the colt (lot 87) was originally a 25,000gns purchase by Star Bloodstock, Byron Rogers and Diego Dias. His dam Hattytown (GB) (Ivawood {Ire}) is a half-sister to the Group 3-placed Blood Moon (GB) (Equiano {Fr}). The other lots are the placed hurdler Shengai Enki (Fr) (Buck's Boum {Fr}) (lot 84), a 2-year-old colt by Advertise (GB) (lot...

Listed as Lot 1 next Wednesday, Thoroughbid's Christmas Sale will offer a breeding right to Aclaim (Ire)--sire of G1 1000 Guineas heroine Cachet (Ire)--as one of the highlights of the 32 strong mixed catalogue of horses in training, breeding and youngstock. Also on offer will be Fletchers Dream (GB) (Advertise {GB}) as Lot 10, a son of Poet's Princess (GB) (Poet's Voice {GB}), herself half-sister to the dam of GSW Raasel (GB) (Showcasing {GB}), who won his sole start over the Newcastle all-weather last Saturday for conditioner Craig Lidster. He...

Having left his post as manager of Childwickbury Stud, John Hernon will take up the mantel as Chief Executive Officer at Martyn Meade's Manton Park Stud in Wiltshire with the long-term goal of elevating the operation to one of the top commercial stallion farms. Hernon said: "The Manton Park Estate has a rich racing history, and it is a privilege to take on the running of the stud here alongside Mr Meade. I am fully committed to ensuring the stud reflects the heritage of the Manton Estate and to develop...

Led by three-time Group 1 winner Advertise (GB), the 2024 roster and fees for Manton Park Stud were announced on Wednesday. The son of Showcasing (GB) will command £10,000. He sits fourth amongst first-crop sires in Great Britain and Ireland with 15 individual winners from 49 runners in 2023 and covered 41 mares this year. His best runner so far is the stakes-placed Task Force (GB). G1 Prix de la Foret hero Aclaim (Ire), a son of Acclamation (GB), will stand for £8,000. The sire of 2022 G1 1000 Guineas...

Manton Park Stud resident Advertise (GB) (Showcasing {GB}) became Europe's latest first-crop sire to get off the mark when the Ralph Beckett-trained Matters Most (GB) prevailed in Thursday's £10,000 Byerley Stud British EBF Novice S. over five furlongs at Salisbury. Originally sold for 135,000gns as a foal, the colt was knocked down at 500,000gns at Tattersalls October Book 1 to Richard Knight on behalf of Saleh Al Homaizi and was one of 17 horses later reoffered privately through Tattersalls when payment for the yearlings was not forthcoming. Mick Kinane stepped...

Advertise (GB)'s colt foal (lot 123) was the most expensive lot on the day during Tattersalls Ireland's Sapphire Sale at Fairyhouse on Saturday. The Sapphire Sale featured Flat-bred yearlings, foals and broodmares and was the final sale of the year for Tattersalls Ireland. Knocked down for €38,000 to Micheal Orlandi on behalf of Ballyphilip Stud, the bay is a half-brother to three winners out of his winning dam, herself a Fusaichi Pegasus half-sister to champion and Classic heroine Misty For Me (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}), and champion and juvenile Group 1...