Arizona Blaze

Group 1-winning sprinter Arizona Blaze (Sergei Prokofiev) has been retired by Amo Racing and will stand at the Irish National Stud next year. His fee has been set at €12,500.    An impressive winner of the first two-year-old maiden of the season in March 2024, Arizona Blaze quickly established himself with a defeat of the subsequent Classic winner Camille Pissarro in the Group 3 Marble Hill Stakes at the Curragh in May.   Over the remainder of his juvenile career, he continued to match the best two-year-olds around with a succession of...

There was much consternation when only three new Flat stallions retired to stand in Britain for the 2025 season. It remains to be seen whether this was a blip, but if it becomes a trend then obviously it is cause for concern. It is easy to understand why, in an increasingly commercial sphere, breeders would either flock to the proven elite (for those with mares good enough and pockets deep enough) or to the next first-season sire on the block who may be forgiven for a year or two until...

DONCASTER, ENGLAND - The training ranks in Ireland could be set for a massive shake-up with Robson Aguiar, widely regarded as one of the sharpest minds in bloodstock, confirming that he hopes to join Adrian Murray on the licence later this year.  The Brazilian native is due to sit the trainers' course in September and, in anticipation of being granted the licence by the authorities [IHRB], he has been busy searching for the next big-name star in Doncaster ahead of the Goffs Premier Yearling Sale.  It is at this sale...

Friday, York, post time: 15:35, THE COOLMORE WOOTTON BASSETT NUNTHORPE STAKES-G1, £697,500, 2yo/up, 5fT Field: Jm Jungle (Ire) (Bungle Inthejungle {GB}), Kerdos (Ire) (Profitable {Ire}), Manaccan (GB) (Exceed And Excel {Aus}), Night Raider (Ire) (Dark Angel {Ire}), Rumstar (GB) (Havana Grey {GB}), Spartan Arrow (Ire) (Sioux Nation), Washington Heights (GB) (Washington DC {Ire}), Ain't Nobody (Ire) (Sands Of Mali {Fr}), Arizona Blaze (GB) (Sergei Prokofiev), Asfoora (Aus) (Flying Artie {Aus}), Frost At Dawn (Frosted), Mgheera (GB) (Zoustar {Aus}), She's Quality (Ire) (Acclamation {GB}), Celandine (GB) (Kingman {GB}), Sayidah Dariyan (Ire)...

Smart juvenile Lady Iman was supplemented for the G1 Coolmore Wootton Bassett Nunthorpe Stakes on August 22. She is the first 2-year-old to be supplemented for the York sprint since Kingsgate Native (Mujadil) in 2007. Supplemented by her connections at a cost of £40,000, the G3 Molecomb Stakes heroine is one of 19 set to take part as of Saturday. Trained by Ger Lyons, the bay will be ridden by noted lightweight rider Joe Fanning. Joining the daughter of Starman is the fellow 2-year-old filly and supplement Spicy Marg (Starspanglebanner),...

The fifth running of the valuable Irish EBF Ballyhane S., which is to be held at Naas on August 5, has attracted 322 entries. Worth a total of €300,000, with €150,000 to the winner and prize-money down to tenth place, the race is for EBF-eligible two-year-olds by sires with a median auction sale price of €75,000 or less. Hugo Palmer was the winning trainer in 2023 with Golden Trick (Ire) (Galileo Gold {Ire}) for the Bronte Collection, which also owned the runner-up Jungle Mate (Ire) (Bungle Inthejungle {GB}). The Bronte...