Lowther Stakes

Ace Stud has bought G2 Lowther Stakes winner Royal Fixation to join Karl Burke's stable in Middleham. The daughter of Palace Pier was also third in the G1 Cheveley Park Stakes for her former trainer Ed Walker and Opulence Thoroughbreds. Paul Curran, bloodstock and racing manager for Newmarket-based Ace Stud and European representative for the primarily Australian-based Yulong Investments, said, "We bought her a couple of months ago and she's heading to Karl. She's a good filly and hopefully one who can be lucky for us. "We'll take a good look...

Relief Rally (Ire) (Kodiac {GB}), last year's winner of the G2 Lowther S., has returned to William Haggas's stable after being sold at Tattersalls in December for 800,000gns. She was knocked down in the name of Mrs A Sullivan at the time. The filly is now registered on the British Horseracing Authority's website as being owned by Mr Yuesheng Zhang of Yulong Investments. The same owner also bought multiple Group 1 winner Alcohol Free (Ire) (No Nay Never) for 5.4 million gns at the previous year's December Mares Sale.  Relief...

French trainer Jerome Reynier is not afraid to travel his horses and is eyeing an audacious tilt at some of the top 2-year-old prizes for fillies in Britain with the progressive Wootton City (Fr) (Wootton Bassett {GB}). But first, Wootton City will line out in the G3 Prix de Cabourg at Deauville on Tuesday before Reynier can allow himself to dream about races like the G2 Lowther S. at York and the G1 Cheveley Park S. at Newmarket, both of which have been pencilled into the filly's diary.  "Wootton City...