Aga Khan homebred Ebendi was bought by 2020 Melbourne Cup winning trainer-Joseph O'Brien for €165,000 at Goffs' single-horse online auction. The gelded three-year-old son of Le Havre, who shed his maiden tag when winning at Killarney in July, attracted 27 bids from prospective buyers across Europe, Australia, and South Africa. Ebendi, who finished runner-up to subsequent Breeders' Cup Mile winner ...
St James's Palace Stakes-winning Without Parole has returned home from the US stable of Chad Brown and is settling into life at Newsells Park Stud in Hertfordshire, where he will begin stallion duty at an introductory fee of £10,000. The 5YO the son of Frankel was bred by John and Tanya Gunther and has now come full circle having been born and raised at Newsells. Without Parole can look forward t ...
Graded-placed stakes-winning sprinter Honest Mischief has been retired to Sequel Stallions New York where he will stand for $6,500. The 4YO son of leading North American sire Into Mischief is homebred for Juddmonte Farms, who produced the colt out of the Seattle Slew Gr.1 winner Honest Lady. The mare is a half sister to four graded stakes winners, including Gr.1 Belmont Stakes winner and influent ...
Changing course from a plan to run Global Campaign in the Pegasus World Cup Invitational Stakes Gr.1 at Gulfstream Park Jan. 23 before beginning a stud career, WinStar Farm announced Nov. 25 the colt has been retired. He will stand the 2021 breeding season for a fee of $12,500. Campaigned by Sagamore Farm and WinStar, the 4YO son of Curlin became a grade 1 winner this year, capturing the Woodwood ...
Everest winner Classique Legend is the favourite to win the Gr.1 Hong Kong Sprint. Trainer Caspar Fownes has plans in place to avoid any unforeseen setbacks in the lead-up to the Hong Kong Sprint in three weeks. Another Boniface Ho Ka-Kui horse presenting Fownes with no such problems is Southern Legend, who has proven age is no barrier. As Hot King Prawn crossed the line for a hard-fought victory ...
The Singapore Derby-Queen Elizabeth II Cup winner Top Knight, who finished third in Saturday's $1 million Gr.1 Singapore Gold Cup over 2,000m, is a reserve for the HK$25 million Longines Hong Kong Mile. The Sprint and Mile are two of the four annual Hong Kong International Races. The other two are the HK$28 million Longines Hong Kong Cup over 2,000m and the HK$20 million Longines Hong Kong Vase o ...
Leading Hong Kong trainer John Size will welcome talented three-year-old Bourbonaire to his stable after his purchase out of Stephen Marsh’s Cambridge barn. The son of Darci Brahma has had just five starts for a win and second placings in the Gr.1 New Zealand 2000 Guineas (1600m), Gr.2 Sarten Memorial Stakes (1400m), and Gr.2 Hawke’s Bay Guineas (1400m). Purchased out of Little Avondale Stud’s 20 ...
Group 1 star Behemoth is set to return to work next week as connections eye massive autumn for the South Australian. The five-year-old was a dominant figure during the spring, winning the Gr.1 Memsie Stakes and Gr.1 Sir Rupert Clarke Stakes before contesting The Everest. After a quick break in the paddock, Grand Syndicates' Sam Lyons said Behemoth would now work towards Caulfield's Gr.1 Futurity ...
Gr.1 winner-Alligator Blood has a new home in Champion trainer Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott's racing stables. Waterhouse confirmed they had secured the star 4YO on social media, with owner Allan Endresz telling Racing.com the decision was a “no brainer”. The final sealer, which made it really quick to make the decision and not sit and wait, was Gai’s tenacity. She’s a true blue Alligator Blood, ...
Melbourne Cup-winning jockey Michelle Payne and fellow hoop Ben Allen have been suspended for their rides in the same race at Kyneton on Tuesday. Payne and Allen were outed for eight meetings each after both pleaded guilty to careless riding. Payne, onboard Sotirio, permitted her to mount to shift out near the 200m when not sufficiently clear of Loudspeaker, who was tightened for room between Sot ...