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3 weeks ago | 
racingpost.com | Kitty Trice
Grade 1 winner Mindframe will stand at Claiborne Farm in Kentucky upon retirement from racing, the historic farm has announced. A son of Constitution, the four-year-old was a $600,000 Keeneland September Yearling Sale purchase and has subsequently earnt $1,292,160 to date for trainer Todd Pletcher and owners Repole Stable and St Elias Stables.
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3 weeks ago | 
racingpost.com | Kitty Trice
Coolmore's world champion three-year-old St Mark's Basilica was supplied with his first winner on Monday when Rogue Supremacy impressed on debut at Wetherby. Bred by Coverdale Stud out of the winning Acclamation mare Mighty Spirit, the colt was sent off a warm favourite and duly obliged by two and a quarter lengths over the A'Ali-sired Vlad.
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3 weeks ago | 
racingpost.com | Kitty Trice
Three-time champion jumps jockey Brian Hughes is not a man to take things easy, even when National Hunt racing is in partial recess. When he has a spare moment, the 39-year-old assists wife Luci in running a busy equine operation at their home near Middlesbrough and at the recent Goffs Spring Sale at Doncaster, the pair took it a step further by selling a store prospect to Ryan Mahon and Dan Skelton.
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4 weeks ago | 
racingpost.com | Kitty Trice
Darley's world champion miler and first-season sire Palace Pier got off the mark on Friday when Godolphin homebred Morris Dancer struck at Haydock. The colt had finished midfield in a Newbury maiden for John and Thady Gosden earlier this month and evidently learnt plenty from that experience when denying Gold Dawn by a length and a quarter. He is the the third foal out of Dubawi mare Menuetto, a winner over an extended 1m3f and 1m7f in France for Henri-Alex Pantall.
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4 weeks ago | 
racingpost.com | Kitty Trice
When it comes to the destiny of the thoroughbred breed, little can be left to chance. At Beech House Stud, the task of producing the next generation of champions falls to three magnetic stallions, whose days from around January to May are dictated by coverings.
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1 month ago | 
bloodhorse.com | Kitty Trice
Coolmore has announced the death of its promising young sire and 2018 Coventry Stakes (G2) winner Calyx due to an acute foot injury suffered mid-covering season. The son of sported the silks of owner/breeder Juddmonte to a stunning victory in the group 2 contest at Royal Ascot, having become his sire's first winner 10 days previously at Newmarket.
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1 month ago | 
racingpost.com | Kitty Trice
Coolmore has announced the death of its promising young sire and Coventry Stakes winner Calyx due to an acute foot injury suffered mid covering season. The son of Kingman sported the silks of owner-breeder Juddmonte to a stunning victory in the Group 2 contest at Royal Ascot, having become his sire's first winner ten days' previously at Newmarket.
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1 month ago | 
racingpost.com | Kitty Trice
Muhaarar's high-class daughter Be Your Best added a first Grade 1 victory to her CV with success in the Gamely Stakes at Santa Anita on Monday. The mare, owned by Michael Ryan and trained by Saffie Joseph Jr, had three previous Graded wins to her name over the winter, as well as a Listed score as a twqo-year-old, and she was deservedly winning at the highest level for the first time.
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1 month ago | 
racingpost.com | Kitty Trice
Frankel secured a Group 1 double in a matter of minutes across Europe on Sunday courtesy of the progressive Candelari's victory in the Prix Vicomtesse Vigier at Longchamp and Lake Victoria's power-packed finish in the Tattersalls Irish 1,000 Guineas at the Curragh. The Aga Khan's homebred Candelari has been a bit of a slow-burner for connections but has now won four of his five starts to date. His sole defeat came last time when a close-up third in the Group 3 Prix de Barbeville back at Longchamp.
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1 month ago | 
racingpost.com | Kitty Trice
Mael Thibault is a recent appointment to the bloodstock team at Arqana, having spent time at Ecurie des Monceaux and the Irish National Stud, as well as Wakaito Stud in New Zealand plus Yarraman Park and Newgate Farm in Australia. Where did your passion for horses come from? I grew up immersed in the racing world thanks to my family. Many of my family members have been involved in the industry and passionate about horses, and more specifically racehorses, for generations.
