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1 week ago | 
theirishfield.ie | Leo Powell
This content is copyright protected! However, if you would like to share the information in this article, you may use the headline, summary and link below: Title: SALES: British-based buyers boost trade for form horses Two point-to-point horses shared top billing at this week's sale, both with very different backgrounds https://www.theirishfield.ie/sales-british-based-buyers-boost-trade-for-form-horses-870784 USE PAPER CODESIGN IN ENTER YOUR LOYALTY CODE: The code gives you access to the site...
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1 week ago | 
theirishfield.ie | Leo Powell
BEFORE racing at the weekend, there was every chance that Juddmonte might have welcomed three Group 1 winners, and all in races sponsored by Tattersalls where they are major vendors, and buyers of stock on occasions. According to the Tattersalls website, since 1998 they have sold over 2,900 lots for more than 110,000,000gns, while since 2006 their selective buying has seen them sign for 46 lots costing almost 22,000,000gns.
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1 week ago | 
theirishfield.ie | Leo Powell
WITH the exception of the weather, the weekend racing at the Curragh was both a delight and of the highest order, and the three Group 1 races on Saturday and Sunday were out of the top drawer. The Tattersalls Gold Cup will surely go down as one of the highest-rated contests of the season, and this is a race that was threatened with being down-graded on a number of occasions due to its failure to attract enough quality runners.
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1 week ago | 
theirishfield.ie | Leo Powell
JAMES’S Delight returned to the county of his birth last Saturday to contest the €120,000 Group 2 Weatherbys Ireland Greenlands Stakes at the Curragh. This was the last time the race was run with Russell Ferris in charge at the sponsors, and he will leave later this summer when Sharon O’Regan ascends into the hot seat at the renowned firm. I wish them both well.
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1 week ago | 
theirishfield.ie | Leo Powell
THURSDAY'S Tattersalls Ireland May Sale of point-to-pointers and horses-in-training resulted in a clearance rate of 73%, a respectable level, considering the median price was €30,000. This was only the second year of this sale and the catalogue, stretching to 109 horses, was far bigger than last year. British-based buyers such as Noel Fehily and David Crosse, A.J. O'Neill, Tom Malone, Dan Astbury and Sandy Thompson and Lucinda Russell played very important roles in boosting trade.
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2 weeks ago | 
theirishfield.ie | Leo Powell
IF I set you the task of writing a template for the ideal stallion prospect, it is probable you would come up with a profile of the Group 1 Lockinge Stakes winner Lead Artist. This Juddmonte homebred may have taken until the age of four to win at the highest level, but in that regards he is rather typical of many horses in his female line.
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2 weeks ago | 
theirishfield.ie | Leo Powell
BOUGHT at Fasig-Tipton by Eclipse Thoroughbred Partners for $825,000 as a yearling, the Michael McCarthy-trained Journalism (Curlin) ran three times at two, starting with a placed effort at Santa Anita in late October, followed by victory at Del Mar, and capping his juvenile year with success in the Grade 2 Los Alamitos Futurity. Journalism has faced the starter on four occasions this year, and met with defeat just once, finishing second to Sovereignty in the Grade 1 Kentucky Derby.
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2 weeks ago | 
theirishfield.ie | Leo Powell
COOLMORE know a thing or two about the family of the Navan listed winner Carmers. Trained by Paddy Twomey, Fiona Carmichael’s three-year-old son of Wootton Bassett (Iffraaj) is out of three-time winner Signe (Sea The Stars), whom she bought with the assistance of Amanda Skiffington for $1.1 million at Goffs 11 years ago. Carmers has gone from winning a Ballinrobe main to earning a tilt at the Queen’s Vase in Royal Ascot after he landed the Listed Irish Stallion Farms EBF Yeats Stakes.
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2 weeks ago | 
theirishfield.ie | Leo Powell
This content is copyright protected! However, if you would like to share the information in this article, you may use the headline, summary and link below: Title: SALES: Stroud breezes in for another record breeze-up price Leo Powell reports from Friday's record-breaking Tattersalls Ireland Breeze Up Sale https://www.theirishfield.ie/sales-stroud-breezes-in-for-another-record-breeze-up-price-869859 USE PAPER CODESIGN IN ENTER YOUR LOYALTY CODE: The code gives you access to the site from when...
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3 weeks ago | 
theirishfield.ie | Leo Powell
This content is copyright protected! However, if you would like to share the information in this article, you may use the headline, summary and link below: Title: BREEDING INSIGHTS: Wootton Bassett worth every cent he cost Leo Powell reviews a French classic winner, and one who lost after an enquiry https://www.theirishfield.ie/breeding-insights-wootton-bassett-worth-every-cent-he-cost-868293 USE PAPER CODESIGN IN ENTER YOUR LOYALTY CODE: The code gives you access to the site from when you...
