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GROUP 1 GLORY FOR EVER PROMISING SIRE
Powerful Glory joined the likes of Ruling Court, Perfect Power and Sands of Mali at the weekend, becoming the latest breeze-up expat to score at the highest level. The Bansha House homebred chinned Lazzat in the Champion Stakes At Ascot, proving himself in a Group 1 field. The Richard Fahey-trained three-year-old is by Cotai Glory, out of the Kodiac mare Wouldntitbelovely – the same cross has already produced Prix de l’Abbaye heroine The Platinum Queen. The colt was consigned
Oct 293 min read


SALES REPORT - BREEZE UP REVIEW
DISTANT STORM JUSTIFIES HIS MONEY SO FAR Last month, I compared the Tally-Ho Stud-bred breezer Maximized to his fellow Godolphin inmate...
Aug 64 min read


SALES REPORT - IRISH DERBY SALES
Ella Herbert looks back at the recent Tattersall Irish Derby Sales and gives her breakdown on all the biggest sales. The Tattersalls...
Jul 42 min read


SALES REPORT - ARKLE SALE
Racing Daily's sales and bloodstock reporter Gabriella Herbert takes a look back at the Goffs Arkle Sale as she reports on all the goings...
Jun 133 min read


MAXIMIZED LATEST 'BREEZER' TO IMPRESS AT EPSOM
In light of his victory in the 2,000 Guineas, Ruling Court has rightfully established himself as the primary pin-up boy for the breeze-up...
Jun 95 min read


FAMILY TIES - RECENT WINNERS
There is definitely some extra pressure placed upon the siblings of Group horses, or the produce of very successful race-mares, by dint...
May 122 min read


FAMILY TIES - STARMAN
It won’t be long now before the Flat really gets going and considering that I thought I might as well mention Starman. Last time I...
Mar 272 min read


FAMILY TIES - GALIWAY
"I would like to preface this article with the acknowledgement that its contents seem incredibly trivial and almost flippant given what...
Feb 213 min read


FAMILY TIES - JEU ST ELOI
I am very proud to be English. Even so, it is tricky not to be the tiniest bit envious of the quality of jumps stallion that the French...
Feb 133 min read


FAMILY TIES - SOFT LIGHT
Gabriella Herbert looks to stallion Soft Lights and what might be when it comes to his progeny. I must admit that I was lacking...
Feb 62 min read


COULD CLONING BECOME LEGAL IN RACING?
It sounds crazy, it really does. But it’s already happening in other horse sports; it has been legal for clones to participate since...
Feb 51 min read


SALES REPORT - IRISH TATTERSALLS WINTER SALES
‘I am a slow walker, but I never walk back’ – Abraham Lincoln. The words from the 16th American President left their mark with his...
Jan 302 min read


FAMILY TIES - DIAMOND SEAL
Ella Herbert picks her mare or sire of the week and does a deep dive into their career, lineage and much more. I don’t think that...
Jan 303 min read


SALES REPORT - CHELTENHAM TATTERSALLS JANUARY SALES
Michael Newell looks back at the action in the ring as we saw some hot horses go for even hotter prices in the sales ring after...
Jan 272 min read


HAVING A MARE - Encouraging More Fillies And Mares Into Racing
Seeing women jockeys in racing is becoming a much more familiar sight, though it is still a male-dominated sport. But did you know the...
Jan 213 min read


FAMILY TIES - VALIRANN
It is safe to say that 2024 concluded on a high, at least as far as the jumps racing is concerned. There has been an absolute feast of...
Jan 92 min read


FAMILY TIES - ANNO WHYTE
Lecky Watson’s emphatic success at Naas this week on chasing debut had a nice symmetry to it, given that he finished a...
Dec 18, 20242 min read
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