Tally-Ho bred Ruby's Angel gained a deserved stakes success at Newmarket on Friday when taking the Listed Boadicea Stakes for Hugo Palmer to become the 9th stakes winner for Starman. Owned by Roudee Racing 18, the filly was sold by us at Book 2 of the Tattersalls October Sale through SackvilleDonald. She is a tough performer and a credit to connections, with Friday's success her third in 15 starts for over £140,000 in earnings. Ruby's Angel is a half-sister to winners Gloriou

The first crop Good Guess continue to be well received at auction. Our G1-winning son of Kodiac was represented by five yearlings at Book 1 of the Tattersalls October Sale in Newmarket and each were sold led by our filly out of Mild Illusion, who made 280,000gns to Abdulla Ali Thani. Glenvale Stud's filly out of Fine If sold for 120,000gns to Kerri Radcliffe on behalf of Oliver Humphrey, the same price that Monksland Stables filly out of Barqeyya made to Clinto Franklin (pict

The Tally-Ho bred Miss Yechance turned in an explosive front-running display to land the Group 1 Prix de l'Abbaye at Longchamp for Karl Burke. Taking on older horses, the hardy 3yo filly showed her customary blinding pace to assume a prominent position and despite being pestered throughout, had enough in reserve to fend off the late challenge of the Mehmas filly Shiri. "I've never had a feeling like that, there's no words to describe it really but she does everything herself,

The first crop of Good Guess continued to make a fine impression at Goffs last week. Led by a quartet of six-figure yearlings, our Gr.1-winning son of Kodiac returned an average of €111,715 for seven sold during the Orby Part 1 headed by a €190,000 colt out of Kosalla, the dam of Listed winner Ballymount Boy, who was sold by Ridge Manor Stud to Hill Of Allen Stud (pictured). The BBA Ireland also went to €140,000 for a filly out of Moment Of Truth sold by Egmont Stud while MC

SHAREHOLDER, a brilliant Royal Ascot 2yo, will stand at Tally-Ho Stud in 2027. Owned by Wathnan Racing and trained by Karl Burke, Shareholder was an extremely fast 2yo who went from €460,000 breezer to Gr.2 Norfolk Stakes winner within the space of six weeks. The son of Not This Time was also sharp enough to win his debut, a 5f conditions race at Beverley. “It takes a special 2yo to win at Royal Ascot and Shareholder was brilliant the day he won the Norfolk Stakes,” says Roge

Stakes-placed earlier in the season, Amo Racing's tough filly What A Girl Wants gained a deserved success on Tuesday when successful at Ayr. The Tally-Ho bred filly, who was sold by us at the Tattersalls Somerville Sale, becomes the 24th individual winner for Persian Force. Recent days have been particularly productive for the leading first-crop sire, with the Gr.1 Middle Park Stakes runner-up Force Noir and Listed scorer Topaz heading a flurry of new winners and exciting per

Top Scandinavian sprinter Aphelios continued his excellent season with a win n the Listed Arnfinn Lunds Minneløpmade at Ovreroll on Sunday, landing his 13th stakes win in the process. Kodiac's win machine, who is a credit to owners Hasby Vast and trainer Annike Bye Hansen, won cosily from My Fortune to bag his fourth stakes win of the year following previous successes in the Listed Pramms Memorial, Challenge Stakes and Polar Cup (his third win in the race-). Aphelios joined c

David Ward's wonderful homebred Starman filly Soul Love captured her third stakes win of the year on Sunday when making all in the Group 3 Renaissance Stakes at the Curragh. Trained by Karl Burke and partnered by Pierre-Louis Jamin, Soul Love came into the race having previously won in Listed company at Goodwood and Naas. She was made a 5-2 joint-favourite to break through at Group level on Sunday and duly obliged, fending off the seasoned veteran Big Gossey for a cosy score.

Good Guess was once again in demand at the Tattersalls Ireland September Sale this week, with first yearlings selling for up to €100,000. The filly in question, a half-sister to Listed winner Maria Branwell bred by Rigsdale Stud out of out of the Teofilo mare Princess Pearl, was knocked down to Matt Houldsworth and trainer Jamie Insole. "I just thought she was quality early two-year-old type of filly," said Matt Houldsworth. "I actually bought her half-sister Maria Branwell

Persian Force's golden spell continued on Tuesday as Dream Sea obliged in the mile maiden at Rome. Making his second start for trainer Endo Botti and owner Aurelio Golino, the colt finished fast to win in cosy fashion. He was bred by Frank Fahy out of the Galileo mare Marfa Lights and becomes the 23rd winner for Europe's leading first-crop sire Persian Force. Only on Sunday, he fired in another stakes winner courtesy of Topaz, successful in Listed company in Italy. Other rece

While the past week has shown Persian Force in a good light, not to be outdone is his sire Mehmas, who fired in yet another stakes winner for the year when the Tally-Ho bred Mehmas Air Force captured the Listed Lanwades Stud Stakes at Bro Park on Sunday. Trained by Lennart Reuterskiold, the three-year-old filly asserted late on to win by a length. Per-Anders Gråberg, jockey of Mehmas Air Force, commented: “Going into the last bend I thought I might be a bit too far off, but s

The Tally-Ho sold Topaz capped a brilliant week for her sire Persian Force when striking in the Listed Premio Ubaldo Pandolfi Premio Del Centenario at Rome for Jack Channon on Sunday. Highclere Thoroughbred Racing's tough filly, also a winner at Salisbury this season who was last seen running third in the Tattersalls Somerville Auction Stakes at Newmarket, showed a smart turn of foot to burst through horses and win easily by a length. She joins the impressive Amo Racing-owned

The Tally-Ho-bred Miss Yechance gained a deserved breakthrough at stakes level on Saturday when successful in the Group 3 Dubai International Airport World Trophy at Newbury for Al Leith Racing Club. Taking on older horses, the tough 3yo filly showed her usual customary dash to make all under Jack Nicholls and hold off the seasoned veteran to win by a neck. Now trained by Karl Burke, Miss Yechance now boasts a record of five wins and nearly £170,000 in earnings. “She’s fast a

A highly impressive win by the Tally-Ho bred Salt Lake for Robson de Aguiar at Naas capped another successful day for Persian Force on Thursday. His success was swiftly followed by a deserved win for Crowned in the nursery at Southwell. Salt Lake arrived at Naas having run a promising close second to Monogram at the Curragh. Donagh O'Connor kept it straightforward on the colt this time around, bouncing him out and letting him stride to a near four-length score in a performanc

Find Your Fire justified favouritism to score in good style at Wolverhampton on Tuesday and become the latest winner for Europe's leading first-crop sire Persian Force. The Stuart Williams-trained colt stepped forward from his debut experience to win cosily in the hands of Marco Ghiani. The colt was bred by Con Marnane out of the Kheleyf mare Alissachope. He joins a list of nearly 20 winners for Persian Force; others include the Group 3 Molecomb Stakes heroine Pershaada and G

Following a luckless run in the Group 3 Prix de Lieurey, the rapidly progressive Mehmas filly Braida was able to show her true colours on Thursday with an impressive success in the Listed Prix de la Cochere at ParisLongchamp. The Francis-Henri Graffard-trained filly, who carries the colours of Alain Jathiere and her breeder Khalifa Mohammed Al Attiyah, won easily by just over a length from Ceramic to become the 11th stakes winner so far this year for Mehmas - only last Sunday

A successful Tattersalls Somerville Sale in Newmarket on Wednesday featured a strong performance from the first crop of Good Guess to maintain the positive trend set at the earlier Arqana August and Goffs Premier Sale. Various representatives contributed to our draft, in particular fillies out of Mollie The Moo and Moghamarah who sold for 72,000gns to Peter and Ross Doyle Bloodstock (pictured below) and 62,000gns to Highflyer Bloodstock on behalf of Phil Cunningham. We also s

Classy Mehmas 4yo Diego Ventura added further to his record on Sunday when the gutsy winner of the Group 3 Prix Quincey at Deauville for Wathnan Racing and Hamad Al Jehani. The former Tally-Ho breezer stuck his head down to come out on top in a tight finish under Christophe Soumillon to land his fifth win and second at stakes level. "I was lucky enough to win at Longchamp with this horse a little over a year ago," said Christophe Soumillon. "He performed in much the same way

Many thanks to everyone who supported us at the Goffs Premier Sale in Doncaster this week. We were delighted to end the sale as leading vendor because it's long been an important event for us and we hope that there will many more good horses coming out of our draft this time around! It was great to see the first yearlings by Good Guess so well received. Particularly encouraging was the fact they've gone into good hands, namely Sebastien Desmontils' Chauvigny Global Equine (wh

A productive spell for Persian Force, Europe's leading first-crop sire, continued on Wednesday as My Maria, bred and sold by Tally-Ho Stud, landed a deserved win at Wolverhampton. The Archie Watson-trained filly scored by a half-a-length in the colours of Middleham Park Racing, who purchased her from us at the Tattersalls Guineas Breeze-Up Sale. Out of the winning Kodiac mare Hello Brigette, she becomes the 18th winner for Persian Force, for whom recent days have also feature