Gr.1 Prix de la Foret winner Maranoa Charlie has had his first mares scanned in foal. Among the mares carrying to the Prix de la Foret hero are Soft Power, the dam of Group 1-winning juvenile and young sire Ebro River and Bisous Y Besos, the dam of multiple Group scorer and Group 1-placed Oscula. Also in foal to Maranoa Charlie are Eliza Bennet, a half-sister to last year's Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf Sprint runner-up Brussels, and Lady Aria, the dam of Group winners Lady Im

Progeny of Starman and Mehmas were the stars of the show during the opening session of the Goffs February Sale on Wednesday. A Mehmas colt bred by Carol Henley and Hanshen Tham’s Pattern Bloodstock out of the stakes-placed Russian River, by Dandy Man, led the way when sold to us for €220,000. He was offered by Clare Manning’s Boherguy Stud. “ We thought he was a very nice colt and the pedigree is nice also,” Hanshen Tham told the TDN. “The foal sales at Goffs were so strong,

These foals out of Tuileries Garden and Shelton are just two examples of the kind of quality we're seeing so far from the first crop of Big Evs . Pictured below is a filly out of Tuileries Gardens, whose Starman filly Flowerhead ran second in last year's Group 2 Queen Mary Stakes at Royal Ascot. Tuileries Garden is a Champs Elysees mare from the fast family of champion 2yos Pass The Peace and Embassy. Pictured below is a colt out of the high-class Mehmas mare Shelton. Shelto

With a rating of 114 on the 2yo Classifications, Starman 's brilliant daughter Venetian Sun was crowned the leading British-trained 2yo filly of 2025. The Tally-Ho bred, who was bought from us as a yearling by owners Tony Bloom and Ian McAleavy through Todd Investments, was trained by Karl Burke to defeat the colts in the Group 1 Prix Morny having previously landed the Group 2 Duchess Of Cambridge Stakes and Group 3 Albany Stakes. Out of the Iffraaj mare Johara, she is one

Two striking foals from the first crop of King Of Steel have added to a good start to foaling season. The colt pictured below is out of Hairpin, a Bernardini half-sister to Dewhurst Stakes winner Intense Focus. She is the dam of four winners led by the Listed scorer Dadoozdart. He is pictured at only one day old and already looks a strong, quality colt. Here is a King Of Steel half-sister to Spycatcher , a multiple Group 3 winner and Group 1-placed for Karl Burke. Her dam D

Classic-placed Hi Royal bounced back winning form when successful in the Al Dana Cup (sponsored by Al Salam Bank) in Bahrain on Friday. The son of Kodiac boasts some previous smart form for Kevin Ryan, notably when second to Chaldean in the 2,000 Guineas. Sporting the colours of Al Mohamediya Racing and ridden by Neil Callan for trainer Kevin Ryan, Hi Royal won by 3 ¼ lengths from Cloud Seeker. Speaking after the race, jockey Neil Callan said: “To be winning in these colou

Starman is the champion first-crop sire of 2026. With 45 winners sired across Europe, 41 of them in Britain and Ireland, Starman dominated across the standings. There is huge quality among them, starting with our homebred Lady Iman , who got her sire off to the best possible start when landing her debut for Ger Lyons at Dundalk in March. From there, she went on to win the Listed First Flier Stakes, Group 3 EBF Naas Juvenile Sprint Stakes and Group 3 Molecomb Stakes. Lady I

Fresh from a successful debut at the Goffs November Sale, the first foals by Good Guess were again well received at last week's Tattersalls December Foal Sale. His draft was headed by a filly from AM Thoroughbreds who was sold for 100,000gns to Flash Conroy of Glenvale Stud. Bred by W. Maxwell Ervine, she is a half-sister to the American stakes winners Illegal Smile and out of the Iffraaj mare Fine If, a half-sister to Group 2 winner Galeota from the family of Charyn. Good

A Friday evening Dundalk double capped another excellent week for our leading first-crop sire Starman . Final Melody , bred by Emir Alkas, set the ball rolling with a deserved win in the opening 5f nursery for Natalia Lupini. Runner-up on her past three starts, the filly made all for an easy 3-length win. Later in the evening, Tally-Ho breezer Sky Watch got off the mark in the mile maiden for Michael O'Callaghan. She was sold by us to current connections at this year's Goffs

The first foals by Good Guess were quick to make an impact at Goffs this week, selling for up to €150,000 and an average of almost €45,000 . Four of his lots made six figures headed by a colt out of Euthenia who was sold by his breeder Knockartan House Stud for €150,000 to Chauvigny Global Equine. The colt is a half-brother to four winners including the Listed scorer Zweig. Chauvigny Global Equine also went to €105,000 for Roundhill Stud's colt out of Ladywood, sold throu

We are delighted to announce our fees for 2026. MARANOA CHARLIE , brilliant winner of the Gr.1 Prix de la Foret, will stand his first season at €20,000. By the late leading sire Wootton Bassett, Maranoa Charlie was also the wide-margin winner of the Gr.3 Prix Thomas Bryon at two and successful in the Gr.3 Prix Paul de Moussac and Gr.3 Prix Djebel at three.  MEHMAS is unchanged at €70,000 following another outstanding season highlighted by the Gr.1 Middle Park Stakes winner W

Spycatcher 's rich vein of form continued on Saturday when the admirable gelding, a graduate of our breeze-up arm, ran out the easy winner of the Listed Wentworth Stakes at Doncaster. Fresh off a win in the Group 3 Prix de Seine-et-Oise at Saint-Cloud, the seven-year-old powered clear for a near three-length score. “That was brilliant," said trainer Karl Burke. "I just managed to watch it here in Germany and I was delighted. He’s a Group One horse on that ground, he absolute

Dr Omran became the latest stakes-winning graduate of our breeze-up arm when successful in the Group 3 Premio Guido E Alessandro Berardelli at Capannelle. The Palace Pier colt, who won easily by a length, was sold by us at the Tattersalls Ireland Breeze-Up earlier this year to his owner Mahmud Al Mouni. He is trained by Agostino Affe. He joins recent Group 1 winner Powerful Glory and other Pattern race scorers such as Spycatcher, The Strikin Viking and Lao Tzu as current sta

MARANOA CHARLIE TO STAND AT TALLY-HO STUD Son of Wootton Bassett was the brilliant winner of the G1 Prix de la Foret MARANOA CHARLIE , brilliant winner of the G1 Prix de la Foret, has been retired to stand at Tally-Ho Stud. A son of much-missed European Champion Sire elect Wootton Bassett, Maranoa Charlie retires as the winner of six races at two and three years. Trained by Christopher Head, Maranoa Charlie signed off his career for Bond Thoroughbred Limited with an emphatic

The admirable Spycatcher romped in Monday's Gr.3 Prix de Seine-et-Oise at Chantilly, leading home Navassa Island to head a Tally-Ho breezer 1-2 in the valuable 6f event. Bought by John and Jake Warren from us on behalf of Highclere Thoroughbred Racing, the seven-year-old Vadamos gelding now boasts eight wins for Karl Burke; in addition to Monday's Gr.3 success, they include the Group 3 Prix de Meautry, Group 3 Prix de Ris-Orangis and this season's Listed Cammidge Trophy. He

Starman 's excellent run continued on Saturday as his daughter, the Tally-Ho bred Leading Dancer , took the Listed Radley Stakes to cap a quickfire double for the stallion at Newbury. Previously the easy winner of a maiden at Newcastle, the Karl Burke-trained filly showed plenty of determination to overcome the runner-up Caim and score by half a length for Teme Valley and Austin Whelan. Leading Dancer was purchased by Richard Ryan from our draft at last year's Tattersalls So

Mehmas was represented by yet another 2yo stakes winner on Sunday when Victorious Forever's Gaga Mate made a successful raid on the Group 3 Gran Criterium at San Siro in Italy. The George Scott-trained colt ran down the leader Zuender to win going away by nearly two lengths to become the 46th stakes winner for his sire. In the process, Gaga Mate took his earnings to over £130,000. Gaga Mate was bred by John Connaughton out of the winning Truth Prevails, a Siyouni relatio

With a powerful surge down the centre of the track under Jamie Spencer, Tally-Ho breezer Powerful Glory returned to winning ways where it mattered on Saturday, snatching the Group 1 Qipco British Champions Sprint Stakes to become the latest Group 1 winner for his sire Cotai Glory . The colt, who was bred by Con Marnane out of the Kodiac mare Wouldnitbelovely, looked a high-class prospect last season for Sheikh Rashid Dalmook al Maktoum and trained Richard Fahey when taking

The second crop of Starman were in strong demand during the first session of Book 2 of the Tattersalls October Sale on Monday. Not only was he responsible for the session-topper, our homebred 525,000gns filly out of Emirates Queen who was bought by Amo Racing, but also a colt out of Deep Impression who was sold by his breeder Pier House Stud for 360,000gns to Justin Casse/Amo Racing. A filly consigned by Harry Dutfield also made 290,000gns to Amo Racing. Speaking after si

Another big-race result came the way of leading first-crop sire Starman on Friday as Astrazar - appropriately trained by Ed Walker -...