David Ward, who campaigned Starman to such good effect on the track with Ed Walker, appears to have an exciting daughter of his champion on his hands in Soul Love, who became the sixth first-crop stakes winner for her sire when successul in the Listed Chelmer Fillies' Stakes at Goodwood on Saturday. Partnered by Pierre-Louis Jamin, the Karl Burke-trained filly made her move a furlong out and kept on well to deny Hollywood Treasure by three-quarters of a length. Soul Love won

Lady Blanche continued an excellent week for her sire Persian Force on Wednesday when bolting up in the extended 5f novice at Bath for Karl Burke. Amo Racing's filly, who bred by us out of the Shamardal mare Hawafez, made all the running under David Egan to score by nearly six lengths. She is the second wide-margin winner of the week for Persian Force following Amo's Force Noir, who is Norfolk Stakes-bound for Robson Aguiar after his impressive win at Naas. "She stuck her hea

Amo Racing's Force Noir turned in an extremely impressive display to dominate the 5f maiden at Naas on Monday and become the latest winner for his young sire Persian Force. Having been touched off in the opening 2yo race of the Irish season at the Curragh, Force Noir showed great pace under David Egan to bag the stands rail before quickening clear for a four and a quarter length success for Robson Aguiar. He was named a 'TDN RISING STAR'. "It was straightforward but he's such

Hi Royal, a former high-class European flagbearer for Kodiac, capped a successful season in Bahrain on Friday with an easy win in the Bahrain Gold Cup, a local Grade 1. Now in the colours Al Mohamediya Racing, the 6yo scored under Neil Callan by two-and-a-half lengths from the Kodi Bear 4yo Refreshment to take his earnings past the £300,000 mark. Bred by Rabbah Bloodstock, Hi Royal is out of the Group 1-winning mare Majestic Roi. He was a leading performer for Kodiac back in

Fresh from supplying the top lot at the Goffs Breeze-Up Sale, Mehmas was back in the spotlight again on Thursday thanks to Synaran, the Aga Khan Studs' homebred winner of the Listed Prix du Pont Neuf over 7f at Longchamp. Synaran justified favouritism to land the 16-runner event in cosy fashion for Francis-Henri Graffard by three-quarters of a length from Kozlovskha and become the 49th stakes winner for Mehmas. He is the sixth to emerge out of his 2022 crop, a group which is

The Goffs Breeze-Up Sale in Doncaster belonged to Mehmas on Wednesday. Topped by a colt who dominated proceedings by selling for £880,000, Mehmas fired in five six-figure lots to end the day with an average of approximately £140,000. The £880,000 colt, bought by Anthony Stroud, was the highlight of a successful draft for Tally-Ho Stud, which saw us finish as the sale's leading vendor by aggregate and average (with more than one sold). The colt is a half-brother to Listed winn

The win of Dragon Force capped an excellent day for Persian Force on Wednesday that provided plenty of encouragement for the season ahead. Dragon Force, a first-crop son of Persian Force, made the perfect start to his career for Anoj Don and Daniel MacAuliffe when taking his debut at La Teste for Amy Murphy. The youngster was bred by Anthony Kirwan out of Listed winner Kerasona and is a graduate of the Goffs November Sale. His win followed hot on the heels of a noteworthy day

Best of luck to everyone with their purchases out of this week's Tattersalls Craven Breeze-Up. We were delighted to end the sale as leading vendor, and hope there's another top performer among them. It was a good few days for Mehmas , whose colt out of Superiority was one of the highlights of Wednesday when bought by Richard Brown of Blandford Bloodstock for 550,000gns. “It’s all about the breeze and he did an exceptional breeze," said Brown. "When I saw him the first time, I

A strong start to the European Turf Flat season for Mehmas continued on Tuesday as Afandy ran out the authoritative winner of the Group 3 Prix Djebel at Deauville for owner-breeder Al Shaqab Racing and trainer Jean-Claude Rouget. A winner at Tarbes and Cagnes-Sur-Mer before succumbing by only a head in the Listed Prix de la Californie, Afandy made all in the hands of Cristian Demuro to win by nearly two lengths from Samangan. “I thought he was a good horse two runs ago and la

Tally-Ho breezers were in excellent form on Saturday, notably Navassa Island who landed a deserved stakes success in the Listed Irish Stallion Farms EBF Cork Stakes at Cork. A half-sister to former celebrated Tally-Ho breezer Lezoo , Navassa Island has held good company throughout her career for Michael O'Callaghan, with placings in the Group 3 Prix de Seine-et-Oise and Fillies' Sprint Stakes - when beaten a neck by champion Porta Fortuna - to go with a maiden victory at th

Mehmas was to the fore in Bahrain on Good Friday as Dream Out Loud ran out the easy winner of the Chairman's Cup - a local Grade 1. The 4yo won twice last year for Andrew Balding and has thrived for trainer Jaber Ramadhan in Bahrain this season, winning a further four times in the colours of Hasan Mefarah Alajmi. On Friday, he scored in 5f contest by just over a length from Grand Grey, Dream Out Loud was bred by Mitaab Abdullah out of the Frankel mare Deadline Diva, a winn

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