Looking forward to the Dubai Duty Free Irish Derby on Sunday. Following events at Epsom, the mile and a half division among the 3yo colts is, in the words of Brian Moore "all up for grabs."
Raaheeb definitely adds to the race, as my colleague Liam Headd reports.
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Diamond Necklace heads a field of 11 for Sunday’s €1m Prix de Diane Longines.
Evolutionist - Foley
Moments Of Joy - Lordan
Habibi - Demuro
Evita - Soumillon
Pink Panthera - Piccone
Esna - J Doyle
Inis Mor - Murphy
Diamond Necklace - R Moore
Felicitas - Shoemark
Green Spirit - Guyon
Lilt - Marquand
Auction house Arqana has announced former trainer Richard Gibson as their International Client Relations Director.
Gibson enjoyed great success when based first in Chantilly and later Hong Kong, training the likes of Doctor Dino, Lune D'Or, Akeed Mofeed and Gold-Fun.
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The rest of the family have just got into a taxi to take them off on their travels down south. Leaving me home alone for the rest of the weekend. 20 years ago I'd be planning all sort of crazy nonsense in their absence but now I'm just thinking about cooking a slightly complicated risotto.
My colleague Catherine Macrae writes there will be something of the "French Touch" - by way of Florida - next week at Royal Ascot, as Patrick Biancone prepares to run Celtic Dispute in the Queen Mary. Went close with Lennilu in the same race 12 months ago.
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The Prix de Diane Longines is now down to 11 likely runners, with the departure of Concorde Agreement meaning there will be only four French fillies in the lineup.
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Daryz and more: Francis Graffard talks us through some of the stable stars who will be heading to Royal Ascot next week.
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Dispatches went some way to justifying her entry for the Qatar Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe, taking the Listed Prix Melisande in decisive style under Maxime Guyon for #Juddmonte and trainer André Fabre. By Frankel out of an unraced Dansili half-sister to Byword.
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35 years on from his blistering defeat of Subotica by 4 lengths in the Prix du Jockey Club, Suave Dancer is master of all he surveys at Longchamp
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Diamond Necklace joins an historic group to have won the Prix Marcel Boussac, the Poule d'Essai des Pouliches and the Prix de Diane.
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