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Grade 2 Winner Synchrony To Enter Stud In Brazil

Synchrony, a six-time graded stakes winner, will begin his stallion career at Haras Cima in Brazil, the South American publication Turf Diario reports.

The 7-year-old Tapit horse was retired in September after sustaining a minor injury. Racing as a homebred for Pin Oak Stud, under the shedrow of trainer Michael Stidham, Synchrony won nine of 29 career starts and earned $956,652.

He won two editions of the Grade 3 Fair Grounds Handicap, and he notched additional victories in the G2 Muniz Memorial Handicap and King Edward Stakes, as well as the G3 Red Bank Stakes and Oceanport Stakes. Synchrony also placed in eight other graded stakes races, including the G1 Turf Classic Stakes at Churchill Downs.

Synchrony is out of Pin Oak homebred Brownie Points. A daughter of Forest Wildcat, Brownie Points was a graded stakes winner of eight black type stakes, earning over $950,000. Her best performances included a victory in the G3 Ouija Board Distaff Handicap and a runner-up finish in the G1 Apple Blossom Handicap to Horse of the Year Zenyatta.

In addition to Synchrony, Brownie Points is the dam of graded stakes winner Chocolate Kisses as well as stakes winner Point System.

Synchrony is the second son of Tapit to be exported to Brazil in 2020 to launch his stallion career, following in the footsteps of classic-placed Hofburg.

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Royal Lytham Added To Tattersalls

Last year’s G2 July S. winner and G1 Phoenix S. third Royal Lytham (Ire) (Gleneagles {Ire}) has been added as a wildcard to the Tattersalls December Mares Sale and will be offered as a horse out of training as lot 1508A. The 3-year-old son of the French stakes-winning Gotlandia (Fr) (Anabaa) was unplaced in three runs this year for Aidan O’Brien.

Three other wildcards added to the sale on Thursday include the winning 4-year-old filly Ela Katrina (GB) (Kendargent {Fr}) (lot 1752A), a daughter of the G3 Lancashire Oaks winner and multiple Group 1-placed Ela Athena (GB) (Ezzoud {Ire}) and a half sister to the top stayer Pallasator (GB) (Motivator {GB}).

Jamie Railton offers two wildcards: the winning Facilitate (GB) (Bated Breath {GB}) (lot 1613A), from the family of G1 King’s Stand S. winner Prohibit (GB) (Oasis Dream {GB}) and in foal to Exceed and Excel {Aus}) and Littledidyouknow (Ire) (Due Diligence) (lot 1858A), a winning half-sister to GII Yellow Ribbon H. winner Bodhicitta (GB) (Showcasing {GB}).

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Sovereign Headlines Strong Cast For Friday’s Bahrain International Trophy

Friday's £500,000 (approximately US$591,750) Bahrain International Trophy has drawn a strong cast for the 2020 renewal, topped by 2019 Irish Derby hero Sovereign.

Supplemented at a cost of £10,000, Sovereign will be trainer Aidan O'Brien's first ever runner in Bahrain, and jockey Ryan Moore ships in to ride from post eight in the field of 14.

The Ballydoyle master said: “Sovereign is a strong mile-and-a-quarter horse. He is a very strong galloper who likes to go forward in his races, and we think the Bahrain International Trophy will suit him.”

Racecourse Media Group in partnership with the Rashid Equestrian and Horseracing Club have secured widespread global coverage, and the race will be shown on on Fox Sports in the United States with an approximate post time of 8:00 a.m. Eastern.

Adding further top-level interest on Nov. 20 is the Japanese-trained mare Deirdre (Mitsuru Hashida), whose big wins include last year's Nassau Stakes at Glorious Goodwood.

Other strong contenders include: last year's Queen Anne Stakes winner Lord Glitters representing David O'Meara, dual Canadian International Stakes winner Desert Encounter runs for David Simcock, and Saeed bin Suroor calls on 2019 Jebel Hatta victor Dream Castle.

Barney Roy has suffered a minor setback and will miss the race, but Godolphin will still be doubly represented – with Mark Johnston's Royal Ascot winner Dark Vision joining Dream Castle.

John Gosden saw Turgenev finish second in the inaugural race last year and will be hoping to go one better with Global Giant, who will be ridden by Frankie Dettori for owner HH Shaikh Isa bin Salman Al Khalifa.

Andrew Balding and King Power Racing were sixth with Pivoine in 2019 and are back this year with Bangkok – while Lady Wannabe (Fozzy Stack), Certain Lad (Mick Channon), Pogo (Charlie Hills) and Quest The Moon (Sarah Steinberg) complete the European challenge.

Two spots in the field are guaranteed for locally-trained horses, and the two Bahraini-based contenders are confirmed as Port Lions (Fawzi Naas) and What A Welcome (Hesham Al Haddad).

Shaikh Salman bin Rashed Al-Khalifa, executive director of Rashid Equestrian & Horseracing Club, said: “We are absolutely delighted with the class of horses that we have attracted to this year's Bahrain International Trophy.

“To have five individual Group One winners in the field – compared to only one last year – shows the leap in quality. We are very grateful to the trainers and owners for placing their trust in Bahrain, and we very much look forward to welcoming them.”

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Sir Dudley Digges To Enter Stud In Ontario Following Keeneland November Sale

Sir Dudley Digges, the winner of the 2016 Queen's Plate, will begin his stallion career at the Orangeville, Ontario farm of horseman Cole Bennett after the horse sold for $6,700 Wednesday at the Keeneland November Breeding Stock Sale, Canadian Thoroughbred reports.

The 7-year-old son of Gio Ponti has been dormant since June 2019, bringing an end to a racing career that saw him win seven of 32 starts for earnings of $939,690. His resume is highlighted by a victory in the 2016 Queen's Plate, the first leg of the Canadian Triple Crown. He went on to sixth in the Prince of Wales Stakes in Fort Erie, then he returned to form to run second in the Breeders' Stakes.

A well-traveled runner, Sir Dudley Digges went on in later campaigns to win the Old Friends Stakes at Kentucky Downs, and venture all the way to Barbados to win the 2018 Barbados Gold Cup for owners Ken and Sarah Ramsey.

Bred in Ontario by Bernard and Karen McCormack, Sir Dudley Digges is out of the stakes-winning Kris S. mare My Pal Lana, whose five foals to race are all winners.

Bennett, an owner and trainer, told Canadian Thoroughbred that eligible mares would be allowed to stay and breed at the farm this coming spring with no boarding charges. Plans are also in the works to offer bonuses to 2-year-old maiden special weight winners by the new stallion.