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Turner Confirmed For Dubai Duty Free Shergar Cup

The 20th running of the Dubai Duty Free Shergar Cup will feature veteran reinswoman Hayley Turner, Ascot announced on Tuesday. Turner, who has won the Alistair Haggis Silver Saddle in 2018 and 2019, is the leading jockey in the history of the event with 297 points from 13 appearances.

Turner said, “I'm excited that the Dubai Duty Free Shergar Cup is around the corner. It's one of my favourite days of the year. The girls team is always strong and we get lots of supporters which is great. It's going to be fun!”

Slated for Aug. 7, the full make-up of the teams will be revealed in due course, with a different line up than in past years due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Great Britain and Ireland will be split into two teams for the first time since 2011. There will also be a Ladies' team and a Rest of the World team, but the latter will likely be made up of European jockeys only due to ongoing travel restrictions. New for this edition, Each of the 12 riders will sport a different coloured cap. Cerise and black silks will represent the Ladies' team, blue and black are the colours of Great Britain, Ireland will have green and black silks and the Rest of the World team will bear yellow and black silks.

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2021 Class of Godolphin Flying Start Graduates

The 2021 class of Godolphin Flying Star graduated via Zoom on Friday, July 2. The 12 graduates were presented with their diplomas virtually by Godolphin Flying Start graduate and Godolphin Flying Start Trustee Lisa-Jane Graffard. The dozen new graduates are: Lowri Allen (UK), Joseph Bradley (Ireland), Julie Witt (USA), Niamh O'Brien (Ireland), Rachel Wade (USA), Arvin Chadee (UK), Victoria Canessa (Argentina), Marie Rohaut (France), Toshihiro Onikubo (Japan), Emma Coleman (Ireland), Oswald Wedmore (UK) and Caitlin Smith (Australia). Both Lowri Allen and Emma Coleman achieved the joint highest grades among the 2021 graduating group and also received Distinction awards.

“In August 2019, the 12 scholarship recipients for that year's programme arrived at Kildangan full of excitement, energy and anticipation,” said GFS Executive Director Clodagh Kavanagh, who opened the programme. “There are few life experiences as all-encompassing, as varied and as sustained as the two years of Godolphin Flying Start. As very many graduates have said, it is truly life changing. I encourage the class that are graduating today to be active participants in alumni events and to contribute to the thoroughbred industry above and beyond their own careers.”

Added Godolphin Ireland Managing Director and Trustee of Godolphin Flying Start Joe Osborne, “On behalf of the global Godolphin team I congratulate this graduating class and wish them success and encouragement for their futures in the thoroughbred industry. Godolphin Flying Start will now have 201 graduates of the programme, a large milestone.”

“We have had the most unorthodox experience in the 18-year history of the program, yet it is one that we would not exchange,” said UK trainee Arvin Chadee. “At a time when people's lives were sent into turmoil through lockdowns, social distancing, and furlough, I was one of 12 fortunate individuals who still managed to travel, gain incredible practical and theoretical experience, and develop personally and professionally. This was due to the resilience of the Thoroughbred industry, the fortitude of the Godolphin Flying Start management team, and the generosity of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed.”

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Windsor July 12 Fixture Axed, Lingfield Added

The July 12 meeting at Windsor has been cancelled due to heavy rain by the Windsor Racecourse Executive and the BHA's Racecourse Inspectorate on Tuesday. In addition, Lingfield Park has been added to the fixture list for the same day.

Sophie Candy, Clerk of the Course at Windsor Racecourse said, “Following racing on Monday evening on soft, heavy in places we have had another 21mm rain overnight at Windsor and the track is now unraceable. Having raced recently on a combination of soft to heavy ground, current conditions, and the forecast for the week ahead, the decision has been made to move next week's fixture to allow the track further recovery time. We would like to thank BHA and the NTF for their support in facilitating this move which has been done in the interests of all participants.”

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Arqana August Yearling Catalogue Revealed

The Arqana August Yearling Sale features a catalogue of 355 blue-blooded colts and fillies as it returns to its regular slot in the calendar from Aug. 14-16 in Deauville. The first two days will begin at 5:30 p.m. and the final day, Monday, will start at 1 p.m. The sale has produced many stakes winners over the years including G1 Qatar Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe hero Sottsass (Fr) (Siyouni {Fr}), and fellow Group 1 winners Skalleti (Fr) (Kendargent {Fr}), Sealiway (Fr) (Galiway {GB}), Wonderful Tonight (Fr) (Le Havre {Ire}), and Uni (GB) (More Than Ready) among others.

In 2021, the catalogue boasts 19 siblings or half-siblings to Group 1 winners, and in Part I of the sale, over half of the yearlings selected are out of black-type mares and a quarter of the yearlings are siblings or half-siblings to group winners. Some of the best European and international sires are represented including: Galileo (Ire) (4), Dubawi (Ire) (7), Frankel (GB) (8), Kingman (GB), Invincible Spirit (Ire) (2), Siyouni (Fr) (22), Wootton Bassett (GB) (18), Dark Angel (Ire) (2), Camelot (GB) (8), Fastnet Rock (Aus) (1), Iffraaj (GB) (2), Kendargent (Fr) (2), Kodiac (GB) (11), Le Havre (Ire) (9), Lope De Vega (Ire) (11), Mehmas (Ire) (1), Night Of Thunder (Ire) (4), No Nay Never (10), and Sea The Stars (Ire) (12).

International sires are sprinkled throughout the catalogue, with some of the yearlings by such sires as American Pharoah (4), Kitten's Joy (2), American Pharoah (4), Into Mischief (1), Ghostzapper (1), Justify (1), Medaglia d'Oro (1), More Than Ready (1), and Lord Kanaloa (Jpn) (1). First-season sires are also well represented, with lots by the late Arrogate (1), Cloth Of Stars (Ire) (8), Cracksman (GB) (10), Harry Angel (Ire) (6), Mendelssohn (1), Roaring Lion (8), Saxon Warrior (Jpn) (8), Sioux Nation (1), US Navy Flag (4) and Zoustar (Aus) (6).

One of the choicest lots is lot 120, a filly by Galileo who is a half to G1 Epsom Derby hero Wings of Eagles (Fr) (Pour Moi {Ire}) offered by Haras de Montaigu. There is also another Galileo filly, consigned by Ecurie des Monceaux, who is a half-sister to Group 3 winner and dual Group 1-placed mare Wind Chimes (GB) (Mastercraftsman {Ire}) (lot 56); and a Galileo colt out of Wind Chimes herself as lot 114 from the Haras des Capucines draft. The Coulonces consignment offers the final Galileo in the sale, lot 166, a half-sister to two-time group winner Besharah (Ire) (Kodiac {GB}), who also ran third in the G1 Cheveley Park S.

Lot 16, is an Elevage de Tourgeville-consigned half-sister by Frankel to G1 Prix Marcel Boussac scorer Lily's Candle (Fr) (Style Vendome {Fr}). Also selling are: a daughter of South African champion Just Sensual (SAf) (Dynasty {SAf}) by Frankel as lot 27 from Arcadia Elevage; Haras de Colleville's lot 31, a sister to Group 1-winning 2-year-old, Sealiway (Fr) (Galiway {GB}); lot 41, a colt by Frankel who is a half-brother to European champion Rip Van Winkle (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}) from La Motteraye Consignment; lot 94, a Normandie Breeding-consigned Recorder (GB) half-sister to dual Group 1 winner Wonderful Tonight (Fr) (Le Havre {Ire}); G1 French 1000 Guineas winner Dream and Do (Ire) (Siyouni {Fr})'s Ribchester (Ire) half-sister (lot 111) from the draft of Haras du Logis Saint Germain; lot 117, a Dubawi filly consigned by Haras de l'Hotellerie who is a half sister to G1 Criterium de Saint-Cloud winner Wonderment (Ire) (Camelot); a half-sister by Kingman (lot 142) to G1 Poule d'Essai des Pouliches winner Beauty Parlour (GB) (Deep Impact {Jpn}) from Baroda Stud; lot 149, a Coulonces-consigned full-brother by Kitten's Joy to Group 1 winner Henley's Joy; lot 148, a daughter of Dubawi out of G1 E.P. Taylor S. winner Blond Me (Ire) (Tamayuz {GB}) from La Motteraye Consignment; an Ecurie des Monceaux-consigned Siyouni filly (lot 133) who is a half-sister to G1 Prix Jean-Luc Lagardere hero National Defense (GB) (Invincible Spirit {Ire}); and lot 156 presented by Ecurie des Monceaux, a Kingman half-brother to Group 1 winners Jakkalberry (Ire) (Storming Home {GB}), Crackerjack King (Ire) (Shamardal), and Awelmarduk (Ire) (Almutawakel {GB}).

In 2020, the sale was moved to Sept. 9-11 and re-named the Deauville Select Sale due to the COVID-19 pandemic. A total of 306 yearlings (73.5%) found new homes and grossed €37,137,500. The average was €121,364 and the median was €70,000. Back in 2019, the sale grossed €42,789,000, with 75% or 228 yearlings sold. The average was €187,671 and the median came in at €125,000.

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