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Terrific article by @emmacollingsberry.bsky.social
Quite a long read but certainly worth the effort. Mark Johnston comes out of it very well and provides a lot of detail I’d never heard before including the early involvement of John Hills.
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@emmacollingsberry.bsky.social on Sam Sangster.
Comments re Robert Sangster’s silks chime with me. In the late-70s my mum, when making her ITV7 selections, used to ask me to pick out for her those running in green and blue as “they win all the races”.
Thank you.
Very much enjoyed chatting to Lavinia Fabre while in France last week. A winning trainer in her own right after just two runners, she will form a training partnership with her legendary father later this year. Full interview below.
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This year alone, the BEBF has contributed £2m to British racing. It is vital extra funding, made possible by contributions from the stallion studs, supporting the industry from the grassroots up. Honoured to have been asked to take over from Simon.
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‘The weekend's results have served a strong reminder that, at 23, Dubawi remains an incredibly dominant force.’
@emmacollingsberry.bsky.social examines the importance of Dubawi in the pedigrees of the big winners this past weekend.
The ties that bind.
“Having the Sangster colours back in Ballydoyle and winning a Group 1 means a lot to everyone.”
Sam Sangster securing Diego Velazquez to stand in Newmarket will also mean a lot to the team at the National Stud.
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“And it's my first Group 1 winner in those colours. We have been knocking on the door, and it was nice to reverse that,”
'An Incredibly Emotional Moment': National Hero Sangster Delivers G1 Stallion for Newmarket @emmacollingsberry.bsky.social
Bonny Scotland.
“He, at the moment, looks like he has the potential to be the best we've ever had, and we're going to stick with him.”
'We're in it to Own Racehorses and Enjoy Them': Mick Mariscotti on Crack Juvenile Zavateri by @emmacollingsberry.bsky.social
I think he just wanted a free photographer but I was only too delighted to be on official duty for ‘The Raggie’.
To Littleferry.
In Golspie at present where I had my first ‘big break’ when the late Jim Henderson, editor of the Northern Times, took me with him to photograph the opening of the bridge across the Dornoch Firth. Jim was the heart and soul of this place. I wouldn’t be doing what I am now without his encouragement.
Thank you, Paul. Franca is ace.
This was a joy to write. Loved speaking to Franca about this most special of days.
🗣️ "He was a hell of a horse. I'm very lucky to have been around when he was there."
50 years since the Grundy vs. Bustino showdown in the 1975 King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Diamond Stakes and it still thrills Franca Vittadini. TDN's @emmacollingsberry.bsky.social checks in.
John and Dereham, a happy trainer and his happy horse.
"I have never seen a market where there is such depth."
@emmacollingsberry.bsky.social reports from the JRHA Select Sale in Japan where Equinox's first foals led the way, followed closely by Kitasan Black foals, as buyers from all over the world came out in force.
🗣️ "Nearly all the good ones that I've had that have come out early and done well have made very good older horses."
@emmacollingsberry.bsky.social checks in with Rod Millman, who sends out the fast young filly Anthelia in Saturday's £250,000 Weatherbys Super Sprint.
Fresh from her travels to Japan for the Select Sale @emmacollingsberry.bsky.social shares insights from the trip in Seven Days as well as:
🔹 A Bonanza for the Budget Breeders
🔹 Trotting Hot to a Hundred
🔹 Another Egan to Note
Seven Days by @emmacollingsberry.bsky.social : A Photo Finish Like No Other for breeder Marc Ruehl
And
🔹 Delacroix Proves His Worth
🔹 The Wootton Boys
🔹 Palace Pier Emerging
🔹 Looming Threat to British Racing
“As we remember them, it is easy to feel an extra sorrowful pang of 'things ain't what they used to be'.”
Seven Days: Lamenting The Four Horsemen by @emmacollingsberry.bsky.social
“That's why I'm here. A bit of
maintenance and a few Group 1 winners, that will do me.”
Lambourn Dances to the Tune of his Forefathers on a Derby Day to Savour by @emmacollingsberry.bsky.social
I thought it was a terrific effort, particularly on her first trip away from home against two extremely good fillies.
It’s been a special week. Two honest and tough horses, Cloudy Rose and Dereham, winning as they liked at Brighton and Newmarket. These victories, however small, mean the world to us.
“Whether you're partying in the car parks or punting from the comfort of your own sofa, it is an unmissable, stamina-sapping five days.”
Seven Days: A Royal Ascot of Diverse Delights by @emmacollingsberry.bsky.social
🗣️ "To have their support means so much. To think that our little stud can produce a horse who's in training at Ballydoyle."
A big day on the grand stage of #RoyalAscot for the small breeders, from Docklands to Gstaad and American Affair. @emmacollingsberry.bsky.social recaps the day.
"When the call came, I had to double-check that it was Barry on the other end of the phone! When you get those opportunities, you have to take them."
C. Keane, Juddmonte's newly retained jockey, got acquainted with some of their #RoyalAscot-bound horses this morning. @emmacollingsberry.bsky.social
Very interesting from Jeremy, even more so after today’s terrific run from Not-So-Lazy Griff.
🗣️ "He's a Derby winner, by a Derby winner, by a Derby winner. That's pretty extraordinary."
Lambourn, by Australia, by Galileo (and let's not forget Australia's dam, the mighty Ouija Board): an all-the-way Derby winner by almost four lengths.
@emmacollingsberry.bsky.social recaps the Derby.
