Saintly Dancer’s G1 Thousand Guineas victory has capped a remarkable spring for First Light Racing and her breeder Wentwood Grange. The $100,000 yearling purchase has delivered First Light its third consecutive Saturday of Group race success, while Wentwood Grange has produced six black-type 3-year-olds this season, with plenty more runners still to come.

‘Couldn’t get much better’: Saintly Dancer caps strong spring

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Street Boss was hardly an overnight success in Australia, and the family that produced Tempted has always required careful handling. But Godolphin’s patience with both has been spectacularly rewarded, with its Everest-winning mare now the latest champion from a sire line responsible for Winx, Zenyatta and Anamoe.

‘When they’re good, they’re very, very good’: The making of Tempted

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Golden Sixty’s sire Medaglia D’Oro died this week aged 27. Purchased by Darley as a proven sire after Champion filly Rachel Alexandra exploded on the scene, he is the sire of 190 stakes winners, with 31 of them at Group 1 level. 

Vale Medaglia d’Oro: A versatile sire across both hemispheres

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Five Group 1 races made up Champions Day at Ascot on Saturday. A stud career now beckons for Joliestar’s Royal Ascot conqueror Almeraq who won his third Group 1. Ombudsman won the G1 Champion Stakes to add his fifth elite win, while Oaks winner Minnie Hauk was back in the Group 1 winner’s circle. Talk Of New York became another Group 1 winner for Wootton Bassett, and Mount Atlas took out the Long Distance Cup. 

International News: British Champions Day thrillers

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