Nigel Hawke’s Thorne Farm Racing Blog 08 August 2017
Nigel Hawke’s Thorne Farm Racing Blog 08 August 2017 It has been a quiet week here at Thorne Farm with no jump racing but there’s lots going on in the yard. All of the horses are back in and are big and fat, it’s going to be a hard couple of months...
Nigel Hawke’s Thorne Farm Racing Blog 21 July 2017
Nigel Hawke’s Thorne Farm Racing Blog 14 July 2017 We started with a bit of a bad day at Worcester on Tuesday, Atlantic King whipped around at the start and ended up unfortunately not taking part. Sadly these things can happen at the races and it’s no...Nigel Hawke’s Thorne Farm Racing Blog 14 July 2017
Nigel Hawke’s Thorne Farm Racing Blog 14 July 2017 Pomme did us proud! Last Sunday was a good day as the ever promising Pomme showed everyone what she has been showing us for a while, she cruised along in front jumping well and won as she liked. Watching that...Nigel Hawke’s Thorne Farm Racing Blog 07 July 2017
Nigel Hawke’s Thorne Farm Racing Blog 07 July 2017 All back to normal after last week, the funeral was massive and fifteen hundred people turned out to pay their respects. People from all walks of life came, the boss will be sadly missed. We had two runners at...
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- Tattersalls August Catalogue Released Online August 8, 2022The catalogue for the Tattersalls August Sale, which takes place on August 31, is now online and can be viewed at www.tattersalls.com. A total of 360 lots will be on offer, comprising 246 colts and geldings in and out of training and 107 fillies in and out of training as well as six broodmares. This […]The TDN
- Coast to Curragh Charity Cycle Takes Place On August 27 August 8, 2022The Coast to Curragh charity cycle will be run for a second year in aid of Cancer Trials Ireland on Saturday, August 27, where the legendary Pat Smullen will be remembered on the day. The Curragh have dedicated the August 27 fixture to the nine-time Irish champion jockey and the racecourse chief Brian Kavanagh revealed […]The TDN
- Group 1-Winning Trainer Harry Dunlop Announces Decision To Quit August 8, 2022Group 1-winning trainer Harry Dunlop has announced that he will quit training at the end of this season. Just over a week after established handler Joe Tuite walked away from the profession due to financial difficulties, Dunlop has revealed that he is exiting the training ranks for the same reason. Dunlop's career highlight came when […]The TDN
- Classic Deauville Debut For Blue Diamond Stud August 8, 2022Blue Diamond Stud is by no means a new name in the industry, and it has been in the news plenty this season courtesy of the dual Group 1 winner Nashwa (GB) (Frankel {GB}), but where it has not been seen before is on the list of yearling consignors. That changes this week with the […]Emma Berry
- Seven Days: Who Bears Wins August 8, 2022'Industry heavyweights' seems to have been the buzz phrase of the last few weeks, and we have a few of those in our long-running 12-to-follow competition organised by my husband every Flat and National Hunt season. Those competing this summer include several leading Irish stud masters, bloodstock agents, trainers, breeders, sales company executives, and the […]Emma Berry
- Blow For Watson As Bradsell Ruled Out For The Season With Injury August 8, 2022Bradsell (GB) (Tasleet {GB}), the brilliant G2 Coventry S. winner, has been ruled out for the rest of the season after picking up an injury in the G1 Phoenix S. at the Curragh on Saturday. Sent off favourite in that race, Bradsell stumbled leaving the stalls under Hollie Doyle and could only manage fourth behind […]The TDN
- Bernardini Filly Prevails in Battle of the Bafferts August 7, 20226th-Del Mar, $81,500, Msw, 8-7, 2yo, f, 5f, :58.69, ft, 1 1/2 lengths. FAST AND SHINY (f, 2, Bernardini–Spotted Heart {SW, $167,692}, by Lion Hearted) got the better of a final-furlong tussle with the better-fancied and commonly owned Doinitthehardway (Street Sense) under a cerebral ride from Florent Geroux. They lined up three across the track […]The TDN
- Team Godolphin Goes One Better Again in Saratoga Oaks August 7, 2022The powerful team of owner/breeder Godolphin, trainer Charlie Appleby and jockey William Buick celebrated a second lucrative victory over the Saratoga turf in as many days as With The Moonlight led home a one-two finish for her sire in the GIII Saratoga Oaks Invitational Sunday. Having finished second to re-opposing McKulick (GB) (Frankel {GB}) in […]The TDN
- Pretty In Pink: A Mendelssohn Rising Star at Saratoga August 7, 2022e Five Racing Thoroughbreds' Pink Hue (f, 2, Mendelssohn–Involved, by Speightstown) was a bit short of running room when push was about to come to shove in Sunday's sixth race going two turns over the Saratoga turf course, but once the daylight came, the $310,000 Keeneland September graduate went through her gears and ran up […]Alan Carasso
- From Ten Sovereigns To Waldgeist – The First Season Sires To Note At Arqana August 7, 2022This is the week where the first serious claims are staked for future bragging rights in the stallion ranks and the season's hopes and waffle that goes with first-season sires are cast aside as the market provides some shape and substance. There seems to be a strong whiff of No Nay Never in the air […]Brian Sheerin
- Curlin Filly All The ‘Rage’ On Saratoga Debut August 7, 20225th-Saratoga, $105,000, Msw, 8-7, 2yo, f, 7f, 1:25.36, ft, neck. RAGING SEA (f, 2, Curlin–Stormy Welcome, by Storm Cat), allowed to drift from a 5-1 morning line to jump at a dime short of 7-1, locked horns with favored Peace Cruiser (Violence) entering the final furlong of a seven-furlong maiden and fought on to prevail […]The TDN
- Week in Review: Is Classic Best Fit for Life Is Good? August 7, 2022'TDN Rising Star' Life Is Good (Into Mischief) got the job done Saturday in the GI Whitney S. at Saratoga, which probably means that a start in the GI Breeders' Cup Classic is on his schedule. The Whitney was a “Win and You're In” race for the Classic and has traditionally been one of the […]Bill Finley