Pattern races abroad could be on the agenda this autumn for back-to-form SHARTASH following his Listed success in Germany on Sunday 5th October. Wathnan Racing’s gelding returned from a three-month break to take the Grosser Sparkassen Familien-Cup over seven furlongs on soft ground at Dusseldorf with Luke Morris in the saddle. Archie says: “It was great to see him back in stakes winning form and I’m delighted for Wathnan Racing. Luke gave him a great ride, everything went smoothly, and…

Victorious Forever’s DUTY FIRST returned to form in Germany when she finished second in a Group 3 in Cologne on 28th September. It was her best performance since her fourth in the Irish 1,000 Guineas in the summer – a performance that followed her Group 3 success in the Fred Darling Stakes at Newbury. Ridden by Hollie Doyle, she raced prominently to finish a length and a half behind the home-trained winner Shootout in the Dingers Gartencenter Koln – Sprint…

SIOUX PERFECT gained her first career success in spectacular style by winning the £100,000 Tattersalls Somerville Auction Stakes at Newmarket on 23rd August. Bought to stay in the yard for just 14,000gns by Archie at the Tattersalls Online Sale only days earlier, the daughter of Sioux Nation produced a strong finish in the six-furlong feature for new owner El Jefe. Wearing blinkers for the first time and switched to the far side at a crucial stage of the race by…

SCARLET MOON opened up his options with an impressive win at Sandown Park at the end of July. Arbib Bloodstock’s three-year-old supplemented the three All-Weather wins he achieved earlier this year with his first success on turf in the capable hands of stable jockey Hollie Doyle. The son of Sea The Moon and Listed winning dam Star Rock saw out the mile and three-quarter trip powerfully to earn a 4lb rise to a new rating of 81 and open up…

The Prix de Cabourg at Deauville has been dominated by top international trainers including Freddy Head, Andre Fabre and Aidan O’Brien in recent years but on Sunday 3rd August Archie Watson joined that illustrious roll of honour. Our tough two-year-old Tadej brought the prestigious Group 3 prize back to Saxon Gate after a resolute performance in the valuable six-furlong sprint. Given a typically strong ride by stable jockey Hollie Doyle, the son of Ardad was headed by market rival Afjan…

SPARTAN ARROW is set to step into Group company after becoming one of three Listed winners overseas for the yard during a productive June. Hambleton Racing’s sprinter graduated from handicaps to win the Prix Hampton at Chantilly, earning rich praise from his rider Hollie Doyle who described him as the fastest horses she’s ever ridden, with the exception of our superstar Bradsell. A winner at Epsom before finishing second in the valuable Dash there at the start of the month,…

Eternal Elixir will be venturing back to Europe after making his well-deserved stakes breakthrough in Italy on Sunday, 29th June. The three-year-old landed the Listed Premio Estate – Memorial Arturo Brambilla over a mile at the San Siro in Milan under a fine ride by stable jockey Hollie Doyle, who had taken another stakes race on our sprinter Spartan Arrow the previous week. Despite a slow start, Eternal Elixir was two and a quarter lengths clear of Endo Botti’s runner-up…

Stable jockey Hollie Doyle hailed SPARTAN ARROW one of the fastest horses she’s ever ridden following his success in Listed company in France on Tuesday, 24th June. Hambleton Racing’s five-year old made a seamless step up in class to win the Prix Hampton at Chantilly for his owners Hambleton Racing, earning glowing praise from his Classic-winning rider. “With the exception of my multiple Group 1 winner Bradsell, Spartan Arrow is easily the fastest horse I’ve ever ridden and I can’t…

Sprinter KYLIAN is set for an international summer after adding a Listed victory to his three handicap wins for the stable in Germany on Sunday, 1st June. Our exciting four-year-old dominated the six-furlong Casino Baden-Baden Silberne Peitsche, justifying favouritism under top international jockey Adrie de Vries. Archie says: “It was fantastic to see Kylian win at this level. He had a great winter on the All-Weather at home and I am delighted for his owner Sheikh Hamed Dalmook Al Maktoum…

TADEJ’S victory in a York novice stakes on Saturday 31st May evoked memories of our sprinting superstar turned stallion Bradsell. The Jinky Farms-owned colt proved too good for his rivals in the Irish Thoroughbred Marketing EBF Restricted Novice Stakes under stable jockey Hollie Doyle to set himself up for a crack at the Group 2 Coventry Stakes at Royal Ascot. She took up the running on the son of Ardad with about a furlong to race, rallying under pressure to…