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RACEHORSE AND STALLION MOVEMENTS AND RETIREMENTS American Pharoah US Triple Crown and Breeders’ Cup Classic winner retires from the racecourse and enters Coolmore’s Ashford Stud in Kentucky, with his fee set at $200,000.
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Brilliant miler, top class at two and a dual Guineas winner this year, will join his sire Galileo at Coolmore Stud in 2016.
Mull Of Kintyre’s son, a half-brother to this year’s dual Group 2 winner Adaay, will stand at Batsford Stud in Gloucestershire next year.
Treve Outstanding mare, dual winner of the Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe, leaves Criquette HeadMaarek’s stable for Haras de Bouquetot in Normandy.
Fast Company Sire of Group 2 winner Baitha Alga moves from Rathasker Stud in County Kildare to Overbury Stud in Gloucestershire.
Fountain Of Youth Group 3-winning sprinter by Oasis Dream is recruited to the roster at Bearstone Stud in Shropshire; his fee is £5,000.
Karakontie Son of Bernstein, winner of three Group 1s for the Niarchos family including the Breeders’ Cup Mile, will stand first season at Gainesway Farm in Kentucky.
PEOPLE OBITUARIES Rory MacDonald 66 Chief Executive of the British Racing School for 22 years, he was awarded an OBE for his work and was also a trustee of Retraining of Racehorses.
Tim Bell 22 Australian jockey, Brisbane champion in 2013-14, dies in non-racing related accident in Singapore.
Pat Eddery 63
Trevor Clements 51
Outstanding jockey, winning 11 championships, 14 British Classics and four Arcs (tribute pages 13-17).
Racing Editor of The Sun from 2004 until 2014, he ghosted columns for John Francome and Barry Dennis.
Michael Hinchliffe 78
Frank Lyon 74
Trained Cutting Wind to win the 1984 Free Handicap, later acted as chauffeur for Lester Piggott and transported horses for the Queen.
Owner of Summer Wind Farm in Kentucky, home to American Pharoah’s dam Littleprincessemma and Storm The Stars’ dam Love Me Only.
Heinz Harzheim 78
Harry Ormesher 81
Former champion amateur rider who took over running of Gestut Bona from his father, producing Group 1 winners such as Salomina.
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Ex-professional photographer who bred Sir Percy, winner of the Derby in 2006, having purchased dam Percy’s Lass for 28,000 guineas.
Prince Gibraltar Son of Rock Of Gibraltar, a Group 1 winner at two and four, will retire to Haras de la Reboursiere et de Montaigu in 2016; his fee is €5,000.
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Roderic O’Connor relocates from Ballyhane Stud in County Carlow to the National Stud in Newmarket, where he will stand at a fee of £9,000. Bridge House Stud in County Westmeath secures Showcasing’s son Cappella Sansevero for 2016, when his fee will be €4,500. Xixixi, a winning halfbrother to US Triple Crown and Breeders’ Cup Classic hero American Pharoah, will stand for $5,000 in Pennsylvania. Black Sam Bellamy’s son Earl Of Tinsdal, a three-time Group 1 winner, will stand his first season at Gestut Helenenhof in Germany at €4,000. High-class sprinter/miler Aljamaaheer, a Group 2-winning son of Dubawi, is retired to stand at Tara Stud in County Meath next year, when his fee will be €4,000. Dualpurpose stallion Papal Bull relocates from Coolagown Stud in Ireland to L’Elevage Detouillon in France. Ultra-popular stayer Red Cadeaux is retired aged nine after Ed Dunlop’s stable star sustained a fetlock injury in his fifth Melbourne Cup appearance.
HORSE OBITUARIES Piccadilly Circus 20 Daughter of Royal Academy produced Fastnet Rock, a dual Group 1 winner and leading stallion for Coolmore.
Hard To Figure 29 Grand sprinter, winner of the 1993 Ayr Gold Cup; bred and owned by James Mursell, he won every year between the ages of two and 11.
Defy Logic 8 Grade 1-winning chaser for the Paul Nolan stable in 2013, the trainer described the fragile Flemensfirth gelding as one of the best he trained.
Valid Expectations 22 All-time leading sire in Texas, his highest rated performer being Saratoga County, winner of the 2005 Group 1 Golden Shaheen in Dubai. THOROUGHBRED OWNER & BREEDER INC PACEMAKER