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WINTER MILLION

Serenading warming the hearts of astute breeders with her progress

Lingfield's Winter Million contender once sold for 525,000gns

BIG LOSS

'We're devastated' - Breeders' Cup winner's dam dies aged 11 while in foal

TWO PRINCES

Twin delight in Sussex as siblings gain quite a following

STUD FEES

Yorton Farm Stud reveals 2022 stud fees as Gentlewave leads the way

ROUTE DES ETALONS

The star stallions and picturesque studs on French stallion trail this weekend

THE BLOODSTOCK BIG READ

'It’s not just a picture in a magazine' - why seeing a sire in the flesh is best

BIRTHDAY BOY

'It's very rarefied stratosphere' - thoroughbred still living high life aged 39

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Foal galleries

FOAL GALLERY

The Racing Post Foal Gallery is back - so please keep firing in your photos!

You can tweet us @rpbloodstock using the hashtag #RPFoalGallery or send by email

Sales News

CATALOGUE OUT

Entries revealed for next week's Tattersalls Cheltenham January Sale

The sale takes place after Trials Day racing next Saturday

TATTERSALLS

Breeding right to Time Test sells for 115,000gns in online auction

GOFFS UK

Goffs UK announces appointment of Bernard Condren as head of sales

AUCTAV

Sale of Shadwell's Purebred Arabian youngsters set for February 2

MAGIC MILLIONS

‘It’s been far from easy but it’s been enormously worthwhile’

MAGIC MILLIONS

Record Book 1 figures Exceed expectations as Fernrigg’s colt Excels

AMERICA

Keeneland maintains momentum as January Sale ends on solid note

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Sires of 2022

DUBAWI

He's no teeny-bopper but incredibly Dubawi might not even have reached his prime

Aisling Crowe on the Darley dynamo whose awesome record just keeps on improving

NEW BAY

The stats and potential stars behind New Bay's breakthrough into European elite

BATED BREATH

Why there is much in store for stalwart Bated Breath this year

NATHANIEL

Nathaniel: why a second wave of top-notchers look on track for 2022

WOOTTON BASSETT

Nap hand of Group 1 winners already but best is yet to come from Wootton Bassett

Interviews

THE BLOODSTOCK BIG READ

'A lot of people said we're mad' - the young team reimagining the stallion game

Aisling Crowe on an Irish Stallion Trail stop-off that's taking a fresh approach

THE BLOODSTOCK BIG READ

Special agents: the amazing family behind King George winners six decades apart

THE BLOODSTOCK BIG READ

'He'll enjoy it' - Exultant homecoming to Ballygallon Stud for Hong Kong legend

THE BLOODSTOCK BIG READ

Meet the family behind a remarkable champion sire and Europe's busiest stallion

THE BLOODSTOCK BIG READ

Ahoy Senor changing times for Dylan fan Don Constable

THE BLOODSTOCK BIG READ

Meet the 'never satisfied' outsider who vowed he'd beat the elite - and did it

THE BLOODSTOCK BIG READ

'Prize-money is ridiculous - but racing is a drug so you have no alternative'

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Best of Bloodstock

BLOODSTOCK JURY

'I don’t think Europe has entirely woken up to him yet' - expert views aplenty

Ed Bethell, Sophie Buckley, Hubie de Burgh, Georgia Cox and Sam Hoskins on duty

EUROPEAN ROUND-UP

Frankel's ascension complete with European and domestic sire titles

YEAR IN REVIEW

From Fasig-Tipton to Fairyhouse: the trades that made the headlines in 2021

YEAR IN REVIEW

Nothing superficial about the most expensive National Hunt horses sold in 2021

YEAR IN REVIEW

The biggest shocks and surprises to hit the world of bloodstock in 2021

RP BLOODSTOCK AWARDS

Best in show: our awards to the sires, mares and breeders who shone in 2021

BIG READ

Named Halo but far from a saint: the shark-eyed stallion who shaped the breed

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Insight

YEAR IN REVIEW

Surprising sire statistics that have helped shape the bloodstock year

A good few sires had a great year but may have gone under the radar nonetheless

SALES ANALYSIS

Who reigned supreme and which sires rewarded shrewd breeders at the foal sales

THE BLOODSTOCK BIG READ

'Godolphin's homebred renaissance? There are two factors - Appleby and Dubawi'

TONY MORRIS

Dubawi leads the way as bloated scheme remains in severe need of a reduction

THE BLOODSTOCK BIG READ

'The long and short of it is they have to win - if they don’t, you're buggered'

SALES ANALYSIS

October Sale - unprecedented levels of demand but reality check at top of market

MARE IN A MILLION

'She's very much the matriarch' - You'resothrilling a true blue hen for Coolmore

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Stallion fees

COOLMORE NH

Mogul joins The Beeches as Coolmore reveals 2022 National Hunt fees

Dual Group 1 winner will begin new career at €4,000

COOLMORE

Wootton Bassett to stand for €150,000 as Coolmore unveils powerful 2022 team

DARLEY

Champion miler Palace Pier introduced for £55,000 at Dalham Hall

JUDDMONTE

Frankel hits new peak of £200,000 after remarkable year from Banstead Manor

CHEVELEY PARK

Cheveley Park Stud announces fees as Twilight Son and Mayson receive increases

IRISH NATIONAL STUD

Lucky Vega and Nando Parrado introduced as Irish National Stud unveils 2022 fees

NATIONAL STUD

Time Test raised to £15,000 as National Stud announces fees for six-strong squad

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Videos & Postcasts

PODCAST

The Irish Stallion Trail: which stallions to watch out for and why

Tom Turner and Aisling Crowe host the latest episode of the Top Lot podcast

PODCAST

Cathal Beale on Irish National Stud stalwart Invincible Spirit and the team

PODCAST

David Redvers on Roaring Lion's legacy and Kameko's fast start at Tweenhills

PODCAST

Jimmy George on the August and Somerville Sales and a look ahead to October

PODCAST

Henry Beeby on the Premier and Orby Yearling Sales and Covid challenges

PODCAST

Galileo tribute and Ed Sackville on sourcing dams of Snow Lantern and Starman

PODCAST

Ross Doyle reveals how to find talent at the sales and reflects on Epsom success

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Galileo

THE BLOODSTOCK BIG READ

The billion-pound horse: measuring Galileo's financial impact on racing

Tom Peacock on a commercial phenomenon the like of which we've never seen before

COOLMORE AFTER GALILEO

How Galileo's superstar daughters will ease painful changing of the guard

HEIR TO THE THRONE

Who possesses the sire power to succeed the great Galileo?

THE BLOODSTOCK BIG READ

'Galileo was the start of it as he was our first Derby winner out of Ballydoyle'

TAKING STOCK

Another year, another champion sire title for the all-conquering Galileo

UNSUNG HERO

Meet the Coolmore stallion man who led Sadler's Wells and Galileo to greatness

Pivotal

DEATH OF A LEGEND

'We've been so blessed to have been part of his life' - Pivotal dies aged 28

Cheveley Park Stud's sire phenomenon retired from stud duties last year

TRIBUTES

One of a kind: the breeding world pays tribute to the mighty Pivotal

GALLERY

The mighty Pivotal and his prolific progeny in pictures

A TRUE GREAT

End of an era as Cheveley Park Stud calls time on Pivotal's stallion career

NANCY SEXTON ON PIVOTAL

Pivotal to Pivotal's success and longevity? Routine, plus a daily dose of honey

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