Deputy European Editor @theTDN, previously @SportingLife/@Timeform. HWPA Racing Writer of the Year nominee 2022. All views are my own.
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Easily the most enjoyable feature I’ve ever done. On the eve of the Nunthorpe, here’s the story of the popular dual winner who also happens to be my favourite racehorse of all time, Borderlescott.
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Slowly getting back to normality after an amazing fortnight in the US, meeting colleagues, experiencing my first Breeders' Cup and getting to know Lexington.
Very grateful to all at @theTDN for the opportunity 🇺🇸
(📸 Benvenuto Cellini, Flightline, Justify & Sovereignty)
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🗣️ “Aidan has been telling me this is a Breeders' Cup horse for quite a long time.”
@hought94 reports from Keeneland as he reflects on the success of GI Breeders' Cup Turf winner Benvenuto Cellini, Notable Speech’s final race, and plenty more.
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🗣️ "It's hard to know where the bottom is for her."
With this fourth top-level victory in the GI Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf, Sun Goddess now exists on a different plane to her predecessors at Ballydoyle, at least those of her own sex. @hought94
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“Just to be here is brilliant and to add a Breeders' Cup winner to the list would be lovely.”
TDN’s @hought94 checks in with jockeys Billy Lee, Dylan Browne McMonagle, and Mikey Sheehy ahead of the @BreedersCup.
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🗣️ “He knows this gig better than I do. He just goes out there and does it for you.”
@hought94 reports from Keeneland as he checks in with Charlie Appleby on Notable Speech, Andrew Balding on Blue Bolt, and @GraffardRacing on Amusingly.
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☀️ Outstanding juvenile Sun Goddess (Sioux Nation), many people's idea of the European banker at the 2026 Breeders' Cup, remains at the peak of her powers, according to trainer Aidan O'Brien.
TDN’s @hought94 reports from Keeneland. #BC26
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According to the Return of Mares, which has been published by @weatherbysltd, 84 different stallions in Britain and Ireland covered a three-figure book of mares in 2026. @hought94 takes a closer look at the numbers.
Read more ⤵️
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👉 Saturday's G1 The TAB Everest: 12 of the finest sprinters on the planet will enter the stalls for the world's richest turf race, with none finer than the defending champion and Hong Kong superstar that is Ka Ying Rising.
@hought94 has the preview.
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Timeform's Top Juveniles: Sept. 14-Oct. 11 💨
TDN's @hought94 has the rundown.
5⃣ Capability Brown
5⃣ Noble Exhibit
5⃣ Pirate Anne Bonny
3⃣ Jesus Green
3⃣ Salt Lake
2⃣ Sharadd
1⃣ Bengal Tiger
Sire: No Nay Never @coolmorestud
Trainer: Aidan O'Brien
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🗣️ “I think it's a good Book 2 – there's a bit of everything for everyone.”
Ahead of the @Tattersalls1766 Book 2 Yearling Sale @hought94 spoke to the team at Hascombe & Valiant about their graduates and draft. thoroughbreddailynews.com/no…
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👉 Newmarket plays host to the pick of the two-year-old action this weekend, but what clues can we learn from Royal Ascot?
▪️ Albany form more than holding its own
▪️ Are the fillies better than the colts?
@hought94 takes a closer look...
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Blimey, this made me cry. Such a beautifully written piece by @hought94 on racing pilgrims still making their way to see the great Frankel.
Just terrific that @JuddmonteFarms make this happen for @DiscoverNMKT and EACH.
The power of the horse.
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Timeform's Top Juveniles, catching up with the best of the 2yo action in Britain/IRE: Aug. 31-Sept. 13. @hought94
4⃣ Al Jabbar
4⃣ Burning Up
4⃣ Marco Polo
4⃣ Perfect Strike
2⃣ Flying Pirate
2⃣ Lex Victoria
1⃣ Sharadd
Sire: Dark Angel @YeomanstownStud
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💨 Timeform's Top Juveniles, catching up with the best of the 2yo action in Britain/Ireland, for Aug. 17-30. @hought94
5⃣ Minster Man
5⃣ Monogram
5⃣ Pikachu
3⃣ Atlantic Bridge
3⃣ Benjamin Hornigold
2⃣ Darkness Falls
1⃣ Timeless Tale
Sire: Sioux Nation
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🗣️ "The breeder, the pedigree, everything about her is just fabulous."
Paul McCartan's Blue Point filly smashed the record price for #TattsSomerville at 190,000gns. @Ker_Radcliffe struck the winning bid.
@hought94 has the recap. @Tattersalls1766
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🗣️ "We've had 42 Group- or Listed-placed horses come out of this sale in the last three years...a good indication of the quality that you can come and buy here."
@hought94 has the preview ahead of the #TattsSomerville Yearling Sale. @Tattersalls1766
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🇺🇸 BACIO (Maclean’s Music) and his team walk back to the racecourse stables with pride following the colt’s tremendous performance in Friday’s G1 Coolmore City Of Troy Nunthorpe Stakes at @yorkracecourse.
Finally, Wesley Ward gets his Nunthorpe winner!
🎥: @hought94
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🙌🏻 The Timeform rankings return to highlight the top-rated maiden/novice winners in Britain and Ireland from the last fortnight (August 3-16), including a new 'TDN Rising Star' and a Kodi Bear colt with a poignant backstory. thoroughbreddailynews.com/ti…
