Brian Sheerin

The Breeze-Up Consignors Association and Arqana have united to ensure there is no repeat of the unsavoury behaviour last month

Aktem will bid to throw down a marker with its first-ever breeze-up sale taking place at Maisons-Laffitte on Wednesday, where 81 juveniles will go under the hammer.

Owner Paul Byrne and trainer Emmet Mullins have launched themselves head first into arguably their most exciting challenge yet with the purchase of recent G3 Gallinule Stakes runner-up Zia Zabel (Ghaiyyath), who the pair will try to make up into a National Hunt stallion.

With just six horses in training in Europe, Shapoor Mistry operates on a scale that is dwarfed by the powerhouse operations – but it has proved no barrier to success for the Indian native who, off the back of a dream fortnight stacked full of important winners, could enjoy his greatest success yet when homebred Thundering On (

Thursday, June 4, 2026 at 5:55 am | Back to: Europe Shared News Europe By Brian Sheerin

Trainer Michael O'Callaghan has opened up about the emotion surrounding the Goodwood success of The Harv (Ten Sovereigns), named in honour of his late friend and business partner John Fleming, who helped source the Royal Ascot-bound juvenile merely hours before his untimely death back in April.

Owner Tony O'Gorman is adamant that Britannia Stakes-bound Bobby McGee (Mayson) is a Group horse in the making and says only “strong money” would see him part with the Noel Meade-trained improver at the Goffs London Sale next week.

It all began with a pretty innocuous suggestion. Little did Craig Bernick know at the time but his mother Carol's plan to go and try to buy some colts instead of concentrating solely on fillies at the breeding stock sales would bear fruit at Royal Ascot less than two years down the line.

Breeze-up handler Brendan Holland, who had open-heart surgery on Tuesday, says watching Libertango win the Albany provided him with “a proper boost”

Henry Beeby has said he is optimistic that the second running of the Goffs Classic Sale will provide the breeze-up fraternity with a positive end to what proved to be a difficult season for so many.