Godolphin has moved early on Britain's youngest champion jockey in more than a century, signing Billy Loughnane to the royal blue alongside William Buick. Closer to home, Chris Waller will inherit two of Joseph O'Brien's spring team, while Ciaron Maher is already thinking about Royal Ascot for Point Of Law. Keeneland's November sale also opened with 23 seven-figure lots.
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Godolphin has appointed 20-year-old champion jockey Billy Loughnane as a retained rider, with chief operating officer Hugh Anderson describing him as the most exciting young jockey riding in Europe. Loughnane will formally start at the Dubai Carnival in December 2026, with William Buick continuing as the operation's other retained jockey. The rider won the 2,000 Guineas, St James's Palace Stakes and Sussex Stakes on Bow Echo this year, took the Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf Sprint on Libertango, and recorded his first Group 1 win on Godolphin's Rebel's Romance last year. Anderson said Godolphin had moved early in part to secure him before others could, and that the riding hierarchy would be settled as the seasons develop.
Pedigrees: Bow Echo, Libertango, Rebel's Romance
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Former Melbourne Racing Club chairman John Kanga has nominated for a seat on the Victoria Racing Club board at the November 2026 elections. Kanga resigned from the MRC chairmanship before last year's Caulfield Cup Carnival. The report was written by Gilbert Gardiner for Racenet.
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Melbourne Cup runner James J Braddock and Champions Stakes contender Omni Man will stay in Australia and join Chris Waller once Joseph O'Brien's spring campaign concludes. O'Brien stable representative Kevin Blake confirmed the move on Wednesday's episode of Giddy up with Gareth, hosted by James J Braddock part-owner Gareth Hall. James J Braddock contested Tuesday's Melbourne Cup for O'Brien, ridden by Craig Williams from barrier 24. Omni Man remains in work and is set to run in Saturday's Group 1 Champions Stakes at Flemington before the stable transfer.
Pedigrees: James J Braddock, Omni Man, Point Of Law
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Twenty-three lots made seven figures as Keeneland's nine-day November Breeding Stock Sale opened on Tuesday, with Coolmore's MV Magnier and Peter Brant's White Birch Farm spending a combined $4.4 million on two lots. They paid $3.1 million for Grade 2 Valley View Stakes winner Admit, a Claiborne Farm homebred by Blame sold in foal to Life Is Good, and $1.3 million for the Justify weanling brother to 2,000 Guineas winner Ruling Court. Magnier said the colt would be brought home next year and go to Ballydoyle. The session was topped by Grade 2 winner Quietside, who sold for $5.2 million to Peter and Bonnie McCausland's Erdenheim Farm Thoroughbreds carrying her first foal, by Nyquist, making her the year's most expensive mare at auction in North America.
Pedigrees: Admit, Ruling Court, Quietside
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Ciaron Maher has said it would be a dream to target the Gold Cup at Royal Ascot with Melbourne Cup winner Point Of Law. The trainer said it would not surprise him if the horse raced in the best races around the world.
Pedigrees: Point Of Law
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The Michigan Gaming Control Board has added fixed-odds horse racing to the state's approved sports wagering catalog, effective 30 October 2026, allowing licensed online sportsbooks to offer racing markets where the displayed price is locked in at the time of the bet. MGCB executive director Henry Williams said bettors wanted the same locked-in odds experience they are used to with sports betting. The existing pari-mutuel model remains in place, and standard sportsbook consumer safeguards, including operator licensing, responsible gaming tools and age and residency verification, will apply to racing bets.
