Newgate weekly racing briefWeek ending Friday 16 October 2026
The six most interacted-with stories of the week run from the stewards' room in Britain to the paddocks at home. British riding and whip rules produced two of the biggest talking points, while in Australia Asfoora began her new life as a broodmare and a long-running Magic Millions dispute took another turn.
Conditional jockey Aamilah Aswat has been handed a 20-day ban for using her whip five times above the permitted level at Chepstow. The breach resulted in Reallyntruthfully being disqualified. It is the sixth horse disqualified in Britain this year under the whip rules.
Pedigrees: Reallyntruthfully
Jockey Kieren Fox has been given a ten-day ban after stewards deemed his mount a non-trier in the 7f novice at Wolverhampton on Tuesday evening. The stewards found he had ridden without sufficient vigour.
Graded stakes winner Ewing, a son of Knicks Go, has died in a paddock accident. The horse was being transitioned to a second career at the time of his death.
After more than six years of legal battles, Alligator Blood has been stripped of his 2020 Gold Coast Magic Millions Guineas win for a second time. Racenet's Ben Dorries reported the outcome.
Pedigrees: Alligator Blood
Glen Boss joined Triple M's Mick in the Morning with Roo, Titus and Rosie to preview The Everest and the Caulfield Cup. The audio clip is available via Omny.
Asfoora is back in Australia and settling in at Noor Elaine Farm, with a decision on her covering stallion still to be made in the coming weeks. Retired in August after finishing eighth in the Group 1 Nunthorpe Stakes, she closed a career of 35 starts, 12 wins and three Northern Hemisphere Group 1 victories for Henry Dwyer, and was crowned the 2025 European Champion Sprinter. Stud manager Tim Jackson said she arrived in good order and would have a few days to get some sun on her back. Noor Elaine has also secured Champagne Stakes winner Nepotism, a son of Brutal whose dam Brigite is a half-sister to Black Caviar and full sister to All Too Hard, with Jackson expecting him to cover around 50 to 60 mares at a fee of $13,750 and saying the stud would meet the market.
Pedigrees: Asfoora, Nepotism, Brutal, Brigite, Black Caviar, All Too Hard
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