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Middle Club in the swing of it at Chantilly.

Richard Hannon's Middle Club completed a successful cross channel raid when landing this afternoon's Group 3 Prix D'Aumale at Chantilly.

The filly took it up at the start of the home straight, and always had enough in hand to hold off Andre Fabre's Baahama by a head, with the front two finishing well clear of their rivals.

Mac Love may head to Germany.

With three Group 3 successes already this season, including last Saturday's first ever win over ten furlongs in Goodwood's Select Stakes, eight year old Mac Love is having his best ever season, and trainer Stef Liddiard would like it to end with a Group 2 success over a mile at Cologne on 27 September. Commenting on Mac Love's remaining plans for this season, Liddiard said,

"He has been fantastic this year, and we would like him to have the opportunity to score a Group 2 win in Germany, but if the ground in Cologne is soft, he will probably be rested for the remainder of the season, and we will bring him back for another go at winning some more pattern races next year."

Go Native to have early return to action.

According to trainer Noel Meade, the 2009 Cheltenham Supreme Novices Hurdle winner Go Native is already well advanced in his preparations for the new national hunt season, and Meade must now decide between giving the four year old an initial outing on the fllat, or if he thinks he is ready, putting Go Native straight into the Grade 2 Tipperary Hurdle on 04 October.

"He is doing well in training, but I am not sure if he will be ready in time for the Tipperary Hurdle." Meade then added, "He may have an initial spin on the flat, but if we think he is fit enough, we might try and pick up a nice hurdling prize right at the start of the season."

Large turn-out for Kyne Memorial Mass.

Hundreds of mourners, including a large contingent from the racing industry, attended a Memorial Mass to remember the short life of apprentice jockey Jamie Kyne at St Leonards and St Mary's Roman Catholic Church in Malton this morning.

Killed in a suspected arson attack in the early hours of 05 September, Jamie Kyne was a potentially huge talent, and his loss to the future of the racing industry makes us all a little poorer today. So from all at Racingsight, we would just like to say - God Bless Jamie.

Difference of opinion over Ayr Gold Cup draw.

Redford, the anti post second favourite for Saturday's Ayr Gold Cup was first out in today's draw, and trainer Michael Bell immediately went for the high draw of number 26.

However, Dandy Nicholls opted for stall 3 for anti post favourite Evens and Odds, while Richard Fahey went for stall 2 alongside the favourite for top weight Knot In Wood.

This difference of opinion could leave punters in a quandry as to which side of the draw to select, but the best advice is to check on the other runners, and see on which side the majority of early pacesetters are located, for with the absence of soft going for Saturday's race, the eventual winner is likely to come from the side of the course where there is guaranteed early pace.

One runner not expected to make his appearance on Saturday is Exceptional Art. Owners Middleham Park Stud have confirmed they have sold their Beverley winner, and with paperwork still to be completed, he has been withdrawn from the Ayr centrepiece as a precaution against administrative problems over his entry in the race.

Bell still confident of Sariska Arc victory.

With the previzo the ground at Longchamp on 04 October exhibits some cut, Michael Bell believes Sariska can put her Yorkshire Oaks disappointment behind her, and show the kind of form which saw her land the Epsom and Curragh Oaks in emphatic style.

Speaking yesterday, Bell commented,

"It is well documented Sariska was 'in season' during her York run, but it is also now obvious she hated the firm ground on the Knavesmire. Providing the ground at Longchamp shows its usual October cut, I am confident she will be there or thereabouts at the end of this year's Arc."

Potential Classic filly for Goffs Million Sprint.

Tommy Stack's juvenile filly Walk On Bye had already won the Group 3 Anglesey Stakes prior to finishing third in the Group 1 Phoenix Stakes, and she is considered as a lively contender for Classic honours in 2010. So her confirmed entry in the Goffs Million Sprint shows the economic pulling power of the Sales Races due to be run at the Curragh on Sunday week.

Richard Hannon won both of the corresponding Sales Races in 2008 with Soul City and Minor Vamp, and although he has a series of potential entrants in this year's Goffs Million Mile and Goffs Million Sprint, his only confirmed runner in this year's contests is Private Story - a lightly raced type who has so far won his only start at Sandown in August.

Manifest bubbling ahead of Noel Murless.

Henry Cecil is finding it hard to disguise his enthusiasm for Manifest ahead of his next run in the Noel Murless Stakes at Newmarket. Having sidestepped the St Leger due to his inexperience, the three year old is said to be showing plenty on the Newmarket gallops, and connections are believed to be very happy with his preparation ahead of his next intended target.

Tregonning in two minds over Aajel.

With his horses now back to full fitness after a virus wrecked the early part of his season, Marcus Tregonning is hoping his relatively 'fresh horses' will continue the winning ways they have exhibited over the last month. Keen also to win some major races before the end of the season, the handler is making plans for several horses, and this includes deciding the best course of action to take with the lightly raced Aajel.

Off the track with a serious tendon injury for nearly two years, Sheikh Hamden's four year old was a significant scorer in a Yarmouth two mile race on his return to action at the end of August, and at present, he is entered in Saturday's Newbury Cesarewitch Trial, but Tregonning is concerned if he were to win Saturday's contest he would pick up a penalty to add to his current 8 stone 8 pounds allocation in the Cesarewitch weights. Speaking about his dilemma, Tregonning said,

"Aajel is a big strapping horse, and he would probably appreciate the run in the Cesarewitch Trial, but he has a very fair weight for the Cesarewitch itself, and if he did win on Saturday, the winners penalty he would receive could jeopardise his chances in the main event.

I think we will discuss the situation with the Sheikh, and then make a decision at the last minute."

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