Arnold Pinnock

Thoroughbred Racing & Breeding enthusiast. I write my own Thoroughbred Racing & Breeding Newsletter.

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@aobrienfansite If Sun Goddess wins the Fillies Mile and the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf, will she be voted the 2026 Horse of the Year?

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@aobrienfansite Why not the Epsom Derby!

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Sheikh Ahmed bin Rashid Al Maktoum. 1950 - 2026 RIP. Owner of Mtoto, Wassl, Possesive Dancer, Ameerat, Elmaka, Addeybb, Almaqam, Tobougg

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@Rydymymaohyd How many horses have finished 2nd in the Group 1 Prix Morny, National Stakes, Dewhurst Stakes, 2000 Guineas, St James’s Palace Stakes, and the Sussex Stakes?

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@aya__R7 Are the Argentina team Spanish?

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@AtTheRaces @HKJC_Racing The Racing Post keeps going on and on about affordability checks, but nothing about bookmakers paying more into horse racing!!!!

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@JuddmonteFarms @frankfinnegan3 Will be remembered as the sire of Zarkava. His name will live on in pedigrees through Zarkava’s son Zarak, her daughters and her descendants. He is also the sire of New Bay’s dam.

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@ciaranodeorain The O’Brien family bred the Group 1 winners Comanche Brave, Porta Fortuna, Order of Australia, Santa Barbara & Iridessa. They buy mares from the best families and breed them to Coolmore stallions.

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@GBC_Press What are the origins of players for the South American teams? Spain, Italy, Portugal & Africa. What about the US and Canadian teams?

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@hipismo_mundial I was lucky enough to visit Anthony Oppenheimer’s Hascombe & Valiant Stud on the 18th September 2024. Among the yearlings I saw were Earth Shot (2026 Ribblesdle Stakes), and Title Role (2026 German 2000 Guineas & Belmont Derby)

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@ashsh @hpalmerracing @nickluck @AtTheRaces @RacingPost @Jour_de_Galop @Paris_Turf @equidia @theTDN It’s lucky Noah did not geld the colt who entered the Ark, because we would have no horse racing!

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@aobrienfansite @TomMagnier Aidan O'Brien 7th individual Group 1 3-y-o winner in 2026. All sired by a Coolmore stallion; Christmas Day (Camelot), Constitution River (Wootton Bassett), Diamond Necklace (St Mark's Basilica), Gstaad & Precise (Starspangledbanner), Mission Cental & True Love (No Nay Never).

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@aobrienfansite Irish Derby, Irish Oaks, & the St Leger to come.

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@SimonCr2006 @aobrienfansite I think the percentage has just gone up!!!!

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@racingblogger @YoungBarbados More like the Group 1 sprints are now the stallion making races. Even winners of 10 furlongs Group 1 races are struggling to find a place at a flat stud in the UK.

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@aobrienfansite I will be there to see Scandinavia.

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@pphorseracing @chamberlinsport @MRennieRP @Adam_Morgs @AshIveson @ValueRacingPlus @GrahamClark85 @SammyKing96 @JamesStevens180 @AtTheRaces @aobrienfansite M.V. Magnier purchases are second to none. Classic winners Diamond Necklace €1,700,000, Gstaad 450,000 gns, Constitution River €400,000. Christmas Day came from 2024 Tattersalls October Yearling Sale, for 450,000 gns. where M.V. Magnier was only the 10th highest purchaser.

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@aobrienfansite @EpsomRacecourse When I visited the Coolmore Museum on the 12th January 2024, there were 11 Derby winning saddles (including Nijinsky & Sir Ivor) on the wall. Auguste Rodin was still to be mounted, and since then there has been 3 more winners, City of Troy, Lambourn & Christmas Day.