Australia: Feel the Rush finds good spot at Warwick Farm
Feel the Rush finished third in the Group 1 New Zealand Oaks at 1 1/2 miles in March 2020 in her final start in that country.
So far, Australian racing has not been as kind.
Feel the Rush in winless in four starts in Australia, finishing 10th in her first three races and fifth in the Group 2 Chairman’s Stakes at 1 5/8 miles at Royal Randwick Racecourse on April 10 at 100-1.
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The marathon turf distance is a good fit for Feel the Rush, who will be favored to have a breakthrough win in Australia in a handicap at 1 1/2 miles at Warwick Farm Racecourse on Wednesday. As of Monday, Feel the Rush was the 4-1 favorite in early betting. She will be a single-digit price for the first time in Australia, a reflection of how well the 4-year-old filly fits the conditions at Warwick Farm.
The race drew a field of 12, with no last race winners, but several runners with recent distance experience.
Post time for the seven-race program at Warwick Farm is 10:50 p.m., Eastern, or 7:50 p.m., Pacific, on Tuesday. Wagering is available through DRFBets.com.
Brown Thomas, a 5-year-old gelding, won a handicap at 1 5/16 miles at Orange Racecourse on April 16, but was last of 10 in a handicap at 1 1/8 miles at Hawkesbury Racecourse on May 1. Brown Thomas will race at 1 1/2 miles for the first time at Warwick Farm.
This is the third start at 1 1/2 miles for the 4-year-old British-bred gelding Sound of Cannons, who is winless in four starts in Australia at shorter distances. Sound of Cannons was eighth in a handicap at 1 3/16 miles at Canterbury Park on April 21, and was fifth of six in the Group 2 King Edward VII Stakes at 1 1/2 miles at Royal Ascot in England last June toward the end of his career in that country.
A repeat of that performance would give Sound of Cannons an excellent chance to reverse his recent Australian form.