Australia: My Whisper moves up and stretches out in Australasian Oaks

Through a current four-race winning streak, the Australian filly My Whisper has raced at increasingly longer distances.

A maiden race winner at six furlongs at the start of the streak in February, My Whisper won her stakes debut in the Group 3 Auraria Stakes at 1 1/8 miles at Morphettville Racecourse in Adelaide, Australia, on April 9, closing from seventh of 11.

The way My Whisper finished bodes well for her Group 1 debut in Saturday’s $357,100 Australasian Oaks at 1 1/4 miles at Morphettville. My Whisper, trained by Peter and Paul Snowden, will be ridden by Jamie Kah, who has been aboard for the 3-year-old filly’s three most recent wins.

My Whisper is part of a full field of 16 in the Australasian Oaks, the seventh race on a nine-race program that begins at 10:22 p.m. Eastern or 7:22 p.m. Pacific on Friday. Wagering is available through DRFBets.com.

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My Whisper was expected to be this good, considering she is by the highly successful stallion Frankel. She has not always raced from well off the pace. My Whisper won a one-mile handicap at Sandown Racecourse in Melbourne as a stalker on March 30.

While My Whisper has a highly attractive race record, she faces a tough rival in the Australasian Oaks in Daisies, who won the Group 3 Ethereal Stakes at 1 1/4 miles at Caulfield Racecourse last October.

Earlier this year, Daisies won the Group 3 Alexandra Stakes at a mile at Moonee Valley, edging Australasian Oaks contender Bon’s a Pearla, and was third by 4 1/2 lengths as the 9-10 favorite in the Group 3 Port Adelaide Guineas at 1 1/8 miles against males at Morphettville on April 9.

Bon’s a Pearla followed her loss in the Alexandra Stakes with a second in the Auraria Stakes, closing from off the pace to be closest to the front at the finish.

Bon’s a Pearla was third in the Group 1 Australian Guineas at a mile against males at Flemington Racecourse on March 5 and will start at 1 1/4 miles for the first time in the Australasian Oaks.