Rebounding from her lone career loss, Autumn Glow won the fourth Group 1 race of her career in Saturday’s $711,700 Winx Stakes at Royal Randwick Racecourse in Sydney, Australia for her 12th win in 13 starts.
The City of York Stakes on Saturday at York Racecourse is not part of the Breeders’ Cup Challenge Series – but the favorite for the Breeders’ Cup Mile won it.
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In four American starts, the 3-year-old colt Bacio has not so much as won a stakes race, but two races in England this year have turned him into a star sprinter. Bacio showed his vast talent acing a handicap at the Royal Ascot meeting in June, and on Friday at York Racecourse he took no prisoners in the Nunthorpe Stakes, one of the most important European sprints.
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Last month, Kalpana won the King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes by a clear margin over Calandagan, rated best horse in the world last year. Thursday at York, she won the Group 1 Yorkshire Oaks by a whisker over 29-1 shot Sparan Nua.
The undefeated record is gone, but the reputation is intact. Autumn Glow is the mare to beat in Australia, even when she faces males.
A juvenile hasn't won the Group 1 Nunthorpe Stakes in almost two decades, and an American horse, at least in modern history, never has won the Nunthorpe. Both options are in play when 18 horses take to the York Racecourse turf on Friday.
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Were the Yorkshire Oaks run at Ascot, the outcome would be all but a foregone conclusion, but the Ascot-loving mare Kalpana makes her first start at York Racecourse on Thursday as the heavy favorite to win the Group 1 Yorkshire Oaks.
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To win his second straight Judmmonte International, Ombudsman faces the same obstacle as a year ago – an Aidan O'Brien-trained 3-year-old. Ombudsman last August easily disposed of the O'Brien-trained sophomore Delacroix, but now Constitution River stands between Ombudsman and more International glory on Wednesday at York Racecourse.
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The 3-year-old filly Precise in her last two starts has not been able to handle the 4-year-old filly Blue Bolt, but Blue Bolt won't line up against her Sunday at Deauville in the Group 1 Prix Jacques Le Marois, among Europe's premier one-mile races open to older horses.
