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How good does Blue Bolt look in the Sun Chariot Stakes? Two days from Saturday’s Group 1 fixture at Newmarket, the fabulous 4-year-old filly was available at miniscule 1-2 with British bookmakers.
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Puro Magic, 10th in the Breeders’ Cup Turf Sprint at Del Mar last November, led throughout Sunday’s Grade 1 Sprinters Stakes at six furlongs on turf at Nakayama Racecourse in Japan, her first win in a race at the highest level in her fifth start in a Grade 1 or Group 1 race.
The Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf on Oct. 30 at Keeneland may have its favorite in Sun Goddess, who won her fifth consecutive start, and third straight Group 1 stakes, in Saturday’s $363,800 Cheveley Park Stakes at Newmarket Racecourse.
On Sunday at Nakayama Racecourse, Star Anise starts against males and against older horses for the first time in the Grade 1 Sprinters Stakes at six furlongs.
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After losing two of her first three starts, the 2-year-old Sun Goddess has won four consecutive races in Britain and Ireland leading to an appearance in Saturday’s Group 1 Cheveley Park Stakes for fillies at Newmarket Racecourse in Britain.
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The winners of all three Breeders’ Cup Challenge races on Sunday at The Curragh in Ireland could actually have the Breeders’ Cup marked on their calendar this fall. And two of them, Sun Goddess and Folsom Blues, would be favored if the Breeders’ Cup were held next weekend.
Saturday afternoon produced two massive upsets in Group 1 races in England and Ireland, and two very formful results in other races at the highest level.
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Yes, it was a restricted sales stakes, but what the 2-year-old filly Sun Goddess did Aug. 20 at York in the Harry's Half Million still was remarkable. And it is not just that single performance that makes Sun Goddess the heavy favorite to win the Group 1 Moyglare Stud Stakes on Sunday at The Curragh.
Constitution River, winner of the Group 1 French Derby in May, and Blue Bolt, unbeaten in four starts this year, will start favored in Group 1 races at Leopardstown Racecourse in Ireland on Saturday that have ramifications for Breeders' Cup races on Oct. 31 at Keeneland.
