Sauterne nabs first Group 1 win in Prix du Moulin de Longchamp
Sauterne won her first Group 1 as odds-on favorite Big Rock came up second-best for the third race in a row in Prix du Moulin de Longchamp on Sunday.
Marcus HershSep 04, 2023
Sauterne won her first Group 1 as odds-on favorite Big Rock came up second-best for the third race in a row in Prix du Moulin de Longchamp on Sunday.
The filly Harlow Mist scored an 8-1 upset when she stormed through the stretch at Goulburn Racecourse in Australia on Aug. 14 to win her debut in a seven-furlong maiden race. On Monday evening at Scone Racecourse, Harlow Mist can prove that race was not a fluke when she starts against multiple winners in a one-mile allowance race.
Nature Strip, the two-time Australian Horse of the Year who won nine Group 1 races on two continents as well as the Everest Stakes in Australia in 2021, has been retired.
A low weight assignment and a return to a favored racetrack give Roussos a few advantages in the Moree Cup at Moree Racecourse in Australia on Saturday evening.
After winning four races in a row, the 3-year-old Big Rock found one better in the French Derby and then again in the Jacques Le Marois, but after finishing second in his first two Group 1 starts, he looks like the horse to beat Sunday at Longchamp in the Group 1 Prix du Moulin de Longchamp.
Nature Strip is 9, farther removed each day from his Horse of the Year seasons in Australia in 2019-2020 and 2021-2022.
There was little between Hosier and Kalapour when they finished first and third in the Group 3 Premier’s Cup at 1 1/4 miles at Royal Randwick Racecourse in Sydney, Australia, on Aug. 23.
Facing a largely inconsistent field, the 4-year-old filly Deep Shimmer has a leading chance to win for the third time in her last four starts in a five-furlong handicap at Wagga Wagga Racecourse in Australia on Wednesday evening.
A vital class drop may propel the Australian filly Infatuation to a second career win in a six-furlong handicap at Warwick Farm Racecourse in Sydney on Tuesday evening.
After a narrow loss at 12-1 in her late-July debut, the filly Scholl Deep dominated a field of maidens at Gunnedah Racecourse in Australia in mid-August, pulling clear to win by nearly four lengths as an odds-on favorite. She will be favored to record another win in her first start against winners in a seven-furlong handicap at Newcastle on Monday evening.