Australia: Burdekin tries for first win of the year
Burdekin has tested the patience of bettors in Australia this year, finishing second or third in five of his six starts.
Steve AndersenAug 05, 2023
Burdekin has tested the patience of bettors in Australia this year, finishing second or third in five of his six starts.
In California, the 3-year-old Kangaroo Court was entered in Friday’s $175,000 Real Good Deal Stakes at Del Mar. In Australia on Saturday evening, the 4-year-old gelding Kangaroo Court will start favored in the Forbes Cup at a mile at Forbes Racecourse.
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Al Husn aced her Group 1 debut winning the Nassau Stakes on Thursday at Goodwood Racecourse in England.
Logically, Big Parade seems like a poor bet in the Group 2 Missile Stakes at six furlongs at Rosehill Gardens Racecourse in Sydney, Australia on Friday evening. Big Parade’s reputation carries him to the fore of the field.
King of the Castle could only finish a close second in a lucrative one-mile handicap at Royal Randwick Racecourse in Sydney, Australia, last Saturday, but the experience gained by the 5-year-old New Zealand-bred gelding could be beneficial later this year.
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Racing over a rain-soaked course, Paddington brushed aside an early bid from the multiple Group 1-winning filly Inspiral and still had enough in his tank to hold clear a late run from French raider Facteur Cheval in the Sussex Stakes.
Allhallowtide was second by a neck in his first start in more than three months on July 20, a prep race that should serve the gelding well in a one-mile handicap at Wyong Racecourse in Australia on Wednesday evening.
A new rider, a longer distance, and a better post will make Bat Out Of Hell a strong favorite to end a seven-race losing streak in a handicap at 7 3/4 furlongs on the infield Kensington course at Royal Randwick Racecourse in Sydney Tuesday evening.
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Nashwa rediscovered her better form again July 14 winning the Group 1 Falmouth Stakes at Newmarket just in time to make a serious bid to win the Nassau Stakes for the second year in a row. But to do so, she'll have to beat the sensational 3-year-old filly Blue Rose Cen while conceding eight pounds in the Group 1 Nassau on Thursday at Goodwood Racecourse.
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Trainer Aidan O'Brien in 2000 won the St. James's Palace Stakes, the Eclipse Stakes, and the Sussex Stakes with the 3-year-old colt Giant's Causeway. He starts odds-on favorite Paddington trying to pull the same triple in the Group 1 Sussex on Wednesday at Goodwood Racecourse in England.