Prime Impact will be a strong and deserving favorite to win his third consecutive race in a one-mile handicap at Newcastle Racecourse in Australia on Wednesday evening.
With one glaring exception, the Irish-bred mare Awesome Wonder has been a consistent performer in Australia in the two months since returned to racing following a lengthy layoff.
The filly Dancemania was the most recent starter for Australian trainer Wayne Austin, winning a one-mile maiden race at Gosford Racecourse on July 22. The same filly is the next runner for Austin’s small stable when she starts in a first-condition handicap at 7 1/2 furlongs at Hawkesbury Racecourse on Monday evening.
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.
