In the last two years, the New Zealand-bred gelding Cosmic Crusader has won 7 of 10 starts at distances ranging from six furlongs to 1 1/8 miles. That record has made Cosmic Crusader the favorite in Saturday’s P.B. Lawrence Stakes at Caulfield.
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Bow Echo, the star 3-year-old miler based in England, has been retired from racing with an unspecified injury.
Sun Goddess gave Aidan O’Brien a staggering 18th career win in the Group 1 Phoenix Stakes for 2-year-olds at the Curragh on Sunday, but the legendary trainer’s first with a filly.
The lightly-raced 3-year-old colt How Are You may pose a danger to more experienced rivals in Sunday’s Group 1 Prix Maurice de Gheest for sprinters at Deauville Racecourse in northern France.
For an accomplished sprinter, the 4-year-old Australian-bred Ninja has never won at six furlongs, a statistical oddity that may change in Saturday’s Group 2 Missile Stakes at Royal Randwick Racecourse in Sydney.
On Sunday, Blue Bolt ($3) won the Group 1 Prix Rothschild at Deauville Racecourse in France, finishing a half-length in front of 2-1 Precise. They were first and second in the Group 1 Falmouth Stakes at Newmarket Racecourse at a mile in Britain on July 10.
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An unbeaten record in Britain this year will make the 4-year-old filly Blue Bolt a heavy favorite in her first trip abroad in Sunday’s Group 1 Prix Rothschild for fillies and mares at a mile at Deauville Racecourse in France.
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Diamond Necklace remains unbeaten after six starts, adding the Group 1 Nassau Stakes in England on Thursday to the three she already had claimed in France.
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In the end, the Sussex came down to the 3-year-olds, and Bow Echo ran the score to 3-nil over Gstaad after running him down by a half-length.
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The Ireland-based 3-year-old filly Diamond Necklace has made her mark in France, but her first foray into England, on Thursday at Goodwood Racecourse, is widely forecast to yield the same result as Diamond Necklace's first five races – victory.
