Sirens Star returned from a three-month layoff to win a maiden race in Australia last November, a victory that takes on added significance when she starts in a handicap for fillies and mares at 6 1/4 furlongs at Newcastle Racecourse on Monday evening.
Aidan O’Brien’s two highly regarded 3-year-olds, Auguste Rodin and Little Big Bear, flopped three weeks ago racing over soft ground in the English 2000 Guineas at Newmarket. On Saturday, at The Curragh in Ireland, O’Brien and jockey Ryan Moore won the Irish 2000 Guineas with a lower-profile colt named Paddington.
October Revolution is at home at Port Macquarie Racecourse in Australia, both in daily training and racing.
Hong Kong Selections for Sunday, May 28, 2023, at Sha Tin.
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Romantic Warrior, who has never has raced beyond 1 1/4 miles, tries 1 1/2 miles for the first time Sunday at Sha Tin Racecourse in the final Hong Kong Group 1 of the season, the Champions and Chater Cup. No one seems capable of beating him.
The last time Sol Oriens ran at Tokyo Racecourse, he closed from third to win a race for first-time starters last November. Sol Oriens returns to Tokyo for Sunday’s Grade 1 Japanese Derby as the leader of the country’s 3-year-old division.
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Tahiyra as of Friday was about a 1-2 fixed-odds favorite with British bookmakers. That's a desperately short antepost price, but Tahiyra seems likely to make it stand up.
When the $1.27 million Big Dance Stakes was run at Royal Randwick Racecourse in Sydney, Australia last November, Akasawa was nearing a comeback from an 11-month layoff. This November, Akasawa could be part of that restricted stakes. To qualify, Akasawa needs a win in a race such as the Gunnedah Cup at a mile at Gunnedah Racecourse on Saturday evening.
After a seriously troubled trip in England, Royal Scotsman could win the first Group 1 of the Irish racing season on Saturday at The Curragh.
A week after finishing a game third against older males in a Group 1, the New Zealand-bred gelding Kovalica is back against Southern Hemisphere 3-year-olds in the Group 1 Queensland Derby at Eagle Farm Racecourse in Brisbane, Australia, on Friday evening.
