Australia: Zaaki seeks three-peat in Hollindale Stakes
Zaaki will be an odds-on favorite to win the Group 3 Hollindale Stakes at Sunshine Coast Racecourse in Australia for the third consecutive year on Friday evening.
Steve AndersenMay 04, 2023
Zaaki will be an odds-on favorite to win the Group 3 Hollindale Stakes at Sunshine Coast Racecourse in Australia for the third consecutive year on Friday evening.
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It has been four years since Aidan O'Brien trained the winner of the 2000 Guineas. That constitutes a drought. Win No. 11 should come Saturday, when O'Brien sends out heavily favored Auguste Rodin and heavily underrated Little Big Bear in the first classic of the European season.
Declan Schuster's Hong Kong Selections and Analysis for Sunday, May 7, 2023, at Sha Tin.
It has been nearly two years since Wicklow made a splashy debut in Australia, winning his first three starts in the country. An Irish-bred gelding who began his career in Britain, the three-race streak remains Wicklow’s career highpoint. Wicklow won twice in 2022, but has been beaten in his last six races.
Hong Kong Selections for Wednesday, May 3, 2023, at Happy Valley.
After consecutive wins in Australia in March, the New Zealand-bred gelding Domingo was given an ambitious start in the Group 1 ATC Derby at Royal Randwick Racecourse in Sydney on April 17. He finished 17th in a field of 18 at 60-1. Domingo will start in a more sensible race at Canterbury Park on Tuesday, a handicap at 1 3/16 miles.
Declan Schuster's Hong Kong Selections and Analysis for Wednesday, May 3, 2023, at Happy Valley.
Justin Palace is a true stayer, and displayed his stamina with a win in Sunday’s spring running of the Grade 1 Tenno Sho at two miles at Kyoto Racecourse.
The two-race winning streak Charlotting compiled in Australia in April will be tested when the 3-year-old filly starts at a higher class level in a one-mile handicap at Gunnedah Racecourse on Monday evening.
Iresine stormed home, last to first with an outside rally, to win the Prix Ganay on Sunday at Longchamp, the first Group 1 of the European flat-racing season.