Australia: Deauville Legend heavy favorite in Melbourne Cup
Deauville Legend is a heavy favorite at 5-2 to win the Group 1 Melbourne Cup at two miles at Flemington Racecourse in Australia.
Steve AndersenOct 30, 2022
Deauville Legend is a heavy favorite at 5-2 to win the Group 1 Melbourne Cup at two miles at Flemington Racecourse in Australia.
The Breeders’ Cup overseas contingent, which saw three defections among pre-entered horses earlier in the week, lost two more runners late this week. Neither Cairo, selected into the Juvenile Turf field, nor Aesop’s Fables, who was in the Juvenile Turf Sprint, are shipping for trainer Aidan O’Brien.
I Wish I Win was acquired from New Zealand earlier this year by Australian trainer Peter Moody with the hope the gelding would thrive in the lucrative cup races at countryside tracks. I Wish I Win has done so much more.
Shahryar will have his 2022 debut in Japan in Sunday’s Grade 1 autumn running of the $2.6 million Tenno Sho at Tokyo Racecourse.
As longshots, Cotehele and Riodini were not beaten far in races at Royal Randwick Racecourse in Australia on Oct. 15. The respectable losses have put them among the leading hopes in the $128,100 Goulburn Cup at seven furlongs at Goulburn Racecourse on Saturday.
Light Infantry, second in consecutive Group 1 races in Deauville, France, in July and August, will be favored to win his Australian debut in the $6.5 million Golden Eagle Stakes at Rosehill Gardens Racecourse in Sydney on Friday evening across American time zones.
Declan Schuster's Hong Kong Selections and Analysis for Sunday, October 30, 2022 at Happy Valley.
The Australian gelding Leather Jacket Lew had the best results of his career last December and January, winning consecutive starts at 1 5/16 miles and 1 3/8 miles. A return to a distance race, and a drop in class from his last start, may help Leather Jacket Lew end the losing streak in a handicap at 1 9/16 miles at Wagga Wagga Racecourse on Thursday evening across American time zones.
Dolphina, Mehajir, and Midori Fuji, all last-race winners, will meet for the first time in a one-mile handicap at Gosford Racecourse in Australia on Wednesday evening across American time zones.
Hong Kong Selections for Wednesday, October 26, 2022 at Sha Tin.