Commissioning wins third straight in Group 1 Fillies' Mile
Commissioning capped a perfect three-start 2022 campaign with a Group 1 win in the Fillies' Mile on Friday at Newmarket.
Marcus HershOct 07, 2022
Commissioning capped a perfect three-start 2022 campaign with a Group 1 win in the Fillies' Mile on Friday at Newmarket.
The Coonamble Cup at Coonamble Racecourse in Australia this weekend is one of the last chances to qualify for The Big Dance. The Coonamble Cup is run at a mile and is the second-to-last race in the qualifying series. The race drew a full field of 16.
Nostrum inherited the role of favorite for Saturday’s Group 1 Dewhurst Stakes at Newmarket Racecourse in England after Sakheer was removed from Dewhurst consideration.
Owned by Godolphin Racing and trained by James Cummings, Anamoe was 8-5 in early betting on Thursday to win his third consecutive Group 1 race in the Might and Power Stakes at Caulfield Racecourse in Melbourne.
Declan Schuster's Hong Kong Selections and Analysis for Sunday, October 9, 2022 at Sha Tin.
Commissioning was good winning her career debut this past summer, better landing the Group 2 Rockfel Stakes on Sept. 23, and is widely expected to prove best Friday at Newmarket in the Group 1 Fillies Mile.
Cup races at smaller venues throughout Australia are often wide-open and draw large fields. But the presence of the 5-year-old German-bred gelding Quality Time in Thursday's Port Macquairie Cup gives the race an odds-on favorite.
Four races into his career, Notabadsuspect has one win in Australia and seems to be improving as the distances increase. A 4-year-old gelding, Notabadsuspect will race at a mile for the first time in the first race at Gosford Racecourse on Wednesday evening across American time zones.
Hong Kong Selections for Wednesday, October 5, 2022 at Happy Valley.
The third race at Canterbury Park in Australia on Tuesday evening across American time zones is a handicap for fillies and mares at slightly less than a mile. That’s close enough to Always on Show’s optimum distance for the 5-year-old mare to be at her best against eight rivals. Always on Show has won 3 of 23 starts with the wins at a mile and at a distance slightly longer than a mile.