A win Sunday's Sprinters Stakes at Chukyo Racecourse would make Naran Huleg the sixth horse to sweep the two Grade 1 sprint races in Japan and the first to do so since Fine Needle in 2018.
Noname Lane has won 8 of 21 starts, with five of those wins at distances of 7 1/2 furlongs or a mile. The specialty makes Noname Lane an intriguing runner in the $127,900 Seymour Cup at a mile at Bendigo Racecourse on Saturday evening across American time zones.
Fresh now and ready for an intended trip to the Breeders' Cup Filly and Mare Turf at Keeneland, Nashwa starts as the favorite Sunday in the Group 1 Prix de l'Opera, a 1 1/4-mile contest likely to be run over softer going than Nashwa has yet encountered.
Torquator Tasso won last year's Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe at 70-1. You won't get those odds in this year's Arc but he ought to be a playable price in a hotly contested renewal of what many view as the most important Thoroughbred race in the world.
Saffron Beach and Homeless Songs, second and fourth, respectively, in the Group 1 Matron Stakes on Sept. 10 at Leopardstown, clearly head the early betting market for the Group 1 Sun Chariot Stakes on Saturday at Newmarket Racecourse in England.
Three vital preps for the Group 1 Melbourne Cup at Flemington Racecourse in Australia on Nov. 1 will be run at Flemington and Royal Randwick on Friday at the end of a week in which the list of hopefuls for the country’s most famous race has changed.
Declan Schuster's Hong King Selections and Analysis for Saturday, October 1, 2022 at Sha Tin.
Dimaggio is a four-time winner in Australia who, with any luck, would have five wins and be on a two-race winning streak in advance of a start in a handicap at 7 1/2 furlongs at Hawkesbury Racecourse near Sydney across American time zones on Wednesday evening.
Declan Schuster's Hong Kong Selections and Analysis for Wednesday, September 28, 2022 at Happy Valley.
Father’s Day has largely run the same race three times since late August while compiling a winning streak in Australia. To extend the streak to four races, Father’s Day must win his debut at 1 1/2 miles against a higher class of handicap runners at Rosehill Gardens Racecourse in Sydney on Tuesday.
