The last time Red Beryl appeared in a cup race at a minor track in Australia he closed from 11th of 14 to finish second by a head in the Beef Week Cup at Inverell Racecourse in late May. Three races later, including a recent win, Red Beryl runs Sunday in the Narromine Cup at Narromine Racecourse in the New South Wales countryside.
Inspiral, the leading 3-year-old filly miler in England, and Coroebus, the top 3-year-old colt miler in England, face off Sunday in France, where both start in the Group 1 Prix Jacques Le Marois at Deauville Racecourse.
Mr Brightside ended the Australian fall season in April with his first Grade 1 win in the $2.2 million Doncaster Handicap at a mile at Royal Randwick Racecourse in Sydney. Mr Brightside could return to race at that level very soon, depending on the results of his comeback in Saturday’s Group 2 P.B. Lawrence Stakes at seven furlongs at Caulfield Racecourse in Melbourne.
Friday at Geelong Racecourse near Melbourne, Madame du Gast will be favored to win for the second time in her sixth start in a handicap at about 6 1/2 furlongs.
Miss Scalini, a 6-year-old mare who has won 6 of 29 starts, will start favored in a one-mile handicap at Newcastle Racecourse in Australia on Thursday. She will have a prominent role in the race as the expected front-runner.
The Australian gelding Wisaka is in the midst of the best form of his career and needs to be to continue that success on Wednesday.
The 5-year-old mare Highfield Princess won her first Group 1 and led home a parade of longshots in the Prix Maurice de Gheest on Sunday at Deauville Racecourse in France.
In recent months, Sovereign Express has won a maiden race at seven furlongs on June 25 and a handicap at a mile on July 19. Those wins have led to the longest race of his career in a tougher handicap at 1 1/8 miles on Tuesday at Hawkesbury Racecourse near Sydney, Australia.
A two-race winning streak since late June has forced the Australian gelding Dubai Centre into a higher class of handicap runners in a seven-furlong race at Goulburn Racecourse on Monday.
The Group 1 Prix Maurice de Gheest, which caters to long-winded sprinters and fast-twitch milers, headlines the weekend racing action in Europe.
