The brilliant mare Verry Elleegant is on a familiar path to Australia’s most famous races in coming weeks. Saturday at Flemington Racecourse in Melbourne, she will start as narrow favorite in the Group 1 Turnbull Stakes at 1 1/4 miles, a prep for the Group 1 Cox Plate at Moonee Valley on Oct. 23.
Fifteen horses passed the final entry phase Thursday for Sunday's Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe, a race that is beginning to look like a sodden affair.
Hong Kong Selections for Friday, October 1, 2021, at Sha Tin.
Friday at Moruya, Blaazay is back on familiar turf in a handicap, but at a new distance of about a mile. Blaazay was the 9-5 favorite in early betting on Wednesday in a race expected to have a full field of 14.
Declan Schuster's Hong Kong Selections and Analysis for Friday, October 1, 2021 at Sha Tin.
Marshall Dillon will take charge of a handicap at 5 1/2 furlongs from the start at Wyong Racecourse in Australia on Thursday, and is likely to show the speed that has led to top three finishes in all five of his career starts.
St Mark’s Basilica has been retired to stud, cutting short a career that already had made him one of the three highest-rated horses in the world.
In two recent wins, Daysan closed from off the pace to take the lead late, suggesting a start in a handicap at 1 1/2 miles on turf on the Kensington course at Royal Randwick Racecourse in Sydney on Wednesday will be a suitable trip.
Hong Kong Selections for Sunday, September 26, 2021 at Sha Tin.
The most important 1 1/2-mile race in Europe, the Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe, comes next Sunday, Oct. 3, but this Sunday, Cologne Racecourse hosts one of the most important 1 1/2-mile races in Germany, the Group 1 Preis von Europa.
