The Dubai Racing Club on Sept. 7 announced purse increases for the upcoming 2021-22 racing season in the United Arab Emirates. In a news release, the club said the 2022 Dubai World Cup card, scheduled for March 6, will offer total purses next year of $30.5 million and that all races on the program would be worth at least $1 million.
A staggeringly deep field in Saturday’s Group 1 Makybe Diva Stakes at a mile at Flemington Racecourse in Melbourne, Australia can be divided into two groups – contenders set for a peak effort and those returning from layoffs who are pointing for upcoming major races.
Tarnawa, winner of the 2020 Breeders' Cup Turf at Keeneland, and St. Mark's Basilica, the winner of the French Derby in June and two other Group 1 races this year, comprise half the field in Saturday's Group 1 Irish Champion Stakes at Leopardstown Racecourse.
Declan Schuster's Hong Kong Selections and Analysis for Sunday, September 12, 2021 at Sha Tin.
A break during the Southern Hemisphere winter in recent months may be what Rainbiel needs to return to her form from this time last year. Friday at Swan Hill Racecourse, Rainbiel starts for the first time since May in a minor handicap at six furlongs that appears much easier than her appearances in high-level handicaps and group-level stakes earlier this year.
Last summer, the New Zealand-bred gelding Jukila won and finished second in two handicaps at the elongated distance of 1 15/16 miles in Australia. A durable sort, Jukila is winless in 18 starts in the last 13 months since that marathon win, but has finished second six times in that span. Thursday at Mornington Racecourse, Jukila is back in a handicap at about 1 15/16 miles with a longshot’s chance for an upset.
Hong Kong Selections for Wednesday, September 8, 2021 at Happy Valley.
Riding high off the back of an opening day treble, Karis Teetan is heading to Happy Valley this Wednesday, 8 September eager for what his full book of engagements has in store and primed for his reunion with the Tony Millard-trained Gallant Crown.
Gallant Crown ended his last campaign hitting hard and might be able to do some real damage in his first start of the 2021-22 Hong Kong racing season.
Snapper will race outside of his age group for the first time in a five-furlong handicap at Sandown Racecourse in Melbourne, Australia, on Wednesday. Snapper’s form against 3-year-olds in February and March leaves him well positioned to make a mark in a new stage of his career.
