Snowfall looks to continue dominance in Yorkshire Oaks
As amazing as Love looked as a 3-year-old filly of 2020 for trainer Aidan O’Brien and Coolmore, Snowfall, the 2021 model, might have been better.
Marcus HershAug 17, 2021
As amazing as Love looked as a 3-year-old filly of 2020 for trainer Aidan O’Brien and Coolmore, Snowfall, the 2021 model, might have been better.
Kukeracha ended an early 2021 campaign with a win in the Group 1 Queensland Derby at Eagle Farm Racecourse in Brisbane, Australia, on May 29, a first stakes win and a career milestone by any measure. For his first start in the second half of the year, the New Zealand-bred Kukeracha will be favored to win Thursday’s Rowley Mile at Hawkesbury Racecourse.
Hardly a week after his first win of the season, Dream Runner is back at Randwick for an appearance in another handicap at 1 1/8 miles on the infield Kensington course.
Mishriff and Love are the heavyweights in the Group 1 Juddmonte International Stakes on Wednesday at York Racecourse in England, but there is more to this important 1 1/4 -mile fixture than just those two horses.
Tara Jasmine, a 4-year-old filly, has been placed in an ideal spot for her first start in four months at Grafton Racecourse in Australia on Monday.
From the Bush may have a name reflective of the Australian countryside, but the gelding is doing just fine in high-profile races in recent starts.
Unbeaten in three leading mile races in England this year, Palace Pier will race in France for the first time since last summer in Sunday's Group 1 Prix Jacques le Marois at Deauville Racecourse, a race with major international implications for the fall.
The nose that separated Sansom and Streets of Avalon in the Grade 3 Bletchingly Stakes at Caulfield Racecourse in Australia on July 24 showed that the two geldings had responded well to multi-month layoffs. The rematch is set for Saturday’s Group 2 P.B. Lawrence Stakes, which is run at seven furlongs at Bletchingly. This time the advantage may be with Streets of Avalon, who has won 6 of 22 starts at seven furlongs in a career that includes 10 wins in 57 starts.
With a Group 3 win in April and a second in the Group 1 French Oaks on June 20, Philomene is well established among France’s 3-year-old filly division. Where she ranks among all 3-year-olds in the country will be better known after Saturday’s Group2 Prix Guillaume d’Ornaro at 1 1/4 miles at Deauville Racecourse.
Fine Weather appeared in a route race for the first time when he beat maidens at about 1 1/4 miles at Cranbourne Racecourse on July 22 in Australia. Making his fifth start, Fine Weather closed from eighth in a field of 14 to win by 2 1/4 lengths as the 7-5 favorite. The win has led to an entry in a handicap at an even longer 1 3/8 miles at Geelong Racecourse near Melbourne on Friday.