Unraced since October, the Group 1 winner Alligator Blood will carry 134.4 pounds in Friday’s listed Goldmarket Stakes at six furlongs at Gold Coast Racecourse in Australia, spotting 12 rivals 13 to 15 pounds.
Barmah Al has won at distances ranging from 1 5/16 miles to 1 1/2 miles in his 24-race career. Trained by Daryl Archard, Barmah Al may be better suited to 1 5/16, the length of his next start in a handicap at Echuca Racecourse in Australia on Thursday.
American-owned and England-based Spanish Mission is headed to Australia as the early favorite for the Nov. 2 Melbourne Cup.
Golden Pal, seventh as the favorite Aug. 20 in the Group 1 Nunthorpe at York, was set to return to the U.S. on Tuesday looking no worse for his defeat, trainer Wesley Ward said Monday.
Ghodeleine finished with a remarkable rally to be third in a handicap at 1 1/4 miles at Flemington Racecourse in Melbourne, Australia, on Aug. 17, closing from the back of a field of 16 through the stretch to miss by three-quarters of a length. Ghodeleine will start in a slightly longer race at Sandown Racecourse on Wednesday in a handicap against males at 1 5/16 miles. Ghodeleine will be favored in a field of 12.
Grand Glory posted a big upset Sunday at Deauville, nipping Audarya in the Group 1 Prix Jean Romanet and giving trainer Gianluca Bietolini the biggest win of his career.
With wins in half of her six starts, the Australian filly Lasting Kiss is off to a fine start in her career. A 4-year-old, Lasting Kiss has won her last two starts, both in sprints in July, and has an excellent chance to extend that streak in a handicap at 5 1/2 furlongs at Lismore Racecourse on Monday.
Golden Pal popped and stopped, fading to seventh after setting the pace in the Group 1 Nunthorpe Stakes on Friday at York, but the filly who chased his pace, Winter Power, stayed on strongly to post a 1 1/4-length victory.
Thundering Nights gave 12 pounds to the excellent 3-year-old filly Santa Barbara and beat her in the Pretty Polly Stakes on June 27 at The Curragh, and when Thundering Nights tries to win her second straight Group 1 contest, in the Prix Jean Romanet on Sunday at Deauville, she gives weight to no one.
Following a 16-length win in the Oaks at Epsom and an 8 1/2-length thrashing of her nearest pursuer in the Irish Oaks, Snowfall stepped up to face older rivals for the first time in the Yorkshire Oaks on Thursday and made quick work of them.
