Six weeks after a record 16-length win in the Group 1 English Oaks, Snowfall won Saturday’s Group 1 Irish Oaks at The Curragh by only 8 1/2 lengths. No matter the margin, Snowfall’s impressive win on Saturday left her at the fore of the future-book market for the Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe in Paris in October.
Toulon Brook, trained by Kody Nestor, has won 5 of 25 starts in his career, specializing in races at 6 1/2 furlongs and a mile. The specialty of running in races at those distances should be to Toulon Brook’s favor in Sunday’s Narrandera Cup at a mile at Narrendera Racecourse in New South Wales.
Anything other than a comfortable win by Snowfall in Saturday’s Group 1 Irish Oaks at The Curragh would be a surprising result.
The 2-year-old filly Mac ‘n’ Cheese will be favored to win for the first time in her career when she makes her third start, and stakes debut, in Saturday’s $79,536 Oaklands Plate at Morphettville Racecourse in Australia.
Star of O’reilly, a 5-year-old New Zealand-bred gelding, was 22 races into his career before he had his first start at Mackay Racecourse in northeast Australia in April. The venue has essentially changed his career.
Hurricane Lane ran his record to five wins from six starts and won his second straight Group 1 race over 1 1/2 miles, following up on his Irish Derby victory with an extremely impressive six-length tally Wednesday in the Grand Prix de Paris at Longchamp.
Hurricane Lane, third in the Derby at Epsom and a last-out winner of the Irish Derby, is the favorite for the Group 1 Grand Prix de Paris on Wednesday at Longchamp.
Hong Kong Selections for Wednesday, July 14, 2021 at Happy Valley.
Flagship Glory won his last two starts in England before being purchased and sent to race in Hong Kong, and to win his second start of the Hong Kong season he’ll have to beat the sharp Beauty Fit and 10 others on Wednesday at Happy Valley.
Declan Schuster's Hong Kong Selections and Analysis for Wednesday, July 14, 2021 at Happy Valley.
