Since Modernism won a maiden race in her third start last October, the 5-year-old mare has steadily worked her way up the handicap ranks at minor tracks in the state of Queensland in Australia. Modernism has won four of five starts since the win in the maiden race, leading to her toughest test in a seven-furlong handicap for fillies and mares at Townsville Racecourse on Friday.
The 3-year-old filly Campanelle, accompanied by the 2-year-old Twilight Gleaming, has shipped to France and starts Sunday at Deauville in the Group 1 Prix Maurice de Gheest.
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Mother Earth continued her strong 3-year-old campaign with a win over older rivals Tuesday at Deauville in the Group 1 Prix Rothschild.
The speedy gelding Mark the Horse and the closer Rudhyar will start in a handicap at 1 1/16 miles at Warrnambool Racecourse in Australia on Thursday on the strength of brief winning streaks.
Mother Earth takes her second trip across the English Channel this season to start as the likely favorite in the Group 1 Prix Rothschild on Tuesday at Deauville. Mother Earth is one of eight 3-year-old fillies entered to face six older horses in this straight-course mile, and her opposition includes the horse, Coeursamba, who defeated Mother Earth in her first French start this season.
Major Artie, trained by Adrian Bott and Gai Waterhouse, gets some class relief with a start in a handicap at 1 1/8 miles on the Kensington course at Royal Randwick in Sydney on Wednesday.
Apologetic ended a four-race losing streak with a come-from-behind victory as the favorite in a six-furlong handicap at tiny Warracknabeal Racecourse on July 18. Apologetic’s closing style could lead to another win on Monday in a seven-furlong handicap at Echuca Racecourse.
Norway won the $73,900 Brendan Dreschler Hurdle at 2 3/16 miles at Pakenham on July 18 in his second appearance over obstacles, and will start in his richest race over hurdles in Sunday’s $183,475 Grand National Hurdle at Sandown Racecourse in Melbourne.
Lady Bowthorpe, a vastly troubled fourth last out in the Falmouth Stakes last out, validated her connections’ confidence she’d stay a mile and a quarter by notching the first Group 1 victory of her career in the Nassau Stakes on Friday at Goodwood.
Beau Rossa went from a win in the Group 2 Tobin Bronze Stakes at Morphettville Racecourse in Australia on May 1 to a 10th-place finish in a field of 11 in the Group 1 Goodwood Stakes at six furlongs at the same venue on May 15. The Group 1 sprint was too tough for Beau Rossa, who is back against a reasonable level of competition in Saturday’s $73,940 Lightning Stakes at 5 1/4 furlongs at Morphettville.
