Last Saturday, Sierra Sue finished fourth in a lucrative one-mile handicap at Flemington Racecourse in Melbourne, Australia, the first time this year the 4-year-old filly had not raced in a group-level or listed stakes in six starts in 2021. Sierra Sue gets another chance in a lesser race in Friday’s $73,500 Mildura Cup, a handicap at seven furlongs at Mildura Racecourse, west of Adelaide.
A trio of 3-year-olds who have not raced in several months are expected to dominate the betting in a five-furlong handicap at Cranbourne Racecourse on Thursday.
A longer race and a slight improvement in turf conditions may help Peekays Legacy win for the third time in four starts in a handicap at 1 1/8 miles on the Kensington course at Royal Randwick Racecourse in Sydney, Australia, on Wednesday.
The 6-year-old Australian gelding Mad as Zariz is the sort of veteran that has adapted to racing on a variety of surfaces at many venues.
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.
