Postponed a week because of extensive rain, the Group 1 Golden Slipper Stakes for 2-year-olds will be run Saturday at Rosehill Gardens in Sydney, Australia, with the same principal runners from the original lineup.
Yaupon failed his first Grade 1 test and has traveled a long way to be administered his second. Eighth as the 13-10 favorite Nov. 7 in the Breeders' Cup Sprint, Yaupon makes his first start since that defeat Saturday at Meydan Racecourse in the Grade 1, $1.5 million Dubai Golden Shaheen.
Declan Schuster's Hong Kong Selections and Analysis for Sunday, March 28, 2021 at Sha Tin.
A little more than a week after an expected win in Sydney, Petronius is being sent to the Australian countryside for a start in the richest race of his career in Friday’s $114,650 Muswellbrook Gold Cup at Muswellbrook Racecourse.
Dubai World Cup favorite Mystic Guide drew post 6, a good spot, when post positions were drawn Wednesday for the Group 1 races on Saturday's Dubai World Cup card.
A win on a soft turf course at Gosford Racecourse in Australia on Feb. 24 may provide vital experience for the 4-year-old gelding Savvy Valentino in a handicap at 1 1/2 miles on the Kensington course at Royal Randwick Racecourse in Sydney on Thursday.
U.S. bettors who wager on the Dubai World Cup and its undercard this Saturday will be betting for the first time into pools that commingle wagers from customers on five continents.
Race 8 on Happy Valley's Wednesday program, for horses rated 80 to 60 and carded for 1,200 meters, brings out a product of intense trainer experimentation, a horse named Stock Legend.
The 3-year-old fillies Bold Manner, Charm School and Sirileo Miss meet for the first time in a handicap at 6 1/2 furlongs at Sandown Racecourse in Melbourne, Australia, on Wednesday, each with an excellent chance to win for the second time in her brief career.
Trainer Miguel Angel Silva is the trainer of Sleepy Eyes Todd, and because of this horse, he has been out on the road a good, long time. “Road” hardly does this trip justice. Silva traveled to Saudi Arabia the week before the Feb. 20 Saudi Cup, where Sleepy Eyes finished a tough-luck fifth. Silva went on with his horse to Dubai, where he has been preparing Sleepy Eyes Todd for Saturday's $12 million Dubai World Cup. Having spent close to six weeks in the Middle East during a global pandemic, Silva is both excited and ready for it all to be over.
