With a win the Moir Stakes on Saturday at Sandown Eacecourse, Natural Fling would be a minor part of Australian racing history. For the first time since the race was introduced in 1976, the Moir Stakes will not be run at Moonee Valley Racecourse.
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Romantic Warrior, one of the great racehorses of the modern era, has been retired, the Hong Kong Jockey Club announced Wednesday.
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Jimmysstar has been a fixture among Australian sprinters in recent years, which is why the 7-year-old New Zealand-bred gelding will be favored in Saturday’s Group 1 Memsie Stakes at seven furlongs at Caulfield Racecourse in Melbourne.
Aventure scored a sharp win in the Group 1 Prix Jean Romanet on Sunday at Deauville Racecourse in France, handing favored Diamond Necklace the first defeat of her career, and doing so handily.
Rebounding from her lone career loss, Autumn Glow won the fourth Group 1 race of her career in Saturday’s $711,700 Winx Stakes at Royal Randwick Racecourse in Sydney, Australia for her 12th win in 13 starts.
The City of York Stakes on Saturday at York Racecourse is not part of the Breeders’ Cup Challenge Series – but the favorite for the Breeders’ Cup Mile won it.
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In four American starts, the 3-year-old colt Bacio has not so much as won a stakes race, but two races in England this year have turned him into a star sprinter. Bacio showed his vast talent acing a handicap at the Royal Ascot meeting in June, and on Friday at York Racecourse he took no prisoners in the Nunthorpe Stakes, one of the most important European sprints.
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Last month, Kalpana won the King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes by a clear margin over Calandagan, rated best horse in the world last year. Thursday at York, she won the Group 1 Yorkshire Oaks by a whisker over 29-1 shot Sparan Nua.
The undefeated record is gone, but the reputation is intact. Autumn Glow is the mare to beat in Australia, even when she faces males.
A juvenile hasn't won the Group 1 Nunthorpe Stakes in almost two decades, and an American horse, at least in modern history, never has won the Nunthorpe. Both options are in play when 18 horses take to the York Racecourse turf on Friday.
