Arc undercard filled with Breeders' Cup Challenge races
Five Group 1 stakes, four of them Breeders' Cup Challenge races, support the featured Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe card at Longchamp on Sunday.
Steve AndersenOct 02, 2020
Five Group 1 stakes, four of them Breeders' Cup Challenge races, support the featured Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe card at Longchamp on Sunday.
Declan Schuster's Hong Kong Selections and Analysis for Sunday, October 4, 2020 at Sha Tin.
Oisin Murphy, champion jockey in England during 2019 and on his way to another title in 2020, tested positive for a metabolite of cocaine this summer in France.
The Arc’s loss appears to be the Breeders’ Cup’s gain. Love, the standout Ireland-based 3-year-old filly, wasn’t among the 15 entries Thursday for Sunday’s Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe at Longchamp in Paris. That leaves Enable, seeking to become the first three-time Arc winner, as the favorite for the 1 1/2-mile fixture.
Despite a hike in class, Petaluma does not appear to be overmatched in Friday’s feature at Moruya Racecourse, run at a little more than a mile.
Saturday, Surprise Baby will have his second start of the year in the Group 1 Turnbull Stakes at Flemington, a race with ramifications for the Melbourne Cup and the Group 1 Caulfield Cup on Oct. 17.
Hong Kong Selections for Wednesday, October 1, 2020 at Sha Tin.
The second running of the $20 million Saudi Cup has been scheduled for Feb. 20 of next year at King Abdulaziz Racetrack in Riyadh, the race organizers announced Tuesday.
Night Guy was dismissed at 20-1 at Geelong Racecourse in Australia on Sept. 6, the day he closed from last of 11 to win a seven-furlong handicap. Night Guy won for the second time in his seven-race career that day. The victory has made the gelding the focus of a handicap at about six furlongs at Geelong on Thursday.
Only seven could be mustered for the Group 3 National Day Handicap on a special holiday Thursday afternoon card at Sha Tin in Hong Kong.