Coterie was once so highly regarded that he started in a seven-figure race in Australia, finishing a respectable fourth in the Inglis Sprint at Warwick Farm Racecourse in February 2019. These days, Coterie runs in handicaps worth a fraction of that prize money, but appears in races that seem to be a better fit for the 5-year-old gelding.
Selections for Sha Tin's card on Sunday, Oct. 4, 2020.
Excellent Proposal takes another step down the path to stakes racing when he starts in the featured Chek Lap Kok Handicap on Sunday at Sha Tin Racecourse in Hong Kong.
For his first 123 starts, Gentleman Max, the 8-year-old gelding who races in Australia, was trained by Trevor Sutherland. Gentleman Max was transferred to trainer Keith Dryden in August after Sutherland was suspended by stewards in the state of New South Wales over animal welfare issues. Gentleman Max will have his third outing for Dryden, and 126th start, in Sunday’s Cootamundra Cup at a mile at Cootamundra Racecourse in the Australian countryside.
Enable's greatness has shined on two continents over four seasons. In races between 1 1/4 and 1 1/2 miles on turf there has been no better horse, day in and day out, anywhere in the world since Enable came to the fore during her 3-year-old season of 2017. She already has joined the rarefied club of two-time winners of the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe, but if she is to become the first three-time Arc winner, Enable will have to slog through a bog Sunday at Longchamp.
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.
