Redoute’s Image finally won for the first time in her fifth start, in a maiden race against 2-year-old fillies at Canterbury Park on July 22, her first start in more than four months. For her 3-year-old debut in a handicap at 5 1/2 furlongs at Warwick Farm on Wednesday, Redoute’s Image will race against older fillies and mares.
Race conditions appear to favor Oksal when the 5-year-old mare has her first start since February in a six-furlong handicap Tuesday at Gosford Racecourse in Australia.
Undefeated Earthlight returns to the spotlight Sunday at Deauville in the Group 1 Prix Maurice de Gheest.
The last time Tatunka ran at Bendigo Racecourse in Australia he won his third consecutive sprint race in a handicap at 6 1/2 furlongs on June 21. Tatunka is back in the entries at Bendigo in a one-mile handicap at a mile on Sunday and could return to the winner’s circle for the fourth time in his last six starts.
The results of Saturday’s Group 2 Missile Stakes at six furlongs at Rosehill Gardens will determine how ambitiously Eduardo is campaigned in coming month as the lucrative races of the Australian spring draw nearer.
There are sprinters and then there is the speedy group in the fifth race at Ipswich Racecourse in Australia on Friday. They will compete at four furlongs, a specialty distance for many starters in the field of nine, and understandably the shortest of seven races on the program.
Jazzland is the sort of veteran runner that wins in certain circumstances. In his 19-race career in Australia, Jazzland has won seven times, leading throughout in six of those victories. He has not won from off the pace since a maiden race in November 2018 in his second start.
In 2018, Home Ground was a minor stakes winner in Australia and ran in three Group 1 races before he was exported to Hong Kong.
Dubai Tycoon closed from fourth to win a seven-furlong handicap by about 1 3/4 lengths at Moree Racecourse on July 6, his fourth victory in 15 starts. Dubai Tycoon may have a similar trip in Monday’s Forbes Cup at Forbes Racecourse in Australia.
Tallyho Twinkletoe completed a rare double in Australia last August, winning the Grand National Hurdle and Grand National Chase in consecutive starts. He was the first horse to sweep the two races since Mosstrooper in 1930. The 10-year-old gelding, may have a chance to repeat that historic achievement this year. Sunday, Tallyho Twinkletoe will start favored in the $178,500 Grand National Hurdle on the Lakeside course at Ladbrokes Park in Melbourne.
