Australia: Polly Grey favored in handicap
Polly Grey may be a slight favorite in a handicap at 1 1/4 miles at Moonee Valley Racecourse in Australia on Saturday.
Steve AndersenJul 30, 2020
Polly Grey may be a slight favorite in a handicap at 1 1/4 miles at Moonee Valley Racecourse in Australia on Saturday.
Shiranda will complete a busy July when the gelding starts favored in Friday’s Mackay Cup at Mackay Racecourse in northeast Australia.
Three-year-old filly Fancy Blue, with the help of a nine-pound weight break, will try to take down a salty bunch of older fillies and mares in the Group 1 Nassau Stakes on Thursday at Goodwood.
One bad trip cost Mohaather any chance at winning the Group 1 Queen Anne Stakes last month at Royal Ascot but another one couldn’t keep him from victory in the Group 1 Sussex Stakes on Wednesday at Goodwood.
Youngblood went from being a multi-race maiden to a multiple winner when he was tried in marathon races for the first time last month in Australia.
In the Group 1 Goodwood Cup on Tuesday at Goodwood Racecourse, a race Stradivarius has won three years in a row, it is the Aidan O’Brien-trained 3-year-old Santiago coming for him.
The Australian-bred 3-year-olds Escaped and Front Money finished first and second in a five-furlong handicap at Hawkesbury Racecourse on July 10, the first start following layoffs for both. They seem to be on the same career plan.
Siskin beat all the 2-year-olds that raced against him last year and has beaten all the 3-year-olds he has faced this season. Now it is time to tackle older rivals as Siskin puts his perfect career record, five wins from five starts, on the line in the Group 1 Sussex Stakes on Wednesday at Goodwood Racecourse in England.
Enable had only two to beat to win her third, and she did so by 5 1/2. “Two” was the number of opponents as Enable cruised to her third victory in the Group 1 King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes on Saturday at rain-swept Ascot. The 6-year-old mare is the first horse to win the King George three times and she strolled home by more than five lengths after principal rival Japan failed to fire and Anthony Van Dyck was scratched.
Australian bettors are slowly catching on to Illecebrous, who has won her last two starts at 7-1 and 6 -1 and figures to be a shorter price in a handicap at Cessnock Racecourse on Monday.