Four-year-old filly Terebellum nearly won the Group 1 Queen Anne Stakes last month facing a tougher older male, so she figures to be formidable Friday at Newmarket facing her own sex in the Group 1 Falmouth Stakes.
Danon Pharaoh, a Japanese-bred colt by American Pharoah, had an ideal trip to win Wednesday’s $711,694 Japan Dirt Derby at Oi Racecourse in Tokyo, the final race in the Kentucky Derby qualifying series in that country. Danon Pharaoh easily beat the strongly favored Cafe Pharoah, the previously unbeaten Kentucky-bred colt who faded from contention in the final three furlongs and finished seventh.
Heavy weight assignments are a frequent occurrence for jockey Michael Walker when he rides the gelding Mr Monaco in synthetic-track races in Australia.
There is an excellent chance a trainer named Kris, or Chris, will win Thursday’s $139,200 Grafton Cup at Grafton Racecourse in Australia.
Hong Kong selections for Happy Valley on Wednesday, July 8, 2020.
When he win races, Snitz tends to do so in bunches in Australia.
Cafe Pharoah, an unbeaten Kentucky-bred colt, will have what is expected to be his final prep race for the Kentucky Derby in Wednesday’s $711,694 Japan Dirt Derby at Oi Racecourse in Tokyo.
Declan Schuster's Hong Kong selections and analysis for Wednesday, July 8, 2020 at Happy Valley.
Fancy Blue won a four-horse blanket finish and gave 21-year-old trainer Donnacha O’Brien a quick victory in the Group 1 Prix de Diane. O’Brien is the son of trainer Aidan O’Brien, whose epic career includes zero wins in the Prix de Diane, the French Oaks, but Donnacha, who retired from the saddle due to his size less than a year ago, won the French classic in his first try.
Ghaiyyath galloped them into the ground Sunday at Sandown, winning the Group 1 Eclipse Stakes by two lengths, and among “them” was the two-time Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe winner Enable, who never looked a threat to Ghaiyyath while grinding out a second-place finish.
