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Three weeks after she thumped fillies and mares in the Grade 1 Victoria Mile at Tokyo Racecourse, Almond Eye will be an odds-on favorite to win Sunday’s Grade 1 Yasuda Kinen at a mile at the same venue against males.
A good turf course may be what the veteran gelding Guizot needs to end a four-race losing streak and win the Swan Hill Cup for the first time. Sunday’s $78,412 Swan Hill Cup is a race for milers in Australia.
Quadrilateral, who won all three of her 2-year-old starts, including the Group 1 Fillies Mile, is favored over Millisle and Love in the Group 1 English 1000 Guineas on Sunday at Newmarket.
Ghaiyyath was going to be heavily favored and tough to beat in the Sheema Classic, a race that was canceled because of coronavirus, but instead of winning a late March Group 1 in Dubai, he conquered a Group 1 in early June at Newmarket, leading from start to finish in the Coronation Cup.
Owner Peter Brant is in action Saturday with Chad Brown-trained horses at Belmont Park, but he also has the early favorite Flighty Lady in the Group 3 Prix Cleopatre at Lyon Parilly in France.
There's no disputing Pinatubo was a sensational 2-year-old of 2019, but what kind of 3-year-old he'll be in 2020 will become more apparent Saturday at Newmarket, where Pinatubo starts as the heavy favorite in the Group 1 English 2000 Guineas.
Declan Schuster's Hong Kong selections and analysis for Sunday, June 7, 2020 at Sha Tin.
Winless in his first seven starts, Top Fred returned from a three-month break to record a breakthrough performance in a maiden race at six furlongs at tiny Swan Hill Racecourse in Australia in April. That was followed by another win at the same venue in a six-furlong handicap on May 11. The distances may have been the key. In December and January, Top Fred was racing at 1 1/4 miles. The shorter trip seems to be a better fit, which makes Top Fred well-suited to a handicap at 6 3/4 furlongs at Donald Racecourse on Friday.
Group 1 racing returns to England on Friday for the first time since last autumn, while Ghaiyyath races in England for the first time since autumn 2017.
Rothfire is unbeaten in four starts at Eagle Farm Racecourse, including the Group 2 Champagne Classic at six furlongs on May 23. He may need the local advantage in Saturday's Group 1 J.J. Atkins Stakes at seven furlongs.
