The longshots Dashing Fellow and Beauty Generation gave trainer John Moore a sweep of the two Group 3 races at Sha Tin Racecourse in Hong Kong on Sunday.
Rhododendron and Hydrangea gave trainer Aidan O’Brien a sweep of the exacta in Sunday’s Group 1 Prix de l’Opera for fillies and mares at Chantilly, France.
Enable and jockey Frankie Dettori swept to an impressive and satisfying victory Sunday at Chantilly in the Group 1, $5.9 million Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe.
Trainer Aidan O’Brien’s 2-year-old filly in the female-restricted Prix Marcel Boussac, Magical, faltered and finished fourth, but his filly in the open Prix Jean Luc-Lagardere, Happily, beat five males at Chantilly.
Roaring Lion’s narrow win Saturday at Newmarket in the Group 2 Royal Lodge Stakes made him undefeated in three starts, earned him a fees-paid berth into the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Turf, and got him on the scoreboard in the new European Road to the Kentucky Derby.
Vazirabad won his 11th group stakes and third Group 1 in Saturday’s $353,670 Prix du Cadran for marathoners at Chantilly, France.
Red Falx will be favored to win the Grade 1 Sprinters Stakes for the second consecutive year at Hanshin Racecourse in Japan on Sunday.
This could be a good weekend for English trainer John Gosden. It certainly has started that way. On Friday at Newmarket Racecourse, Juliet Capulet (9-1) edged 2-1 favorite Nyaleti by a head in the Group 2, $146,000 Rockfel Stakes over seven furlongs. On Sunday at Chantilly Racecourse in France, the Gosden-trained Enable is favored in the Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe, Europe’s top race.
The chance to play against an even-money favorite in an 18-horse Group 1 race absolutely should motivate bettors to probe Enable for soft spots. They're not easy to find, and Enable stands an excellent chance of giving trainer John Gosden his second Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe and owner Khalid Abdullah his fifth.
Two-year-olds take the spotlight on a Saturday card at Newmarket that includes a pair of Group 1 races as well as a Breeders' Cup Challenge Win and You're In race for the BC Juvenile Turf.
