Major Emblem, Japan’s champion 2-year-old filly of 2015, can rebound from a fourth-place finish in the Japanese 1000 Guineas on April 10 in Sunday’s $1,744,700 NHK Mile Cup against 3-year-old males at Tokyo Racecourse.
Maurice, the Japanese Horse of the Year in 2015, scored his seventh consecutive victory in Sunday’s $1,804,867 Champions Mile on turf at Sha Tin Racecourse in Hong Kong.
A day after the O’Brien-trained Air Force Blue bombed as the heavy favorite in the 2000 Guineas, O’Brien not only won the English 1000 Guineas with Minding, he swept the top three placings when Ballydoyle rallied for second in front of Alice Springs on Sunday.
Mongolian Saturday, the winner of the Breeders’ Cup Turf Sprint at Keeneland last October, will have his first start of 2016 in Sunday’s $1,289,191 Chairman’s Sprint Prize at Sha Tin Racecourse in Hong Kong.
The Aidan O’Brien-trained Minding has been favored to win the Group 1 English 1000 Guineas on Sunday at Newmarket since she captured the Group 1 Fillies Mile last October, and if she’s to be successful, it’s another O’Brien entrant, Ballydoyle, whom Minding might have to catch.
Air Force Blue is the odds-on favorite to give trainer Aidan O'Brien his eighth win in the QIPCO English 2000 Guineas on Saturday at Newmarket.
Werther, the winner of the Hong Kong Derby in March, scored the richest win of his career in Sunday’s $2.57 million Queen Elizabeth II Cup at Sha Tin Racecourse in Hong Kong against an international field.
Highland Reel, winner of the Grade 1 Secretariat Stakes at Arlington Park last August, is part of a strong international field in Sunday’s $2.57 million Queen Elizabeth II Cup at Sha Tin Racecourse in Hong Kong.
Dee Majesty, a 29-1 outsider, scored a surprise win in Sunday’s $1,986,389 Japanese 2000 Guineas at Nakayama Racecourse, leading a sweep of the first three positions by Deep Impact colts.
Makahiki and Leontes, the first two finishers of a Grade 2 race last month, are among 18 colts in Sunday’s $1,986,389 Japanese 2000 Guineas at Nakayama Racecourse.
