Solow won his eighth consecutive race, and earned a fees-paid berth to the Breeders’ Cup Mile at Keeneland on Oct. 31, with a half-length win in Wednesday’s $1.56 million Sussex Stakes at Goodwood Racecourse in England.
Solow will be a short-priced favorite to extend his winning streak to eight races in Wednesday’s $1.56 million Sussex Stakes at Goodwood Racecourse in England after a weekend of rain caused Gleneagles to be kept out of the entries by trainer Aidan O’Brien.
Gutaifan extended his winning streak to three races with a victory in Sunday’s $143,000 Prix Robert Papin at Maisons-Laffitte Racecourse, one of the first major stakes of the year for 2-year-olds in France.
There would not be another coronation for Golden Horn on Saturday, as the star 3-year-old was scratched from the King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes at Ascot because of soft ground, paving the way for Postponed to step forward and notch the most important victory of his career.
Covert Love won the biggest race of her career and gave trainer Hugo Palmer the biggest win of his when capturing the Group 1 Irish Oaks by 1 3/4 lengths over Jack Naylor on Saturday at The Curragh.
Curvy has won all four of her starts at age 3, and on Saturday at The Curragh in Ireland, she will be among the favorites to win at the Group 1 level for the first time when she meets nine rivals in the Irish Oaks.
One of two horses supplemented for approximately $48,000, Erupt won Tuesday’s $666,840 Grand Prix de Paris for 3-year-old colts and fillies at Longchamp Racecourse.
Total betting on races in Hong Kong in fiscal year 2014-15 rose to a record for a second year in a row, according to figures distributed by the Hong Kong Jockey Club.
Ampere, an undefeated colt trained by Andre Fabre whose dam was a two-time Grade 1 winner in California, will make his Group 1 debut in Tuesday’s $666,840 Grand Prix de Paris for 3-year-old colts and fillies at Longchamp Racecourse in Paris.
Territories came from last in a field of eight and won the Group 1 Prix Jean Prat by a half-length over Dutch Connection as Full Mast disappointed in the one-mile race for 3-year-olds at Chantilly.
