Tiggy Wiggy won her third straight race and her sixth from eight starts, capturing her first Group 1 in the Cheveley Park Stakes for 2-year-old fillies on Saturday at Newmarket in England.
Ol’ Man River, a hyped Aidan O’Brien-trained 2-year-old, tries stakes competition for the first time on Sunday at the Curragh in the Group 2 Beresford Stakes.
The focus Saturday at Newmarket in England is on 2-year-olds, and while the Cheveley Park is the race with the Group 1 status, the Group 2 Royal Lodge is a Breeders’ Cup Win and You’re In race offering the winner a fees-paid berth and travel expenses to the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Turf.
German star Sea the Moon, the antepost betting favorite for the Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe before a surprising defeat Sept. 7 in the Grosser Preis von Baden, has been retired because of an injury.
Cursory Glance won the Group 1 Moyglare Stud Stakes at The Curragh in Ireland by a neck over Lucida, giving trainer Roger Varian and jockey Andre Atzeni their second Group 1 victory in 24 hours.
Treve suffered her third defeat from as many starts this year, finishing a tame fourth in the Group 1 Prix Vermeille on Sunday at Longchamp and throwing into further disarray the list of leading contenders for the Oct. 4 Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe.
English Derby runner-up Kingston Hill stormed home from the back of the field and won the Group 1 St. Leger Stakes by 1 1/4 lengths over Romsdal on Saturday at Doncaster in England.
The Grey Gatsby flew home under Ryan Moore to nail the heavily favored Australia on the wire in the Group 1 Irish Champion Stakes on Saturday at Leopardstown.
Treve, unbeatable last year at age 3 but winless in two starts this year, will try to position herself for a defense of her Prix de l’Arc d’Triomphe crown when she starts Sunday at Longchamp in the Group 1 Prix Vermeille.
Australia will be an odds-on favorite to add another Group 1 win to his résumé when he starts Saturday at Leopardstown in the Irish Champion Stakes.
