Fiorente’s experience will make him the favorite to win Tuesday’s $5,658,000 Melbourne Cup at Flemington Racecourse in Australia, a race in which he was second by a length in 2012. A two-mile handicap run on turf, the Melbourne Cup has drawn a maximum field of 24, including eight runners trained in the Northern Hemisphere.
Just a Way, a 14-1 outsider, scored an upset win in Sunday’s $2,824,157 Tenno Sho at Tokyo Racecourse, the first Grade 1 win of his career.
Kingston Hill, skipping over soft ground, scored a 4 1/2-length victory in the Group 1 Racing Post Trophy Stakes on Saturday at Doncaster in England.
Somewhat is the most accomplished horse among 11 entrants in the Group 1 Racing Post Trophy Stakes on Saturday at Doncaster in England, but that doesn’t mean he has a discernible edge in the one-mile race for 2-year-olds.
Fiorente, second in the 2012 Melbourne Cup, can solidify his status as the favorite for this year’s Melbourne Cup on Nov. 5 with a win in Saturday’s $2,880,000 Cox Plate at Moonee Valley Racecourse in Australia.
Farhh, making his first start since May, ended his career with a hard-fought win in Saturday’s $2,093,000 Champion Stakes at Ascot.
The first Group 1 win of Olympic Glory’s career proved a memorable won, as the 3-year-old burst between horses and stormed home to a 3 1/4-length victory Saturday at soggy Ascot in the $1,614,700 Queen Elizabeth II Stakes.
Saturday, Cirrus des Aigles is back in the $2,093,000 Champion Stakes and will be a heavy favorite to win the race over 1 1/4 miles on turf.
The idea motivating the creation of British Champions Day at Ascot was to bring together the best horses in Europe for one last late-season day of championship-level racing, and in Saturday’s Queen Elizabeth II Stakes, that idea has largely come to fruition.
Hawkspur, a 7-1 shot to win the Melbourne Cup next month, will be favored to win Saturday’s $2,387,250 Caulfield Cup at 1 1/2 miles on turf at Caulfield Racecourse in Australia.
