Undefeated Toronado and talented Dundonnell, whose last start came in the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Turf, renew their acquaintance Thursday at Newmarket in the Group 3 Craven Stakes, a prep for the Group 1 English 2000 Guineas.
In decline for years, the horse racing industry in Italy is facing a crisis, with the federal government ministry administering purse payments blocking the distribution of purses earned from late last summer through December 2012.
If Sky Lantern is to win the Nell Gwyn Stakes on Wednesday at Newmarket and go onto the Group 1 English 1000 Guineas as one of the race favorites, she will need more luck than she had last November in the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf.
The 2012 champion juvenile male in Japan, Logotype remained unbeaten in two starts this year, with a win in Sunday’s $2,527,000 Japanese 2000 Guineas at Nakayama Racecourse.
Black Caviar extended her unbeaten streak to 25 races, and won an astonishing 15th Group 1 race in Saturday’s $1,050,000 T.J. Smith Stakes at Randwick Racecourse in Australia.
Logotype, Japan’s top 2-year-old male of 2012, will be favored to win his fourth consecutive race in Sunday’s $2,527,000 Japanese 2000 Guineas at Nakayama Racecourse.
Black Caviar can extend her unbeaten streak to 25 races in Saturday’s Group 1 T.J. Smith Stakes at Randwick Racecourse in Australia, although she is not a certain starter in the race.
Brothers Cristian and Mirco Demuro swept the exacta in the $2,311,000 Japanese 1000 Guineas at Hanshin Racecourse on Sunday with Ayusan and Red Oval.
Auroras Encore, a 66-1 longshot who had lost his last eight races, scored a convincing win in Saturday’s Grand National at Aintree Racecourse, a first career win in Britain’s most popular race for trainer Sue Smith and jockey Ryan Mania.
Saga Dream, winner of the Group 3 Prix Exbury at Saint-Cloud last month, and Dalkala, who won the Group 2 Prix de Royallieu last October, are among seven runners for Sunday’s $167,000 Prix d’Harcourt at Longchamp Racecourse in Paris.
