Sunday’s Group 1 Poule d’Essai des Poulains (French 2000 Guineas) on Sunday at Longchamp brings about a rematch between Dragon Pulse and 2-year-old star Dabirsim.
Mickdaam won the Group 3 Chester Vase on Thursday in England by a nose, but his victory barely registered in ante-post betting for the Epsom Derby.
Trainer John Shirreffs, who knows a thing or two about winning streaks, will be watching when Black Caviar makes her final start of the Australian season in Saturday’s Group 1 Goodwood Stakes at Morphettville.
The Irish invaders Call to Battle and David Livingston, both stakes winners last year at 2, are expected to dominate Thursday’s Group 3 Chester Vase at Chester Racecourse in England.
Homecoming Queen, who finished last of 14 in the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies at Churchill Downs last November, pulled a shock upset in Sunday’s English 1000 Guineas at Newmarket Racecourse, leading throughout the one-mile race.
Trainer Aidan O’Brien scored the sixth English 2000 Guineas victory of his career with favored Camelot on Saturday at Newmarket.
Maybe, a Galileo filly unbeaten in five starts but unraced since August, will be heavily favored to win Sunday’s Group 1 English 1000 Guineas for 3-year-old fillies at Newmarket racecourse.
Aidan O’Brien has 30-1 shot Daddy Long Legs for Saturday’s Kentucky Derby, but about five hours earlier at Newmarket he’ll saddle the hot favorite Camelot for the Group 1 English 2000 Guineas.
Beat Black, a 5-year-old who had never won a graded stakes, pulled a shocking upset in Sunday’s spring running of the $3.4 million Tenno Sho for older horses at Kyoto Racecourse in Japan, winning the Grade 1 race over about two miles by four lengths at the staggering odds of 158-1.
Just four weeks after a game win in the Group 1 Sheema Classic in Dubai, Cirrus des Aigles scored a dominant front-running victory Sunday at Longchamp in Paris, taking the Group 1 Prix Ganay by eight lengths over the talented filly Giofra.
