Rulership, a Japanese invader who never had finished better than fourth at the Group 1 level, easily captured the Group 1 Audemars Piguet QEII Cup on Sunday at Sha Tin in Hong Kong.
Racing over radically soft going, even by European standards, Imperial Monarch and Colombian scored Group 3 victories on Saturday at Sandown in England.
Black Caviar needed minimal effort to extend her unbeaten streak to 20 races in Saturday’s Group 1 Sportingbet Classic at Morphettville Racecourse, near Adelaide, Australia.
With his old rival and defending champion Ambitious Dragon sitting out the Group 1 Queen Elizabeth II Cup on Sunday at Sha Tin in Hong Kong, it could be California Memory’s turn to step into the spotlight.
The Cirrus des Aigles that finished third one year ago in the Prix Ganay was not the Cirrus des Aigles that heads the 2012 edition of the Group 1 Ganay on Sunday at Longchamp.
The best racing in Europe on Saturday comes at Sandown Park in England, which hosts two Group 3 stakes among a mixed flat- and jump-race card.
Goldoni won Wednesday’s Investec Derby Trial at Epsom Downs, but he will not be able to take advantage of the race’s automatic berth to the English Derby at the same course on June 2.
Black Caviar will have nine rivals when she attempts to extend her unbeaten streak to 20 races in Saturday’s Group 1 Sportingbet Classic at Morphettville Racecourse.
Thomasgainsborough, a well-regarded Dansili colt trained by Aidan O’Brien, makes his stakes debut in Wednesday’s Investec Derby Trial at Epsom, a race that offers an automatic berth to the winner for the Epsom Derby on June 2.
Excelebration, making his 4-year-old debut, scored an easy three-length victory in the Group 3 Gladness Stakes at the Curragh.
