Half-siblings to Goldikova and Bago were both successful in their maiden debuts at Longchamp on Saturday, on a day when Godolphin landed both Group 3 races on the card with French Navy and Prince Bishop.
Dangerous Midge cruised clear under Martin Dwyer for a four-length victory over the 8-11 favorite, Rainbow Peak, in the Group 3, $88,000 Arc Trial at Newbury on Friday.
The Japanese Breeders’ Cup Filly & Mare Turf hopeful Red Desire arrived at Aqueduct on Thursday to prepare for the Flower Bowl Invitational at Belmont Park on Oct. 2. Trained by Mikio Matsunaga, the 4-year-old daughter of the Sunday Silence stallion Manhattan Cafe will spend two days in quarantine at the Big A before transferring to Belmont on Saturday.
The Group 3, $88,000 Arc Trial, the Arc prep that rarely produces a runner in the Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe, will have its 14th running at Newbury on Friday.
Midday won the Group 1, $445,000 Prix Vermeille at Longchamp on Sunday as her arch-rival Sariska refused to race for the second time in a row and was retired immediately after the race.
French rider olivier Peslier guided the 13-8 favorite Sans Frontieres to victory in the Group 1, $305,000 Irish St. Leger on Saturday.
Arctic Cosmos scored a surprise in the $770,000 St. Leger Stakes at Doncaster on Saturday as Rewilding, banged down to even-money favoritism, trudged home a well beaten seventh, 6 1/2 lengths behind the 12-1 winner.
Midday and Sariska renew their heated rivalry at Longchamp on Sunday when they clash in the Group 1, $444,000 Prix Vermeille, but the British raiders could have their hands full in the 1 1/2-mile filly and mare contest with the undefeated Sarafina.
White Moonstone added another feather to the cap of both Godolphin and her sire, Dynaformer, at Doncaster on Friday as she cruised to a five-length victory in the Group 2, $123,000 Champagne Stakes.
Godolphin’s undefeated Janood runs into a phalanx of four Coolmore rivals in the Group 1, $254,000 Vincent O’Brien National Stakes at the Curragh on Saturday.
