Carla’s Way ran off to a 2 1/4-length victory over favored Shuwari in the Group 2 Rockfel Stakes on Friday at Newmarket and might well have run herself into a start in the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf.
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An 8-year-old who has not won since April, Ruban Bleu can end a five-race losing streak in the Cootamundra Cup at a mile at tiny Cootamundra Racecourse in Australia on Saturday evening.
Ruban Bleu, a winner of 6 of 56 starts, has had a few encouraging results in recent races despite the losses. A gelding, Ruban Bleu was second by a length in the minor Forbes Cup at a mile on Aug. 6, and fourth by three lengths after racing in traffic on the turn of a seven-furlong handicap at Canberra on Sept. 15.
Fri, 09/29/2023 - 14:53
An inside post may pose a tactical challenge for the four-time stakes winner Namura Clair in the Grade 1 Sprinters Stakes at Nakayama Racecourse in Japan on Sunday.
Namura Clair drew the rail in a field of 16. While the 4-year-old filly tends to run from off the pace, she will need a clean trip under jockey Suguru Hamanaka to win for the first time in her sixth appearance in a Grade 1 in the $2.2 million Sprinters Stakes at six furlongs.
Warm Heart might be the best European female who winds up in the Breeders’ Cup Filly and Mare Turf at Santa Anita in November, and she is having a quiet weekend training in Ireland, but Sunday’s Prix de l’Opera often produces Filly and Mare Turf runners and is likely to do so again this year.
The Group 1 contest over 1 1/4 miles drew a dozen entrants, none, to date, anything near the quality of Tarnawa, who won the Opera and the Filly and Mare Turf in 2020. But, like Tarnawa, horses coming from Ireland to the Opera could have a major say.
It’s strange calling an unbeaten French Derby winner an unknown quantity, but that might be an apt description of Ace Impact, who lines up Sunday at Longchamp Racecourse as the favorite to win the Group 1, $5.28 million Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe.
Ace Impact faces 14 foes in the 1 1/2-mile fixture, which is part of the Breeders’ Cup Challenge series and is contested around right-handed bends over a course as of Friday labeled soft. Breezy, warm weekend conditions could lead to an upgrade that might include the word “good.”
From Newmarket to New York, it will be a day of high-level racing for the father-and-son co-training team of Simon and Ed Crisford. Team Crisford has sent Algiers to the Grade 1 Woodward on Saturday afternoon, while earlier in the day they start favored Vandeek in the Group 1 Middle Park Stakes in England.
Vandeek is favored over River Tiber in the six-furlong straight course Middle Park, which is restricted to 2-year-old colts. The race drew eight entrants with the top two betting choices far shorter in antepost wagering than the other six runners.
Thu, 09/28/2023 - 15:02
Just Fine must finish in the first three in the Group 1 Metropolitan Stakes at 1 1/2 miles at Royal Randwick Racecourse in Sydney, Australia, on Friday evening to enhance his chances to qualify for the country’s most famous race, the Group 1 Melbourne Cup at Flemington Racecourse on Nov. 7.
Thu, 09/28/2023 - 11:30
By Leo Schlink
Frankie Lor hopes to add the G3 National Day Cup Handicap (1000m) at Sha Tin on Sunday (1 October) to last weekend’s G3 Celebration Cup Handicap success when he saddles Adios and Rewarding Together in the HK$4.2 million sprint feature.
Needing only one more win to reach the 400-win milestone in Hong Kong, the 2021/22 champion trainer is optimistic Adios or Rewarding Together can prevail.