Princess Grace was a five-time graded stakes winner for trainer Mike Stidham from 2020 to 2022 in California, Kentucky, and Pennsylvania, so successful that she earned more than $1.44 million.

Princess Grace was winless in three Grade 1 races for fillies and mares on turf – the Matriarch Stakes at Del Mar in 2021, a second in the Beverly D Stakes at Churchill Downs last August and a third in the First Lady Stakes at Keeneland last October.

An 8-year-old gelding who is winless in 15 starts in the last four years and was ninth and seventh in his last two appearances hardly seems like a runner that would inspire confidence.

Oddly, Ljungberg is worth a critical look in the minor Livermore Cup at Taree Racecourse in Australia on Thursday evening despite approaching the race with those flaws in his form.

The 6-year-old gelding Tazaral returned from a five-month layoff to win consecutive starts in one-mile handicaps at Royal Randwick Racecourse in Sydney, Australia in July, the first time the Irish-bred has won consecutive races in his career.

The wins have led to a start for Tazaral in the $129,300 Rowley Mile at Hawkesbury Racecourse near Sydney on Wednesday, and an excellent chance for a first career stakes win.

Two weeks after he finished fifth in his first start in four months, the Irish-bred gelding Tip of the Spear has an excellent chance for a third career win in a handicap at 1 3/16 miles at Canterbury Park in Sydney, Australia, on Tuesday evening.

Tip of the Spear was beaten 3 1/2 lengths in a handicap at 1 1/8 miles at Royal Randwick Racecourse in Sydney July 29 against a slightly higher class of runners than he race against at Canterbury.

Unraced since a debut win in April, the 4-year-old filly Love for Asher may have a slight advantage over her principal rivals in a five-furlong handicap at Ballina Racecourse in Australia on Monday evening.

Love for Asher has been assigned 125.6 pounds, much lower than the 132 for Connelly, who was a slight favorite at 7-2 as of Sunday morning. Love for Asher was 4-1.

The difference in weight can be attributed to a lack of race experience for Love for Asher. In April, she won a five-furlong handicap at Taree despite racing wide and near the front throughout.

The geldings Call Me Louis and Herne Hill were come-from-behind winners in their last starts in Australia, victories that occurred six months apart.

Call Me Louis beats maidens in his fourth career start at 6 1/2 furlongs on the infield Beaumont course at Newcastle Racecourse in his last appearance Jan. 30. Herne Hill won for the second time in his 22-race career in a seven-furlong handicap at Taree Aug. 1.

The veteran gelding Nordic Pride ended a nine-race losing streak over a span of 15 months when he won a handicap at 1 1/4 miles at Wagga Wagga Racecourse on July 24.

A winner of 8 of 35 career starts, Nordic Prince was ridden for the first time that day by apprentice jockey Alysha Warren, who began riding in April.

The burgeoning partnership is back in action in the minor Riverina Cup at 1 9/16 miles at Wagga Wagga on Saturday evening.

For a maiden, the filly Tiz Invincible carries a hearty reputation in her first start in four months in the $130,400 Rosebud Stakes for Southern Hemisphere 3-year-olds at Rosehill Gardens in Sydney, Australia, on Friday evening.

Tiz Invincible is winless in two starts, both stakes – a fourth as the 8-5 favorite in the Group 3 Black Opal Stakes at Canberra in March, and a second by 1 3/4 lengths in the Group 2 Percy Sykes Stakes at six furlongs at Royal Randwick Racecourse in Sydney in April.

From late January to late July, Call Me Louis, Koga Ninja, and Shuttle Run won maiden races in sprints in Australia. Those victories have led to their first starts against winners in a first-condition handicap at about 6 1/2 furlongs at Muswellbrook Racecourse on Thursday evening.

They are expected to dominate the betting in a field of nine, each holding strong credentials to continue their recent successes.