AUSTRALIA SATURDAY ADVANCE By Steve Andersen The 7-year-old gelding Ruban Bleu will be closing from off the pace in a handicap at Wagga Wagga Racecourse in Australia on Saturday evening and may need a
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Several of Japan’s leading older horses, with the notable exception of 2022 Horse of the Year Equinox, are among 16 runners in Sunday’s Grade 1 Osaka Hai at Hanshin Racecourse.
The $2.98 million Osaka Hai is run at 1 1/4 miles and is the first Grade 1 of the year on turf for distance runners in Japan.
Thu, 03/30/2023 - 14:56
Brave Emperor currently ranks in a tie for the lead in the European qualifying series for the Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs on May 6.
To clinch the single berth available from the series, Brave Emperor will need the best race of his already accomplished career when he starts in Saturday’s $123,800 Cardinal Condition Stakes at a mile on the synthetic track at Chelmsford City Racecourse near London.
Wed, 03/29/2023 - 14:30
AUSTRALIA THURSDAY ADVANCE By Steve Andersen There were high expectations for Hosier in the $1.27 million Big Dance Stakes in Australia last November, until he broke slowly and was rushed into content
There may be a runner in the Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs on May 6 who has never raced beyond a mile or appeared in a group or graded stakes.
Brave Emperor, a winner of 5 of 7 starts in Britain and France, is the current co-leader in the European qualifying series that offers one invitation to the runner with the most points.
Brave Emperor is one of two Triple Crown nominees in Saturday’s $123,000 Cardinal Condition Stakes at a mile on the synthetic surface at Chelmsford City Racecourse northeast of London, the final race in the European qualifying series.
Mr Brightside was 19-1 when he won his first Group 1 in the Doncaster Mile at Royal Randwick Racecourse in Sydney, Australia, last year.
Despite losses in six subsequent appearances in Group 1 races, the 5-year-old Mr Brightside will start favored in a field of 20 in the $2.6 million Doncaster Mile on Friday evening.
Mr Brightside ended a six-race losing streak since the Group 2 Feehan Stakes in September with a half-length victory in the $3.32 million All-Star Mile at Moonee Valley Racecourse on March 18.
The Poacher is winless in two starts in Australia this year, but has shown signs in those losses of the form that made him a four-time winner in 2022.
If The Poacher continues to improve, the timing could not be better.
A winner of 4 of 9 starts, The Poacher will start as a slight favorite in a $66,900 handicap at seven furlongs at Newcastle Racecourse on Wednesday evening that is the final qualifying race for a restricted race worth $344,900 at Royal Randwick Racecourse in Sydney on April 8.