The 3-year-old filly Tahiyra added a third Group 1 to her resume with a one-length victory in the Coronation Stakes on Friday at Royal Ascot.
While Tahiyra came through as the favorite, odds-on Little Big Bear was defeated by Shaquille in the day’s other Group 1, the Commonwealth Stakes, a 3-year-old straight-course sprint.
Currently, the older horse division in Japan consists of Equinox and the others.
Equinox, the 2022 Japanese Horse of the Year, won his only start this year in the Group 1 Sheema Classic in Dubai in March and will be an odds-on favorite in Sunday’s Grade 1 Takarazuka Kinen at 1 3/8 miles on turf at Hanshin Racecourse in Japan.
The winner receives a fees-paid berth to the Breeders’ Cup Turf on Nov. 4 at Santa Anita.
A troubled trip kept Silverdale Chief from scoring his first win in Australia in a one-mile handicap at Wagga Wagga Racecourse on June 13.
Bettors are expecting the recent New Zealand import to end a six-race losing streak in Australia in a one-mile handicap at Narrandera Racecourse on Saturday evening.
At Wagga Wagga, Silverdale Chief, a 5-year-old New Zealand-bred gelding, raced in traffic on the turn and flew through the stretch to miss catching race winner Thistledo by a nose.
Last year’s race
Winner: Missed The Cut
Jockey: James McDonald
Trainer: George Boughey
Owner: Mr Ed Babington
Age: 3
Weight: 9st 3lbs
Starting Price: 5/2
Season Form Figures: 411
Previous Best: 1st - Class 5 Novice, Salisbury (May 2022)
By Paul Jones
Last year’s race
Winner: Broome
Jockey: Ryan L Moore
Trainer: Aidan P O'Brien
Owner: M Matsushima/Mrs. Magnier/Mrs. Tabor/Mrs. Smith
Age: 6
Weight: 9st 3lbs
Starting Price: 6/1
Season Form Figures: 5
Previous Best: 4th – Derby (Group 1), Epsom (June 2019)
By Paul Jones
Last year’s race
Winner: Naval Crown
Jockey: James Doyle
Trainer: Charlie Appleby
Owner: Godolphin
Age: 4
Weight: 9st 5lbs
Starting Price: 33/1
Season Form Figures: 104
Previous Best: 1st - Al Fahidi Fort Stakes (Group 2), Meydan (January 2022)
By Paul Jones
Last year’s race
Winner: Noble Truth
Jockey: William Buick
Trainer: Charlie Appleby
Owner: Godolphin
Age: 3
Weight: 9st 3lbs
Starting Price: 4/1
Season Form Figures: 1
Previous Best: 1st - King Charles II Stakes (Listed), Newmarket (April 2022)
By Paul Jones
Ruthless Dame went from a win in the Group 1 Robert Sangster Stakes for fillies and mares at Morphettville Racecourse in Australia on May 6 to a fifth-place finish in the Group 1 Stradbroke Handicap at Eagle Farm on June 10.
It can be argued Ruthless Dame ran as well in the $1.99 million Stradbroke Handicap against open company as she did in the Sangster.
The theory will be tested when Ruthless Dame returns to racing against fillies and mares in the Group 1 Tattersall’s Tiara Stakes at seven furlongs at Eagle Farm on Friday evening.
