The 4-year-old geldings Kokoro and Jupitus, arguably in the best form of their careers, meet for the first time in a handicap at 7 3/4 furlongs on the infield Kensington course at Royal Randwick Racecourse in Sydney on Tuesday.
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Sun, 03/05/2023 - 12:57
For the first time in their careers, the gelding King Kikau and mare Moon Over Alice are on two-race-winning streaks in Australia.
King Kikau has rallied from off the pace to win two one-mile handicaps since late January, while Moon Over Alice has led throughout two sprints in the same time span.
Barring a dead heat, at least one of the winning streaks will end when they meet for the first time in a one-mile handicap at Taree Racecourse on Monday evening. They are two of four leading candidates in a field of 10.
The Australian gelding Iknowastar was no factor in five starts in sprints at distances ranging from five to six furlongs from last March to early February.
In a longer sprint and in a one-mile race later in February, Iknowastar won the first two races of his career. The winning streak will be tested when Iknowastar races at 1 1/4 miles for the first time in a handicap at Wagga Wagga Racecourse on Sunday evening.
Sat, 03/04/2023 - 13:48
Everything seemed to happen in twos Saturday in Dubai on a Meydan card featuring Round 3 of the Al Maktoum Challenge.
Salute the Soldier won the Group 1, $450,000 Maktoum Challenge for the second time, adding Saturday’s score to his 2021 tally. His trainer, Fawzi Nass, and jockey, Adrie de Vries, made it a double in the Super Saturday feature one race after landing the $170,000 Al Bastakiya with progressive Go Soldier Go.
Cairo, an Irish-bred Quality Road colt trained by Aidan O’Brien, moved to the fore of the European-based hopefuls for the Kentucky Derby with a two-length win in his 3-year-old debut in Friday’s $42,300 Patton Stakes at a mile on the all-weather surface at Dundalk Racecourse in Ireland.
Cairo earned 20 qualifying points for the Kentucky Derby with the win. One berth in the Kentucky Derby is available to the runner with the most qualifying points from the European series.
Fri, 03/03/2023 - 15:20
It helps to race near the front at Moonee Valley Racecourse in Melbourne, with a stretch slightly shorter than a furlong.
Mamaragan has a forward style that led to a win at Moonee Valley earlier this year, and that is one of the reasons the 5-year-old gelding is favored to win the $85,400 Summer Sprinters Series Final at six furlongs on Saturday evening.
Mamaragan won a five-furlong handicap at Moonee Valley in January in his first start since July. He broke from the outside in a field of nine and was always near the front, winning by three-quarters of a length.
Jacquinot has solidified his reputation as one of Australia’s leading 3-year-olds with two Group 1 wins at seven furlongs since late September.
The colt’s ability at a mile will be tested in the Group 1 Australian Guineas at Flemington Racecourse in Melbourne on Friday evening.
Jacquinot will start at a mile for the first time after a desperate nose win in the Group 1 C.F. Orr Stakes at seven furlongs against older horses at Sandown Racecourse on Feb. 11. Ridden by Damian Lane, Jacquinot closed from fifth in a field of 10 to reach the front in the nick of the time.
Well, the gang most definitely is not all here.
Super Saturday, preview day for the March 25 Dubai World Cup Day, includes eight Thoroughbred races, and chances are, if you don’t closely follow winter racing in Dubai, you’re unfamiliar with most of the horses.
Breeders’ Cup Turf winner Rebel’s Romance was among the original entrants in the Dubai City of Gold but was withdrawn from the race this week with a reportedly minor leg issue. He remains on track for a start in the Sheema Classic on the World Cup undercard March 25.