Fourteen horses, including the one-two finishers from the 2022 renewal, are among the likely runners in the $20 million Saudi Cup
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The benefit of a recent group stakes win gives Jacquinot a slight edge over a formidable group of rivals in the Group 1 C.F. Orr Stakes at Sandown Park in Melbourne, Australia, on Friday evening.
The $519,000 Orr Stakes is the first Group 1 of 2023 in Australia.
Jacquinot, a Southern Hemisphere 3-year-old, won the Group 1 Golden Rose Stakes at seven furlongs at Rosehill Gardens last September, and was later fifth in the Everest Stakes at six furlongs and ninth of 17 in the Group 1 Coolmore Stud Stakes at six furlongs on Oct. 29 in his final start of 2022.
The Group 2, $180,000 Blue Point Sprint, a prep for the Al Quoz Sprint on the Dubai World Cup undercard, headlines a seven-race program Friday at Meydan Racecourse. But nothing on this Friday card seems likely to rival to top the best performance of last Friday’s.
Algiers had scored a nice, solid win going 1,600 meters last month in Round 1 of the Al Maktoum Challenge, but his Feb. 3 win over 1,900 meters in Round 2 marked a serious step forward.
The Australian mare Dance to Dubai won consecutive starts for the first time in more than a year in six-furlong handicaps at Moonee Valley Racecourse in Melbourne on Dec. 31 and Jan. 21.
Dance to Dubai won both races by at least two lengths in a manner that has led to her being sent to the island of Tasmania for her group stakes debut in her 21st start in the Group 3 Bow Mistress Stakes at six furlongs at Hobart Racecourse on Thursday evening.
There is no shortage of experience among the nine runners in the fifth race at Wagga Wagga Racecourse in Australia on Wednesday evening. They have combined to make 352 starts.
Among those veterans, the 6-year-old gelding Tullys Gold is a good fit in the field. A winner of 6 of 30 starts, Tullys Gold won a handicap at about 1 1/16 miles at Wangaratta Racecourse on Dec. 5 and followed with a fourth by 3 3/4 lengths in a one-mile handicap at Wagga Wagga on Dec. 23 in his most recent start.
Paul Lally:
R1 4-3-8-12
R2 3-6-12-10
R3 7-1-12-2
R4 2-4-7-3
R5 5-4-10-1
R6 9-4-3-1
R7 5-10-11-4
R8 5-3-12-2
R9 3-4-12-1
Best Bet: R9 N3 Encountered
Longshot: R6 N9 Xponential
Play: R7 QQP 5-10-11
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Nick Child:
Handsome ran out of ground when he closed from last in a field of 10 to finish fifth in a handicap at 1 1/4 miles at Rosehill Gardens Racecourse in Australia on Jan. 28.
That may not be a problem when Handsome starts in a handicap at 1 3/8 miles at Warwick Farm on Tuesday evening. Handsome will race at the longer distance for the first time and takes a slight drop in class from the recent race at Rosehill Gardens.