Romantic Warrior, who has never has raced beyond 1 1/4 miles, tries 1 1/2 miles for the first time Sunday at Sha Tin Racecourse in the final Hong Kong Group 1 of the season, the Champions and Chater Cup. No one seems capable of beating him.
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Tahiyra lost the 1000 Guineas on May 7 at Newmarket by a half-length in the end, but the filly really lost the race at the start. Favored at 3-2, Tahiyra lunged and lurched out of post 15, giving up several lengths in the process. In the end, she fell short of victorious Nawz while finishing 7 1/2 lengths ahead of the third-place horse. There is no Nawz on Sunday in the Irish 1000 Guineas, where Tahiyra as of Friday was about a 1-2 fixed-odds favorite with British bookmakers.
When the $1.27 million Big Dance Stakes was run at Royal Randwick Racecourse in Sydney, Australia last November, Akasawa was nearing a comeback from an 11-month layoff.
This November, Akasawa could be part of that restricted stakes.
To qualify, Akasawa needs a win in a race such as the Gunnedah Cup at a mile at Gunnedah Racecourse on Saturday evening.
The first two finishers from the Gunnedah Cup will be finalists for the Big Dance, which will be limited to 20 starters determined by official handicap ratings.
Thu, 05/25/2023 - 15:40
After a seriously troubled trip in England, Royal Scotsman could win the first Group 1 of the Irish racing season on Saturday at The Curragh.
Royal Scotsman is one of 10 3-year-olds entered in an apparently modest renewal of the Irish 2000 Guineas, and things hardly could go as poorly for him at The Curragh as they did May 6 at Newmarket.
A week after finishing a game third against older males in a Group 1, the New Zealand-bred gelding Kovalica is back against Southern Hemisphere 3-year-olds in the Group 1 Queensland Derby at Eagle Farm Racecourse in Brisbane, Australia, on Friday evening.
Kovalica was beaten slightly less than 1 1/4 lengths by the multiple stakes winner Huetor in the $660,800 Doomben Cup at 1 1/4 miles on May 20, closing from ninth to be closest to the front at the finish.
The seven-furlong specialist Dubai Tycoon should be well-positioned to win for the first time this year in the Beef Week Cup at that distance at Lismore Racecourse in Australia on Thursday evening.
Dubai Tycoon finished a fast-closing second in a six-furlong handicap at Sunshine Coast Racecourse on May 14 in his first start since October. Dubai Tycoon closed from last of nine to miss by a head at 19-1.
Tue, 05/23/2023 - 13:02
The gelding Adjourn ran out of ground when he closed from the back of a large field to finish third in a one-mile handicap at Scone Racecourse in Australia on May 12.
The opposite occurred with the filly Lichester three days earlier at Goulburn Racecourse when she reached the front in the final furlong of a handicap at 7 1/2 furlongs, but was caught late and finished second.
Adjourn and Lichester meet for the first time in a one-mile handicap at Gosford Racecourse on Wednesday evening, with each capable of winning.
With an ambitious stakes appearance in his recent past, the New Zealand-bred 3-year-old Bunker Hut starts in a more realistic spot at Canterbury Park near Sydney, Australia, on Tuesday evening.
Bunker Hut will be a strong favorite in a handicap at 6 1/4 furlongs that has drawn a field of nine Southern Hemisphere 3-year-olds. Trained by Michael Freedman, Bunker Hut will be ridden by James McDonald, Australia’s leading rider by money earnings in the current season, which began in August.