The old saying, “Fool me once, shame on you, fool me twice, shame on me,” doesn’t mention a third incident in the series of fooling actions. But here we are with the featured Group 2, $180,000 Zabeel Mile on Friday at Meydan Racecourse in Dubai, where, for the third week in a row, bettors might assume that William Buick, nominally the top rider for the Charlie Appleby-trained wing of Godolphin, is riding Appleby’s top hope in the race.
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The third race at Flemington Racecourse in Australia on Thursday evening is a six-furlong handicap restricted to runners who have yet to win at a track located in the Melbourne area.
Anilla has certainly earned a start at a prestige venue such as Flemington, the home of the Melbourne Cup.
Two races into the 10-race Magic Millions program at Gold Coast Racecourse last weekend, the jockeys and stewards decided to postpone the program on the West Coast of Australia because of excessive rain.
The races have been rescheduled at Gold Coast on Wednesday evening, with two seven-figure races headlining an eight-race program that begins at 10:20 p.m. Eastern or 7:20 p.m. Pacific.
Wagering is available through DRFBets.com.
The leading runners entered last weekend are back in the rescheduled races.
Tom Wood:
R1: 9-4-11-3
R2: 9-4-7-1
R3: 10-5-11-7
R4: 6-2-1-8
R5: 7-2-1-10
R6: 3-4-6-8
R7: 11-9-6-5
R8: 2-4-5-1
BEST: R8 N2 CALIFORNIA DEEPLY (WIN)
VALUE: R7 N11 MASTER TORNADO (EW)
PLAY: R8 QQP 2,4,5
Mark McNamara:
R1 5.9.1.3
R2 4.9.7.11
R3 11.10.3.5
R4 6.4.2.7
R5 10.2.7.1
R6 4.8.3.6
R7 9.6.3.11
R8 2.4.5.1
Best Bet: R7 N9 Jumbo Legend
Longshot: R5 N10 Oversubscribed
Play R7 Q/QP 3.6.9
When Miso has lost in his brief career, it has been against good horses or by a narrow margin.
Miso has won two of his four starts, a promising start to a career by any measure and why the 4-year-old gelding will be a strong favorite to win a seven-furlong handicap at Sandown Racecourse in Melbourne on Tuesday.
After a recent fourth, the Australian gelding Harlem Groove will have his second start following a six-month layoff in a six-furlong handicap at Newcastle Racecourse in Australia on Monday evening.
A winner of 2 of 11 starts, Harlem Groove was beaten a length in a handicap at 5 3/4 furlongs in the infield course at Newcastle on Dec. 26, closing from seventh in a field of nine to nearest the front at the finish.
Monday’s race is on the exterior turf course, and will be Harlem Groove’s first start on the surface even though he is based at the track with trainer Paul Perry.
The Hungarian, a 4-year-old Australian-bred gelding, needed three races in 2022 to beat maidens, living up to his promising pedigree.
For 2023, The Hungarian has every chance to rise through Australia’s competitive handicap divisions, beginning with his debut against winners in a handicap at 7 1/4 furlongs at Muswellbrook Racecourse on Sunday evening.
The Hungarian, trained by Paul Messara, was the 6-5 favorite in early betting Saturday to build on his maiden race win in a seven-furlong race at Tamworth on Nov. 29, his second start following an eighth-month layoff.
The 6-year-old gelding Cheptegai has bounced around some of the smaller tracks in Australia in recent months, efficiently winning three of his last five starts.
Cheptegai was favored in only one of those races, but will be the public choice in the Cowra Japan Cup at about 6 1/2 furlongs at Orange Racecourse on Saturday evening. A start at Orange fits with the way Cheptegai has been raced of late, with a focus on sprints at smaller venues.
Equinox was named 2022 Horse of the Year in Japan earlier this week after winning two of the country’s leading races for older horses in the final months of the year.
Equinox, a colt by Kitasan Black, received 282 of the 288 votes cast for Horse of the Year. Titleholder, named champion older colt or horse, received six votes.