Tahirya shined in Ireland last September, Meditate starred at the Breeders’ Cup in America last November, and Mammas Girl opened eyes last month in England. Three fillies, three countries, and the top three early-betting choices in the English 1000 Guineas on Sunday at Newmarket Racecourse.
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A seven-furlong race is the perfect fit for the Australian gelding Osman, who starts in the minor Gooree Park Cup at that distance at Mudgee Racecourse on Saturday evening.
Osman has won at six furlongs and a mile in his 13-race career, but three of his wins have been at seven furlongs, including his last two starts.
Osman won a handicap at Scone at seven furlongs on April 17 and took a successful jump in class to win at the same distance at Bathurst on April 25.
Dolce More won two major stakes last fall to clinch the title of champion Japanese 2-year-old colt of 2022. His 3-year-old season is not off to a good start.
Dolce More was beaten for the first time when seventh in the Grade 2 New Zealand Trophy at a mile at Nakayama Racecourse on April 8. The loss has dented Dolce More’s reputation in advance of Sunday’s $1.87 million NHK Mile Cup for colts and fillies at Tokyo Racecourse.
Zaaki will be an odds-on favorite to win the Group 3 Hollindale Stakes at Sunshine Coast Racecourse in Australia for the third consecutive year on Friday evening.
The only significant differences from this year’s race compared to his wins in 2021 and 2022 are the venue and the timing of the Hollindale in relation to Zaaki’s season.
The race is normally held at Gold Coast Racecourse, but that track is undergoing a renovation.
Zaaki was in the midst of extensive campaigns when he won the Hollindale the last two years.
It has been four years since Aidan O’Brien trained the winner of the 2000 Guineas. That constitutes a drought. O’Brien won his first Guineas in 2002 and now has won 10 of them. Only once during this span of time has O’Brien gone more than two years without a Guineas win.
Win No. 11 should come Saturday, when O’Brien sends out heavily favored Auguste Rodin and heavily underrated Little Big Bear in the first classic of the European season.
Run down a straight mile over the Newmarket heath, the Guineas drew 14 entrants and appears to be a solid renewal.
It has been nearly two years since Wicklow made a splashy debut in Australia, winning his first three starts in the country.
An Irish-bred gelding who began his career in Britain, the three-race streak remains Wicklow’s career highpoint. Wicklow won twice in 2022, but has been beaten in his last six races.