The British shipper Dubai Honour remained perfect in two starts in Australia with a commanding win in Saturday’s Group 1 Queen Elizabeth Stakes at Royal Randwick Racecourse in Sydney, one of the nation’s leading races for older horses.
The British shipper Dubai Honour remained perfect in two starts in Australia with a commanding win in Saturday’s Group 1 Queen Elizabeth Stakes at Royal Randwick Racecourse in Sydney, one of the nation’s leading races for older horses.
Paul Lally:
Race 1: 8-4-6-5
Race 2: 4-1-11-5
Race 3: 8-3-7-1
Race 4: 7-3-12-6
Race 5: 3-1-4-11
Race 6: 2-6-13-8
Race 7: 3-1-7-5
Race 8: 1-2-3-4
Race 9: 1-4-5-2
Race 10: 9-5-2-1
Race 11: 13-6-4-7
Best Bet Race3 8 Red Elegance
Longshot Race11 13 Taj Dragon
Play Race6 QQP 2-6-13
A trip to a big city track was too tough for the Australian gelding You Are King earlier this year.
After finishing in the top three in five starts in December and January at smaller venues, You Are King was 10th of 12 in a lucrative handicap at Royal Randwick Racecourse in Sydney on Feb. 11, one of the country’s leading tracks.
Two months later, You Are King is back at a countryside track, and very much in contention, in a seven-furlong handicap at Nowra Racecourse on Saturday evening.
A sharp drop in class may help the 4-year-old Australian filly Stratum Pride end a four-race losing streak in a competitive handicap going a mile at Canberra Racecourse on Thursday evening.
Stratum Pride is a winner of 3 of 19 starts, but is winless in four appearances at Canberra where she is based with trainer Keith Dryden.
Stratum Pride has been second or third in three of those starts at Canberra, including a third in a tougher class of handicap runners on March 13. In that one-mile race, Stratum Pride closed from fifth to lose by 1 1/2 lengths as the 2-1 favorite.
With six Group 1 wins since August, Anamoe is certain to be named Australian Horse of the Year for the current 2022-23 season.
Anamoe has a chance to equal Winx’s record of seven Group 1 wins in a year in the $3.36 million Queen Elizabeth Stakes at 1 1/4 miles at Royal Randwick Racecourse in Sydney on Friday evening. Winx reached the milestone in the 2018-19 season.
Six races into her career, the Australian filly Regal Inheritance beat maidens in a seven-furlong race at Canberra Racecourse on March 13.
The momentum from that win may boost Regal Inheritance in a tricky handicap for non-winners of two at a mile at Wyong Racecourse on Wednesday evening.
The race drew a field off 11, and six of the runners were 5-1 or less in early betting with Australian bookmakers as of Tuesday, including Regal Inheritance at an interesting 5-1.
Twice in his 21-race career, the Australian gelding Kinloch has won his second race following a layoff.
The scenario is present when Kinloch starts in a seven-furlong handicap at Hawkesbury Racecourse on Tuesday evening.
Kinloch was ninth of 16 in a stakes trial at Gosford Racecourse on March 16 in his first start since November. Kinloch closed from last to finish slightly more than 4 1/2 lengths behind favored Kayobi.