Paul Lally:
R1: 2-12-11-5
R2: 1-3-6-7
R3: 1-4-6-3
R4: 1-7-10-2
R5: 9-1-6-8
R6: 3-2-10-11
R7: 6-3-8-9
R8: 1-2-4-5
Best Bet R8 N1 Tianchi Monster
Longshot R7 N6 Astrologer
Play R4 QQP 1-7-10
Tom Wood:
R1: 7-11-12-1
R2: 6-3-7-9
R3: 2-8-5-4
R4: 1-7-12-2
R5: 9-1-2-6
R6: 3-2-11-10
R7: 3-9-11-8
R8: 2-1-10-5
BEST: R5 N9 RATTAN KINGDOM (WIN)
VALUE: R4 N1 FLYING SILVER (EW)
PLAY: R6 FCT 3 < 2,10,11
Dark Euro was the 80-1 outsider in a field of nine when he nearly pulled a massive upset at Grafton Racecourse in Australia on Nov. 18, closing from seventh to miss by a nose.
The narrow loss will have the attention of bettors when Dark Euro starts in a seven-furlong handicap at Coffs Harbour Racecourse on Wednesday evening across American time zones.
Dark Euro, a winner of 5 of 35 starts, was the 5-2 co-favorite in early betting as of Tuesday along with Rose Bouquet.
The careers of the fillies Lucky Variety and My Eloise are on similar paths in advance of their first meeting, which comes in a six-furlong handicap at Gosford Racecourse on Tuesday.
Both returned from a brief layoff to win maiden races a day apart earlier this month, and both have potential for improvement.
The Australian gelding Barellan Bandit has such a solid race record at tiny Tamworth Racecourse that the 6-year-old is a suitable alternative to the solid favorite Juventus in a one-mile handicap at that venue on Monday evening across American time zones.
Barellan Bandit has won 5 of 21 starts in his career, and 2 of 3 races at Tamworth. In his last start at Tamworth, Barellan Bandit won a seven-furlong handicap in July, closing from seventh to win by slightly less than 1 3/4 lengths.
The Grade 1 Japan Cup at Tokyo Racecourse on Sunday looked like a lost cause for Vela Azul early in the long stretch.
That is until jockey Ryan Moore weaved his way past a majority of the field to take the lead in the final strides of Japan’s leading race.
Sent off favored in North American pools, Vela Azul ($8.50) finished three-quarters of a length in front of 7-2 Shahryar, who was third in the 2021 Japan Cup.
Weltreisende (9-1) finished third in Sunday’s race, beaten a length, in a field of 18.
Parties Galore had 10 races' experience before she won for the first time in a maiden race at Port Macquarie in Australia in August.
The win has boosted her career.
Since then, Parties Galore has finished in the top three in three starts, and beat winners for the first time in a six-furlong handicap on the Beaumont course at Newcastle on Oct. 24.
Paul Lally:
R1: 9-4-3-5
R2: 3-8-12-2
R3: 4-3-11-9
R4: 4-6-3-1
R5: 5-6-9-3
R6: 4-2-5-10
R7: 5-9-8-4
R8: 11-10-5-4
R9: 5-7-3-2
R10: 10-5-11-3
Best Bet R5 N5 Midori Beauty
Longshot R6 N4 Millenium Falcon
PlayRace8 QQP 5-10-11
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Tom Wood:
R1: 9-4-13-2
R2: 10-1-2-3
R3: 10-4-3-2
There is no race in the world quite like the Jericho Cup, which will be run on Saturday at Warrnambool Racecourse in Australia.
The race is restricted to Australian- and New Zealand-breds and run at about 2 7/8 miles, an unheard of distance for a flat race in the Northern Hemisphere.
There is no shortage of interest in the $193,536 Jericho Cup. Saturday’s race drew a full field of 14, with four also-eligibles, and has a solid favorite in the 5-year-old gelding Bazini, who was second in a handicap at 1 1/2 miles at Sandown Racecourse in Melbourne on Nov. 16.
Since he finished third in the Grade 1 Japan Cup at Tokyo Racecourse last November, Shahryar has had mixed results in three starts around the world.
A win in the Group 1 Sheema Classic in Dubai in March in Shahryar’s first start of the year was followed by a fourth in the Group 1 Prince of Wales’s Stakes at Royal Ascot in England in June and a fifth in the Grade 1 autumn running of the Tenno Sho at Tokyo Racecourse on Oct. 30.