After a failed attempt at a group stakes, the Australian filly Chenin will be favored to win for the third time in her 12th start in a one-mile handicap at Warwick Farm Racecourse in Sydney on Tuesday evening.

Trained by Mark Newnham, Chenin finished 13th of 14 in the Group 3 Belle of the Turf Stakes for fillies and mares at a mile at Gosford Racecourse on Dec. 28. The poor finish ended a streak of four top-three finishes in minor handicaps, including a win in a one-mile race at Warwick Farm on Dec. 7.

Al Muthana and Make It Snappy won Group 1 races at Kenilworth Racecourse in South Africa on Saturday, earning fees-paid berths to Breeders’ Cup races at Santa Anita in November.

Both runners must be nominated to the Breeders’ Cup program to be eligible for the November races.

The Australian-bred Al Muthana (80-1) caught the previously unbeaten Charles Dickens to win the L’Ormarins King’s Plate. Al Muthana earned a berth to the Breeders’ Cup Mile.  

Tullaghan ended a busy six-week stretch with a fourth-place finish in a one-mile handicap at Albury Racecourse in Australia on Dec. 10.

Tullaghan was beaten slightly less than two lengths, while racing on the inside through the stretch. While Tullaghan had a clear run, he was unable to compete with Oceans of Stanima, who rallied wide.

After that race, his sixth in as many weeks, Tullaghan earned a rest. He returns for his first start in a month in a one-mile handicap at Albury on Monday evening.

Paul Lally:

R1 2-3-6-13

R2 6-4-5-1

R3 9-5-1-7

R4 12-6-3-5

R5 4-3-9-11

R6 1-11-14-13

R7 1-2-11-10

R8 4-1-2-9

R9 2-6-1-3

R10 5-2-12-9

R11 5-6-8-1

Best Bet R11 N5 Dragons Luck

Longshot R4 N4 Find My Love

Play QQP R9 QQP 1-2-6

Mark McNamara:

R1 - 2.14.6.13

R2 - 12.4.5.6

R3 - 9.7.1.5

R4 - 12.1.5.6

R5 - 4.3.1.7

R6 - 11.13.2.1

R7 - 11.1.2.9

R8 - 1.4.7.2

After three near-misses from late October to early December, Ringside ended a five-race losing streak on Dec. 17 with a win in a seven-furlong handicap at Moree Racecourse in Australia.

The consistent recent record has made Ringside the early favorite to win for the eighth time in his 50th start in a seven-furlong handicap at Dubbo Racecourse on Sunday evening.

Algiers made short work of 15 rivals winning the Al Maktoum Challenge Round 1, featured race on the first program of the 2023 Dubai World Cup Carnival on Friday at Meydan Racecourse.  

Algiers was one of three winners on the card for jockey James Doyle, who also landed the Group 2, $180,000 Al Fahidi Fort and the $100,000 Dubai Dash, both for Godolphin and trainer Charlie Appleby.  

Glory Daze was a cut below the best 3-year-olds in Britain and Ireland last year, finishing 14th in the English Derby and fifth in the Irish Derby.

Glory Daze left Europe for Australia in the second half of 2022 and will have his first start in Australia in a minor handicap at seven furlongs at Warrnambool Racecourse on Saturday evening.

An Irish-bred colt by Cotai Glory, Glory Daze was previously trained by Andy Oliver and is now part of the high-profile operation of trainers Ciaron Maher and David Eustace.

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Aleas, the 5-year-old British-bred gelding racing in Australia, has a closing style that lends itself to a measure of drama with each start.

Will he get there or not? Aleas has won a respectable 5 of 18 starts in Britain and Australia, and seems best suited to races at 1 1/4 miles or more that help his stamina.

The first of 10 programs composing the 2023 Dubai World Cup Carnival comes Friday night at Meydan Racecourse, where the Group 2, $250,000 Al Maktoum Challenge Round 1 headlines a seven-race card. 

Carnival race days in 2022 switched from their traditional placement on Thursdays to Fridays. This year, there are eight Friday cards, post time at 9 a.m. Eastern, followed by the Super Saturday card on March 4 and the Dubai World Cup card March 25.