Saffron Beach, whose connections intend to start their horse in the Breeders’ Cup Filly and Mare Turf this November at Keeneland, heads a field of seven fillies and mares in the Group 1 Prix Rothschild on Tuesday at Deauville Racecourse.  

With seven starts, Mystic Mermaid is relatively inexperienced compared to some of her competition in a handicap for fillies and mares at about a mile at Canterbury Park in Sydney on Wednesday.

Mystic Mermaid won her most recent outing, which came in a maiden race at a mile at Newcastle Racecourse on June 25, closing from third in a field of six to win by a nose as the 6-5 favorite.

Casirina closed from eighth to win for the fourth time in her 23-race career in a handicap at 1 1/16 miles at Scone Racecourse in Australia on July 15.

Zippy Power closed from third to win for the second time in her seven-race career in a handicap at about 1 1/4 miles at Gunnison Racecourse on July 12.

The two meet for the first time in a handicap at 1 5/16 miles at Tamworth Racecourse in the New South Wales countryside on Monday.

The lightly raced 4-year-old filly Abuela returns from a layoff of more than five months in a five-furlong handicap at Port Macquarie Racecourse in Australia on Monday.

A winner once in five starts, Abuela has enough speed to overcome a wide draw in her first start at Port Macquarie. Trained by Gregory McFarlane, Abuela is part of a full field of 10.

Abuela won a six-furlong maiden race at Gosford Racecourse on Jan. 27, and was sixth of eight in a handicap at six furlongs there on Feb. 19, setting the before fading to lose by 2 3/4 lengths.

The 4-year-old filly One Aye could start in a seven-figure race in November, pending the results of Sunday’s Forbes Cup at a mile at Forbes Racecourse in the New South Wales countryside.

The Forbes Cup is a qualifying race for the newly created The Big Dance Stakes at a mile at Royal Randwick Racecourse in Sydney on Nov. 1. The Big Dance has a purse of $1.39 million and is restricted to horses that have finished first or second in 26 qualifying races from last October to Oct. 9 this year at tracks in New South Wales.

Nashwa nailed the Nassau, the favored filly flying past older rivals Thursday at Goodwood Racecourse in England to win her second straight Group 1 race.  

Last behind a slow middle pace, Nashwa gained ground on the leaders coming downhill toward the final flat section of the 1 1/4-mile Nassau, and once fully balanced she scrambled home a 1 3/4-length winner. Nashwa was the 6-5 favorite in England but paid just $3.80 on the American tote.

JoJo Was A Man has a record that seems to get better with age.

A 4-year-old gelding, JoJo Was A Man won his debut in March 2021 in Australia, but managed only one additional win in eight more starts last year.

This year, Jojo Was A Man has won 3 of 5 starts, leading to his second appearance in a stakes in Saturday’s $111,200 Winter Challenge Stakes at 7 1/2 furlongs at Rosehill Gardens in Sydney.

Baaeed is rated the best horse in the world in the Longines World Thoroughbred Rankings, and he certainly was the best horse in the Sussex Stakes on Wednesday at Goodwood Racecourse. 

Baaeed was nearly nonchalant winning the Group 1 Sussex by 1 3/4 lengths over 2021 Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Turf victor Modern Games, who got eight pounds from 4-year-old Baaeed. In fact, Baaeed has been the best horse in all nine of his races. Top miler Palace Pier has come closest to beating Baaeed, having been beaten a neck in the Group 1 Queen Elizabeth II Stakes last October.  

Wild Spree can win her second start of 2022 in a handicap at 6 1/2 furlongs at Echuca Racecourse in Australia, if she can draw into the race from the also-eligible list.

Wild Spree finished third of nine in a handicap at 5 1/2 furlongs at Ballarat Racecourse on July 10 in her first start in 15 months. Wild Spree closed from the back of the field to lose by slightly less than two lengths.

The comeback suggests that Wild Spree will benefit from a longer race at Ecucha.

It’s wife versus husband in the Group 1 Nassau Stakes on Thursday at Glorious Goodwood.

Nashwa, the mount of Hollie Doyle, is heavily favored in the Nassau, a 1 1/4-mile race for fillies and mares, while second choice Lilac Road will be ridden by Doyle’s husband, Tom Marquand.