Tara Jasmine, a 4-year-old filly, has been placed in an ideal spot for her first start in four months at Grafton Racecourse in Australia on Monday.
After racing against tougher rivals in March and April, Tara Jasmine is a standout in a handicap at about six furlongs, the second race on an eight-race program that begins at 10:25 p.m. Eastern, or 7:25 p.m. Pacific. Wagering is available through DRFBets.com.
From the Bush may have a name reflective of the Australian countryside, but the gelding is doing just fine in high-profile races in recent starts.
From the Bush won a lucrative handicap at seven furlongs at Royal Randwick Racecourse in Sydney on July 10 and followed with a win in his first start at a mile in the Forbes Cup at Forbes Racecourse on Aug. 1.
Unbeaten in three leading mile races in England this year, Palace Pier will race in France for the first time since last summer in Sunday’s Group 1 Prix Jacques le Marois at Deauville Racecourse, a race with major international implications for the fall.
The winner receives a fees-paid berth to the Breeders’ Cup Mile on Nov. 6 at Del Mar, although the Group 1 Queen Elizabeth II Stakes on Oct. 16 at Ascot is another lure for top-class milers.
The nose that separated Sansom and Streets of Avalon in the Grade 3 Bletchingly Stakes at Caulfield Racecourse in Australia on July 24 showed that the two geldings had responded well to multi-month layoffs.
The rematch is set for Saturday’s Group 2 P.B. Lawrence Stakes, which is run at seven furlongs at Bletchingly. This time the advantage may be with Streets of Avalon, who has won 6 of 22 starts at seven furlongs in a career that includes 10 wins in 57 starts.
With a Group 3 win in April and a second in the Group 1 French Oaks on June 20, Philomene is well established among France’s 3-year-old filly division.
Where she ranks among all 3-year-olds in the country will be better known after Saturday’s Group2 Prix Guillaume d’Ornaro at 1 1/4 miles at Deauville Racecourse.
The $469,240 Prix Guillaume d’Ornaro drew a field of eight and is the top race for 3-year-olds at the popular seaside summer meeting at Deauville.
Fine Weather appeared in a route race for the first time when he beat maidens at about 1 1/4 miles at Cranbourne Racecourse on July 22 in Australia.
Making his fifth start, Fine Weather closed from eighth in a field of 14 to win by 2 1/4 lengths as the 7-5 favorite. The win has led to an entry in a handicap at an even longer 1 3/8 miles at Geelong Racecourse near Melbourne on Friday.
The competition is getting tougher for Mr Brightside, who has won his last two starts and will be favored to extend the winning streak in a one-mile handicap at Sandown Racecourse in Melbourne, Australia, on Wednesday.
Mr Brightside won a maiden race in his third start, which came at about 7 1/4 furlongs at Geelong Racecourse on July 16 and followed with a victory against winners in one-mile handicap at Sandown on Aug. 1 as the 8-5 favorite.
Foxy Xenia is winless in four starts since October in Australia, but there are clues she could be nearing a win.
Foxy Xenia was third in a handicap at 6 1/4 furlongs at Taree Racecourse on July 27, missing by about 1 1/4 lengths as the 9-5 favorite in her best performance of the year.
The losing streak can end Monday when Foxy Xenia starts in a seven-furlong handicap at Goulburn Racecourse. Trained by Robert Quinn, Foxy Xenia has won 2 of 6 starts and will have her Goulburn debut this week.
Heavy turf on the Parks course at Morphettville Racecourse in Australia did not suit Typhoon Harmony on July 17.
Racing on an expected soft turf course could put the 5-year-old gelding in position to win for the third time in his eighth start in a seven-furlong handicap at Bendigo Racecourse on Sunday.
