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.
The Australian Group 1 sprinter Kolding starts for the first time since April in Saturday’s Group 2 Missile Stakes at six furlongs at Royal Randwick Racecourse in Australia.
Despite his accomplishments earlier this year of winning the Group 1 All Aged Stakes at seven furlongs, Kolding will not be favored in the Missile Stakes. The 6-year-old mare Fasika, the winner of the Group 2 Sapphire Stakes at six furlongs in April, dominated early betting as of Thursday as the 8-5 favorite. Kolding was 4-1, a slight choice over the outstanding sprinter Viridine at 9-2.
Since Modernism won a maiden race in her third start last October, the 5-year-old mare has steadily worked her way up the handicap ranks at minor tracks in the state of Queensland in Australia.
Modernism has won four of five starts since the win in the maiden race, leading to her toughest test in a seven-furlong handicap for fillies and mares at Townsville Racecourse on Friday.
Mother Earth continued her strong 3-year-old campaign with a win over older rivals Tuesday at Deauville in the Group 1 Prix Rothschild.
The Aidan O’Brien-trained filly, running in nothing but Group 1 stakes, began her season winning the 1000 Guineas at Newmarket, was second in the French 1000 Guineas at Longchamp, finished third in the Coronation Stakes at Royal Ascot, and was second in the Falmouth Stakes at Newmarket before posting a head victory over Sagamiyra in the Rothschild.
The speedy gelding Mark the Horse and the closer Rudhyar will start in a handicap at 1 1/16 miles at Warrnambool Racecourse in Australia on Thursday on the strength of brief winning streaks.
Mark the Horse is unbeaten in three starts this year - handicaps since June 19 at distances ranging from a mile to 1 1/16 miles. Mark the Horse led throughout those races, and won a handicap at 1 1/16 miles at Warrnambool by five lengths on July 4. More recently, Mark the Horse won a one-mile handicap by a neck at Ballarat Racecourse on July 11.
Mother Earth takes her second trip across the English Channel this season to start as the likely favorite in the Group 1 Prix Rothschild on Tuesday at Deauville.
Mother Earth is one of eight 3-year-old fillies entered to face six older horses in this straight-course mile, and her opposition includes the horse, Coeursamba, who defeated Mother Earth in her first French start this season. That race was the Poule d’Essai des Pouliches, the French 1000 Guineas, and Couersamba won it as a 38-1 shot by 1 1/4 lengths over favored Mother Earth.
