In the span of a hour on Aug. 15, Behemoth and Savatiano won group stakes in Australia in their first starts since losing Group 1 races in May.

Behemoth won the Group 3 Spring Stakes at six furlongs at Morphettville Racecourse outside of Adelaide, while Savatiano won the Group 2 Lawrence Stakes at seven furlongs at Caulfield Racecourse in Melbourne.

Those wins have led to Saturday’s Group 1 Memsie Stakes at Caulfield, where Behemoth and Savatiano lead the betting in what could result in a first Group 1 win for one of them.

Since he beat maidens in his second career start in Australia last November, Zorro’s Dream has finished last of eight as the 6-5 favorite in a statebred stakes at Ballarat Racecourse and was later gelded.

Nine months later, Zorro’s Dream returns to action in a six-furlong handicap at Mornington Racecourse in the Australian state of Victoria.

Trained by Mitchell Freedman, who through Tuesday has won with 2 of 11 runners this month, Zorro’s Dream was the 2-1 second choice in early betting in a field of 12. Mensa Missile was a slight favorite.

For a colt purchased for $1.1 million as a yearling at Keeneland in 2017, Cadre du Noir still has much to prove.

Cadre du Noir began his career in England, where he had one win in five starts in 2018 and 2019. Cadre du Noir was shipped to Australia after a fourth-place finish in a handicap on the synthetic track at Kempton Park outside of London last October.

Hamogany has already had a busy August in Australia, finishing third in a seven-furlong race at Forbes Racecourse on Aug. 3 and fifth against a solid field in the Narromine Cup at a mile on Aug. 16.

The distances may not have been to the liking of the 5-year-old Hamogany, who won a handicap at 1 1/4 miles at Canberra in February. At the time, Hamogany was trained by Gwenda Markwell. Earlier this year, Hamogany was transferred to Dean Mirfin, who started the gelding twice earlier this month.

Halfway through his first year of racing in Australia, the British-bred gelding Korcho has become acclimated to the surroundings. He was eighth in his first two starts in May and June before winning consecutive handicaps at Rosehill Gardens in July.

Campanelle will be out to give trainer Wesley Ward his third win in the Prix Morny on Sunday at Deauville, but the going could play against the American invader.

Ward won the Morny, a Group 1, six-furlong, straight-course dash for 2-year-olds with No Nay Never in 2013 and with Lady Aurelia in 2016. Campanelle, owned by Stonestreet Stables, doesn’t look as smart a performer as either of those horses, though she comes into Sunday’s race unbeaten in two starts – a Gulfstream maiden win and a three-quarter-length tally in the Group 2 Queen Mary Stakes at Royal Ascot.

Love knows no bounds. Not this European racing season, at least, and certainly not Wednesday at York Racecourse in England, where Love, with little more than taps from jockey Ryan Moore, won the Group 1 Yorkshire Oaks by five lengths.

The competition was too sharp for Hypersonic in a six-furlong handicap Aug. 1 at Moonee Valley Racecourse in Australia.

Hypersonic raced near the lead and faded to finish 10th of 14, beaten 7 1/4 lengths, the first loss in the 4-year-old gelding’s third start.

For his fourth start at Bendigo Racecourse on Friday, Hypersonic faces an easier field and will race without blinkers for the first time. Hypersonic is expected to take his customary position near the front in a handicap at 5 1/2 furlongs, a distance that may be a better fit.

Do you yet believe? You probably should start to believe.

Con Te Partiro won stakes for trainer Wesley Ward at Saratoga in 2016 and Royal Ascot in 2017. Her greatest success, though, has been with legendary trainer Gai Waterhouse in Australia this year.

Con Te Partiro won Group 1 races in March and April after returning to racing when she failed to get into foal. The 7-year-old Con Te Partiro is still racing and will have her first start of the new Australian season in Saturday’s Group 1 Winx Stakes at seven furlongs at Royal Randwick.