The Irish stakes winner Pondus needs to win Wednesday’s Group 3 Bendigo Cup at Bendigo Racecourse in Australia to have a chance of earning a berth in the Group 1 Melbourne Cup on Nov. 3.
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Irish legend Jim Bolger bred Saturday’s winner of the Group 1 Criterium de Saint-Cloud in France and trained the winner of the Group 1 Vertem Futurity in England.
At Doncaster, Mac Swiney slogged his way through heavy ground that led to the defection of antepost favorite Wembley and won the Vertem Futurity by three-quarters of a length over strong favorite One Ruler.
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Sir Dragonet, an Irish-bred colt who was second in the Group 1 Tattersalls Gold Cup in Ireland in the summer, made a splashy Australian debut with a victory in Saturday’s Group 1 Cox Plate at Moonee Valley Racecourse in Melbourne.
The victory led to significant changes in future-book betting for the Melbourne Cup on Nov. 3. While Tiger Moth remains the favorite at generally 5-1, Sir Dragonet and Surprise Baby are now joint 9-1 second choices, slightly ahead of Anthony Van Dyck at 10-1.
Contrail will take an unbeaten record into Sunday’s Grade 1 Japanese St. Leger for 3-year-olds at Kyoto Racecourse, his final start against his own age group.
With six wins in as many races, Contrail will be a massive favorite to complete a sweep of the Japanese Triple Crown, having won the Grade 1 Japanese 2000 Guineas in his 2020 debut in April, and the Grade 1 Japanese Derby in May.
Mighty Giant isn’t quite as big as he used to be, and he has a large challenge in front of him, a gelding named Sky Field, in the featured 10th race Saturday at Sha Tin Racecourse in Hong Kong.
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Phaistos, the 5-year-old Australian-bred gelding, ran as well as could be expected in the Weekend Hussler Handicap at Caulfield Racecourse on Oct. 10 in Melbourne, finishing three-quarters of a length behind heavily favored Windstorm in a field of eight.
Phaistos will start favored in Sunday’s $142,000 Sale Cup at a mile at Sale Racecourse. Windstorm is not part of the field, having finished fifth in the Group 3 Moonga Stakes on Oct. 17 at Caulfield.
The winner of the Pegasus World Cup Invitational Stakes on Jan. 23 at Gulfstream Park in Florida will be offered a guaranteed spot in the second running of the $20 million Saudi Cup on Feb. 20 in Saudi Arabia, the organizers of the race announced Friday.
The Pegasus will be one of two races to offer guaranteed spots in the race. The other will be offered to the winner of the Grade 1 Champions Cup on Dec. 6 in Japan, the Jockey Club of Saudi Arabia said.
Paul Lally:
R1 4-2-10-12
R2 2-7-12-3
R3 11-3-8-2
R4 1-4-9-10
R5 2-10-8-5
R6 11-5-1-8
R7 3-6-11-2
R8 2-9-4-3
R9 6-3-8-4
R10 2-6-5-4
Best Bet R7 N3 Judy’s Star
Longshot R8 N2 Magic legend
Play QQP R8 2-4-9
Tom Wood:
R1: 2-5-10-12
R2: 2-12-7-10
R3: 13-2-3-6
R4: 9-1-4-6
R5: 10-2-7-6
R6: 3-8-11-12
R7: 6-3-10-1
R8: 9-11-4-3
R9: 8-4-3-6-2
R10: 2-6-5-4