In midwinter, Enable began stretching her legs, taking small steps toward her 4-year-old season, her campaign eagerly anticipated following a brilliant 3-year-old year capped by a win in the Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe. Winter turned to spring, and Enable’s luck turned south. Injured, she was taken out of training as her connections took a wait-and-see approach toward the rest of the year.

Paul Lally

Race 1 – 2-5-3-12

Race 2 – 5-6-9-4

Race 3 – 6-8-2-9

Race 4 – 12-9-7-3

Race 5 – 4-6-3-5

Race 6 – 7-3-8-6

Race 7 – 5-2-1-8

Race 8 – 1-7-10-12

Race 9 – 1-10-8-12

Race 10 – 12-4-6-5

Best Bet – Race 8 Intrepic

Longshot – Race 6 Gorgeous Again

Best Play – Race 8 qqp 1-7-10

Andrew Le Jeune

R1 – 2-3-5-7

R2 – 5-9-6-10

R3 – 4-6-8-2

R4 – 7-3-8-14

R5 – 7-6-2-3

R6 – 3-8-1-6

R7 – 5-2-4-7

R8 – 1-4-10-7

R9 – 7-1-10-2

With Happily bearing down and closing in, Laurens was happy to see the wire Saturday at Newmarket, but in the end, Laurens had closed the deal on her fifth Group 1 win in the Sun Chariot Stakes.

On Thursday evening, Winx was honored as Australia’s 2017-18 Horse of the Year for a record-equaling third time.

On Saturday at Flemington Racecourse in Flemington, Winx progressed toward a fourth such title with a dramatic win in the Group 1 Turnbull Stakes, her 28th consecutive win. Winx displayed her typical late rally to move through traffic under jockey Hugh Bowman in the stretch.

There were several anxious moments before Bowman had the race secured.

In her seven-race career, the 3-year-old filly Wild Illusion has raced primarily in England, where she won the Group 1 Nassau Stakes on Aug. 2 at Goodwood in her debut against older fillies and mares.

Last fall, Wild Illusion had a successful trip to France, winning the Group 1 Prix Marcel Boussac on the undercard of the Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe. The Prix Marcel Boussac is France’s leading race for 2-year-old fillies.

The Breeders’ Cup has a turf race restricted to fillies and mares. In France, the female set needs no such restriction.

A filly has won the richest race in Europe, the Group 1, $5.77 million Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe, in six of the past seven years, a trend that bettors, at least, expect to continue Sunday at Longchamp.

A field of 19 very much headed by the 4-year-old filly Enable passed the final entry stage Thursday for Sunday’s Group 1, $5.77 million Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe.

SHA TIN SELECTIONS

(Sunday, October 7, 2018)

RACE 1: #2 Chiu Chow Kid, #8 Rock The Tree, #5 Wonderful Chaser, #6 Top Ace

RACE 2: #4 Great Joy, #5 Let Us Win, #2 Winning Supreme, #1 Chater Thunder

RACE 3: #6 Styling City, #2 Money Boy, #1 Cao Cao, #8 Triumphant Jewel

RACE 4: #14 Fair Comment, #4 Chaparral Star, #5 Superior Boy, #6 Dutch Windmill

RACE 5: #3 Empire Star, #7 Shanghai Dragon, #5 Red Horse, #4 Vital Spring

The show in Australia has shifted from Sydney to Melbourne. The star remains the same.

Winx, the darling of Australian racing, will attempt to win her 28th consecutive start in Saturday’s Group 1 Turnbull Stakes at Flemington Racecourse in Melbourne.

HAPPY VALLEY SELECTIONS

(Wednesday, October 3, 2018)

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Brett Davis

R1: 8-9-6-1

R2: 6-5-7-1

R3: 1-2-4-9

R4: 2-1-4-7

R5: 11-2-6-1

R6: 12-2-1-5

R7: 5-8-10-11

R8: 7-4-3-2

Best Bet – R6: #12   Star Of Joy  

Longshot – R8: #7   G-One Lover

Best Play – R3: Q/Qp 1,2,4

Paul Lally

R1: 9-5-10-8

R2: 5-6-7-3