Overdose is on his way to England after outclassing seven rivals in the five-furlong $31,500 Hungaria Nagydij, or Hungarian Grand Prix, at Kincsem Park in Budapest on Sunday. The sensational sprinter improved his record to 12 victories without a loss by thrashing Spinning Crystal by eight lengths, with National Nice another five lengths back in third. The winning time on the firm turf course was 54.60 seconds.
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DRF Past Performances
Unrivaled stamped himself as Japan's leading 3-year-old colt at Nakayama on Sunday with a scintillating victory in the $2.3 million Satsuki Sho, or Japanese 2000 Guineas.
A son of the Sunday Silence stallion Neo Universe, Unrivaled closed with a rush off a fast early pace to defeat longshot Triumph March by 1 1/2 lengths, with last year's Japanese juvenile champ, Seiun Wonder, third, another half-length behind. The previously undefeated 7-10 favorite Logi Universe - also by Neo Universe - showed nothing in finishing 14th, beaten 12 1/2 lengths.
Vocalised scored as the 2-1 favorite in the Group 3, $97,000 Greenham Stakes on Saturday in a race that was marred by four late scratches, three of them group race winners, due to the soft ground at Newbury.
Trained in Ireland by Jim Bolger and ridden by Kevin Manning, Vocalised prevailed by a length over the fast closing Cityscape, but Godolphin Racing's cold English spring continued as Shaweel could manage only fifth of eight, beaten three lengths in his first start since finishing fourth in the Dewhurst Stakes on Oct. 18.
He's undefeated, has never been headed, has his own fan club, and just may be the best sprinter in the world.
Overdose, or "Dozi" as he is affectionately called by his legions of admirers in Hungary, will begun his 2009 campaign at Kincsem Park in Budapest on Sunday when he will very likely outclass seven local rivals in the five-furlong Hungaria Nagydij, a Hungarian Group 1 contest worth $31,500.
Delegator made short work of the Group 3, $97,000 Craven Stakes at Newmarket on Thursday, taking the one-mile course and distance prep for the 2000 Guineas in dramatic last-to-first style.
Sent off as the 4-6 favorite in the absence of the Godolphin-owned City Style, who was scratched after having scoped badly, Delegator powered clear under Jamie Spencer to defeat the 12-1 Sans Frontieres by 2 3/4 lengths with recent Easter Stakes winner Pure Poetry third, three-quarters of a length behind the runner-up. The winning time on good to firm ground was 1:36.56.
Whatever sum George Strawbridge paid for Fantasia in January looks like money well spent, as that 3-year-old daughter of Sadler's Wells was most impressive in her seasonal debut at Newmarket on Wednesday, drawing clear to win the Group 3, $96,000 Nell Gwyn Stakes by seven lengths.
France's juvenile filly champion, Proportional, was beaten into third place in her seasonal debut by Tamazirte in the Group 3, $105,000 Prix de la Grotte at Longchamp on Sunday in a paceless mile that turned into 1 1/2-furlong sprint.
A daughter of Danehill Dancer, Tamazirte prevailed by a neck over Soneva, with Proportional a half-length farther back in third. Trained by Jean-Claude Rouget, Tamazirte clocked the mile in 1:42.78 on good to soft ground.
Owner George Strawbridge's European classic aspirations will be previewed at Newmarket on Wednesday, when his off-season purchase Fantasia makes her first start of the year in the Group 3, $95,000 Nell Gwyn Stakes, a seven-furlong trial for the 1000 Guineas on May 1.
Strawbridge bought Fantasia, a daughter of Sadler's Wells trained by Luca Cumani, in January, a few months after she had finished second to his European juvenile filly champ Rainbow View in Ascot's Group 1 Fillies Mile.