By Leo Schlink
Pierre Ng will venture to Sha Tin on Sunday (13 October) in search of two objectives with Galaxy Patch – a strong showing in the HK$5.35 million G2 Sha Tin Trophy Handicap (1600m) and greater clarity into the immediate pathway of one of Hong Kong’s most talented and versatile horses.
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Broadsiding and Mr. Brightside will be odds-on favorites to win lucrative Group 1 races at Caulfield Racecourse in Melbourne, Australia, on Friday evening in what could be preview of a potential first meeting of the pair in several months.
Broadsiding was 1-2 in early betting on Thursday to win the $2.01 million Caulfield Guineas for Southern Hemisphere 3-year-olds at a mile. Owned by Godolphin Racing and trained by James Cummings, Broadsiding has won 5 of 8 starts, including three Group 1 races at seven furlongs and a mile.
The Lion In Winter, who last saw racing action this summer, can stake a claim as the best 2-year-old in Europe this fall if he runs to heavy favoritism Saturday at Newmarket in the Group 1 Dewhurst Stakes.
The Dewhurst, run down a straight course over seven furlongs, drew six entrants, and Seagulls Eleven, trained by Hugo Palmer, is the only one of them who doesn’t spend his days and nights in the training yard of Charlie Appleby in England or Aidan O’Brien in Ireland.
By Leo Schlink
Bidding for a record-extending fifth win in the HK$5.35 million G2 Sha Tin Trophy Handicap (1600m) at Sha Tin on Sunday (13 October), Zac Purton hopes Beauty Eternal’s class will prove decisive against quality opposition headed by fellow Group 1 winner Voyage Bubble and Galaxy Patch.
By Leo Schlink
David Eustace notched his first win as trainer in his own right when Swift Ascend gave the young British horseman milestone success in first section of the Class 4 Harbour View Handicap (1200m) at Happy Valley on Wednesday night (9 October).
By Michael Wrona
A six-pack of stakes races will pop this Friday night at Rosehill, as the AU$87 million "Sydney Everest Carnival" draws closer to its showpiece event. Blockbuster developments have seen the field – and critical riding assignments – finalized for next week's The Everest, the world's richest turf race. Rosehill's first post this Friday night is 9:35 p.m. Eastern / 6:35 Pacific. Enjoy live on skyracingworld.com and FanDuel TV.
The usual suspects in the Group 1 Fillies’ Mile for 2-year-olds Friday at Newmarket? Yep. Aidan O’Brien trains three of the seven entrants, topped by Dreamy, while Charlie Appleby sends out the Godolphin homebred Desert Flower, heavily favored Wednesday with English bookmakers.
Dreamy in antepost wagering was a distant co-second choice with Tabiti, a Juddmonte Farms homebred trained by Ralph Beckett and ridden by Rossa Ryan, the same connections that took down the Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe on Sunday with Bluestocking.
