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Old 10th July 2020, 01:34 AM
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I'm not convinced we'll get huge numbers of overseas runners so this all seems like a bit of a wasted effort, but here are some more results of foreign qualifying races in UK, France and Ireland (compared to the zero qualifying races held in Australia during this period...)

Tuesday 16th June
Ribblesdale Stakes (G2) 2400m - https://www.attheraces.com/atrplaye...?showResult=yes
Race Favourite Frankly Daring took out this race for 3yo fillies, showing some good speed in the final two furlongs to win by 2L.

King Edward VII Stakes (G2) 2400m - https://www.attheraces.com/atrplaye...?showResult=yes
Great ride by the jockey of Pyledriver @ $19. Found the split and the lead, then was challenged in the final furlong before winning by 2 lengths. One second faster than the fillies race above, held immediately prior.


Wednesday 17th June
Martin Molony Stakes (Listed) 2500m - https://twitter.com/i/status/1273319475148918788
Willie Mullins-trained Oriental Eagle wins by a length at $19.


Thursday 18th June
Ascot Gold Cup (G1) 4000m - https://www.attheraces.com/atrplaye...?showResult=yes
Wow. Worth watching. Stradivarius makes it 3 in the row, winning by an incredible 10 lengths. Nayef Road and Cross Counter (a further 8L back) took out the minor placings. Prince of Arran and Withhold were also in the field.


Friday 19th June
Hardwicke Stakes (G2) 2400m - https://www.attheraces.com/atrplaye...?showResult=yes
4yo Mare Fanny Logan at $9.50 took it out, 2L ahead of the rest of the field which included last year's winner Defoe and Anthony Van Dyck. She gave them windburn over the final two furlongs and now has 5 wins from her 9 black-type starts.

Queen's Vase (G2) 2800m - https://www.attheraces.com/atrplaye...?showResult=yes
Santiago strung out the field in this 3yo race whose last few winners have included Hartnell, Stradivarius, Kew Gardens and Dashing Willoughby.


Sunday 21st June
Grand Prix de Lyon (Listed) 2400m - https://twitter.com/i/status/1274664597782433792
Styledargent wins but I doubt any of these would make the trip here.


Saturday 27th June
Irish Derby (G1) 2400m - https://www.racingtv.com/news/santi...ory-for-o-brien
Santiago wins in driving rain on a quick back-up. He finished just ahead of his stablemate Tiger Moth, with the pair of them putting 5 lengths on the rest of the field. The first four were trained by Aidan O'Brien. Looks like he's headed to the Irish St Leger from here.

Vintage Crop Stakes (G3) 2800m - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K0oNJKt0zMw
Twilight Payment led for the duration and showed great toughness to win by 2L. Falcon Eight and Master of Reality were in the field too.


Sunday 28th June
Fred Archer Stakes (Listed) 2400m
Small field ; none of whom we're likely to see here.

Grand Prix de Saint-Cloud (G1) 2400m - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S4waZeAwxqM
Another small field but featuring some far likelier candidates. Way To Paris won with Nagano Gold (whom I believe was a Czech runner they wanted to bring out here but couldn't make it workable with quarantine) second and Ziyad third. The first 3 were in a blanket finishing, putting on a bit of a gap to the remaining starters, which included Old Persian.


Saturday 4th July
Epsom Oaks (G1) 2400m - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_utIhKxtcDc
Frankly Darling was back for this 3yo fillies race but finished in third, totally smashed by Love - an Aidan O'Brien horse - who had 9 lengths on the rest of the field. This was run in a race record time, just ahead of Enable's 2017 effort. It was a quite unusual race with two runners putting on a huge gap early, so it's hard to judge whether it was fast entirely through ability or circumstance. Certainly an impressive race and she looked full of running. Could be a star.

Epsom Derby (G1) 2400m - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=healH2iS6U0
Gee, Aidan O'Brien has some good 3yos this year... Serpentine was at $26, did all the hard work himself and went on to win this colt's race by 5 lengths. The odds were so long on account of only winning his maiden (3rd career race) the week before. Both Love and Serpentine could be going to the Irish St Leger and/or the Arc.


Sunday 5th July
Henry II Stakes (G3) 3200m - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iBqvLekCwPs
Dashing Willoughby beats Spanish Mission, the two of them putting on more than 10 lengths on Cross Counter and Withhold, all of it happening in the final 2 furlongs. His trainer Andrew Balding has declared that the Melbourne Cup is his target, reckoning he's done enough as it is to qualify. He's looking for another 2-mile race in England before hopefully making it down here; currently at $26 on sportsbet.

Munster Oaks Stakes (G3) 2400m - https://youtu.be/W1rLdr0bU6M?t=285
Whaddaya know!? Aidan O'Brien wins an Irish race :O Race favourite Snow wins but I'm not sure any of these characters are likely to come.


Tuesday 7th July
Prix de l'Isle Briand (G3) 2400m
Yeah, none of these would come.
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