Ka Ying Rising & Romantic Warrior share honours in Hong Kong, Comanche Brave lands the July Cup & Fozzy Stack lands a first G1

What’s Happened

🇦🇺 Australia 🇦🇺

Winnasedge picked up the most important win of his career, landing the G3 Sir John Monash Stakes at Caulfield on Saturday. Ridden by Luke Currie for trainer Nick Ryan, Winnasedge scored by a long neck from Bellatrix Star with Sir Now another short head away in third.

🇫🇷 France 🇫🇷

Irish trainer Fozzy Stack won his first European G1 on Sunday, saddling Thesecretadversary for an all the way win in the Prix Jean Prat at Deauville. Ridden by Christophe Soumillon, the colt was following up his G3 Jersey Stakes success at Royal Ascot and next has the G1 City Of York Stakes on his agenda.

🇭🇰 Hong Kong 🇭🇰

For the first time, there were joint winners of the prestigious Horse of the Year title in Hong Kong, when Ka Ying Rising and Romantic Warrior shared the award at a glittering ceremony on Friday night.

Romantic Warrior, who won five G1s this season, was also named Champion Middle-Distance Horse for the fifth year in a row, as well as Champion Stayer. He is also this year’s Champion Miler based on his brilliant winning performance in the G1 Stewards’ Cup.

Zac Purton picked up a ninth Champion Jockey title and Caspar Fownes picked up the Champion Trainer award.

🇮🇪 Ireland 🇮🇪

There was a minor upset in the G3 Brownstown Stakes at Leopardstown on Thursday when Duckadilly, trained by Danny McLoughlin, beat favourite Phenomenal Filly.

🇬🇧 UK 🇬🇧

Comanche Brave has raced in five different countries so far in 2026 but finally landed his G1 in the UK when running on well to beat Venetian Sun in the July Cup at Newmarket on Saturday. Ridden by Billy Loughnane for trainer Donnacha O’Brien, he came home a length the best and could next take up his entry in the G1 City of York at York.

There was a thrilling finish to the G2 Superlative Stakes when Al Hudaiba just got up on the line to deny favourite Abraham Lincoln by a short head. The son of Dark Angel completed a good week for Charlie Appleby and William Buick who on Thursday combined with nine-time G1 winner Rebel’s Romance for just his second start on his home track. He won the G2 Princess of Wales’s Stakes, but only just, needing to dig deep to see off pacemaker Arabian Crown by half a length.

Buick and Appleby also took the G2 July Stakes with the unbeaten Inner City Blues, while there was a Royal winner of the opening G3 Bahrain Trophy; Point Of Law coming home best in the colours of the King and Queen.

There was a minor upset in the G1 Falmouth Stakes on Friday when Blue Bolt beat four-time G1 winner Precise. Andrew Balding’s filly, ridden by Colin Keane, followed up her Royal Ascot G2 win in some style here, travelling well throughout and beating Precise by two lengths on the line. A trip to France for the G1 Prix Rothschild could be next for the Juddmonte-owned filly.

Senorita Bonita could only manage second in the G2 Queen Mary Stakes at Royal Ascot but got her G2 win here in the Duchess of Cambridge Stakes. Ridden by Oisin Murphy, she beat G3 Albany Stakes winner Libertango by three-quarters of a length.

On Saturday, Zeus Olympios won his second G2, taking the Summer Cup at Ascot for Karl Burke and Sam James. The four-year-old holds an entry for the G1 Sussex Stakes at Goodwood, as well as for the G1 Irish Champion Stakes in September.

🇺🇸 USA 🇺🇸

There was a great finish to the G2 Bowling Green at Saratoga on Saturday, favourite Ole Crazy Bone holding off British raider Fort George by a nose, for trainer Michael Maker and jockey Flavien Prat.

There was a more decisive winner of the G2 Caress Stakes which went to Movin’ On Up, the least-fancied of two Saffie Joseph Jnr-trained runners, in the hands of Tyler Gaffalione.

At Indiana Grand on Saturday, the G3 Indiana Derby went to Wathnan’s Leading Change, trained by Brad Cox, while Kenny McPeek’s Maximum Offer took the G3 Oaks.

What’s Happening

🇨🇦 Canada 🇨🇦

Woodbine stages two G2s on Sunday, the Nassau Stakes and the Connaught Cup.

🇫🇷 France 🇫🇷

It’s Bastille Day in France on Tuesday, which means the G1 Grand Prix de Paris rolls into Longchamp. The 2400metre three-year-old contest was won last year by the Jean-Claude Rouget-trained Leffard. Royal Ascot winner Causeway and Derby runner-up Maltese Cross head the market for this year’s running.

🇮🇪 Ireland 🇮🇪

Thundering On, winner of the Oaks at Epsom, will bid to complete the double when lining up in the G1 Irish Oaks at The Curragh on Saturday. The G2 Railway Stakes and G2 Sapphire Stakes back up the feature.

🇯🇵 Japan 🇯🇵

The G3 Hakodate Nisai Stakes and the G3 Kokura Kinen are the two JRA features this weekend.

🇬🇧 UK 🇬🇧

It’s a quiet weekend in the UK, with Newbury hosting the G3 Hackwood Stakes and Listed action at Newmarket.

🇺🇸 USA 🇺🇸

Preakness winner Napoleon Solo is among the likely runners for the G1 Haskell on Saturday, the biggest race of the year at Monmouth Park in New Jersey. Breeders’ Cup Filly & Mare Sprint winner Splendora heads to the G2 Molly Pitcher on the same card, which also stages the G3 Monmouth Cup and G2 United Nations Stakes.



At Saratoga, the G1 Diana Stakes, for three-year-old fillies, is the first G1 of the meet proper, while Del Mar in California opens with the G2 San Diego and G2 San Clemente.