There’s a fantastic feast of high quality racing from the US on Friday and Saturday night this weekend as a crack team of European thoroughbreds take on the Americans in their own backyard.
The venue this year is the beautiful Del Mar racetrack in Southern California, a very sharp mile oval with a short straight of just over a furlong.
The program is split between turf and dirt and The Panel have chiefly studied the turf races, where the European horses have traditionally had their best results, and selected those raiders whom they believe can beat the Americans.
As always, you’ll find the most up-to-date odds at the best horse racing betting sites.
Please remember, The Panel’s predictions are researched early in the day and prices could change but odds stated are correct at the time of publishing.
A race which saw the European juveniles take the first three places last year, and with no standout among the home team this should go to a European raider again according to betting apps.
The key form race is the Group 2 Cornwallis Stakes at Doncaster and the first three home that day meet again tonight. AESTERIUS came out on top that day and can confirm the form from the plum inside draw.
The break will be crucial but if James Doyle can bag the rail, a front running Aesterius should take some catching on this very sharp track. He can give trainer Archie Watson his first Breeders’ Cup winner.
