Things You Might Have Missed - December 14 Unique looking thoroughbred Saluki Image: Reddit/uEMF911
Here s a few things you might have missed in the wide world of racing over the past week.
QUIRKY (from abroad)
You won t see many easier wins than Thebannerkingrebel at Plumpton on Monday.
After the withdrawal of rival Edwardstone pre-race, that left the 3400m steeplechase as a two-horse affair.
And when one of those two, Stratagem, unseated the rider at the first obstacle, the Jamie Snowden-trained jumper just had to negotiate the steeples for the first prize.
There were 11 more obstacles to get over, but the 7YO - having his first start for a new ownership group, having previously been raced by ex-Arsenal chairman Sir Chips Keswick - managed to stay on his feet.
White Filly Sodashi Unmistakable in Japan s G1 Hanshin bloodhorse.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from bloodhorse.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
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Sodashi would be the first registered white color Thoroughbred to win a Grade 1 race in Japan, if she succeeds on Sunday
This coming Sunday and next, the Japan Racing Association turns the spotlight onto the budding talent in this season s 2-year-olds and it s ladies first with the Grade 1 Hanshin Juvenile Fillies on Dec. 13, followed by the Asahi Hai Futurity Stakes the week after, also at Hanshin Racecourse.
The 72nd Hanshin Juvenile Fillies sees 20 fillies nominated for a full deck of 18 with many of those set to take on their first top-level race having only a few starts underneath their belts – some only one. The runners will carry 54kg over 1,600 meters (one mile) on the outer turf course at Hanshin, located west of Osaka in neighboring Hyogo Prefecture.