Three-year-olds start to hit top stride in both hemispheres

Godolphin’s Classic crop in Australia enjoyed more significant success with a G3 double at Randwick on Saturday, as several three-year-olds also posted impressive victories in Japan and Europe last week.

Heresy led home a 1-2-3-4 for the royal blue silks as she beat Zapateo, Arcaded and Larkspur Run in the G3 PJ Bell Stakes, with all four fillies homebred to Darley stallions.

Honeycreeper powered to a dominant win in the G3 Adrian Knox Stakes, a first Group-race success for the improving daughter of Teofilo. She could make a quick reappearance at Randwick on Saturday’s day two of The Championships in the G1 Australian Oaks.

Star three-year-old Anamoe (pictured) is due to be in action at Randwick on Saturday as well in the headline G1 Queen Elizabeth Stakes, with Colette among the leading contenders for the G1 Queen Of The Turf Stakes on the same card.

French Guineas entry Tribalist continued the good spell for three-year-old as he scored by an easy five lengths at Saint-Cloud on Saturday, with filly Wax Lyrical making an exciting debut in Japan when beating colts at Hanshin on Sunday.

Nahanni registered Godolphin’s first turf success of the year in the UK with a nine-length victory at Nottingham, kicking off an important few weeks for the Classic generation with upcoming trials at Newmarket, Newbury and Sandown Park.

Injury forced Speaker’s Corner to miss the lion’s share of last year but the Street Sense colt looks to continue a perfect start to his four-year-old campaign with a first G1 win in the Carter Handicap at Aqueduct on Saturday.