SHA TIN SELECTIONS
(Sunday, Feb. 26, 2017)
Brett Davis - Selections
Race 1: 7-13-6-4
Race 2: 1-7-5-8
Race 3: 1-5-2-3
Race 4: 1-9-11-13
Race 5: 5-3-1-7
Race 6: 4-5-10-12
Race 7: 5-4-3-2
Race 8: 4-6-7-5
Race 9: 3-10-8-5
Race 10: 6-1-3-13
Wet conditions could not prevent Winx from extending her winning streak to 15 races in Saturday’s Group 1 Chipping Norton Stakes at Royal Randwick Racecourse outside of Sydney, Australia.
The reigning Australian Horse of the Year and the leading turf runner in the world, Winx won the $461,000 Chipping Norton Stakes at about a mile by two lengths over Lasqueti Spirit. Ridden by Hugh Bowman, Winx closed from fifth with about a quarter-mile remaining to take the lead with a furlong to go. The Chipping Norton Stakes drew a field of 10.
On Sunday at Sha Tin Racecourse in Hong Kong, Able Friend will have the fourth start of his comeback in the Group 1 Queen’s Silver Cup Jubilee. The 7-year-old gelding will have familiar rivals in the seven-furlong turf race, which is worth $1,288,825.
The Queen’s Silver Cup Jubilee is the third race on a 10-race program. Wagering is available on DRFBets.com.
SHA TIN SELECTIONS
(Sunday, Feb. 26, 2017)
RACE 1: #4 Paddington, #3 Keep Moving, #13 Strathclyde, #7 Compassion Star
RACE 2: #14 Telecom Boom, #1 Massive Power, #7 King Winsa, #13 Lucky Place
RACE 3: #1 Able Friend, #5 Blizzard, #4 Contentment, #2 Helene Paragon
RACE 4: #1 Raging Bull, #9 Formula Galore, #11 Soul Achiever, #13 Unbeatable Guts
RACE 5: #5 Roman Odyssey, #7 Gallant Rock, #1 Magic Legend, #3 Dr Listening
Winx, the reigning Australian Horse of the Year, will be a massive favorite to win her 15th consecutive start in Saturday’s Group 1 Chipping Norton Stakes against males at Royal Randwick Racecourse, outside of Sydney.
A 6-year-old mare by Street Cry, Winx began her winning streak in May 2015. The sequence includes nine Group 1 wins, including the 2015 and 2016 Cox Plate, Australia’s leading weight-for-age race.
Brett Davis - Selections
R1 - 4-3-1-7
R2 - 8-7-1-9
R3 - 3-1-9-4
R4 - 4-2-3-11
R5 - 4-9-3-10
R6 - 11-2-4-3
R7 - 5-3-12-10
R8 - 12-1-4-6
Best - R1 n4 Smart Salute
2nd Best - R5 n4 D B Pin
Longshot - R8 n1 High And Mighty
Best Play - R1 TCE 4 Banker(Win) from `1,3,5,7
Paul Lally- Selections
R1 1-4-3-11
R2 7-8-6-1
R3 9-1-3-7
R4 2-9-4-11
R5 4-3-5-9
R6 2-4-3-11
R7 10-12-2-7
R8 4-9-11-1
Mubtaahij, who finished second in the 2016 Dubai World Cup, will have his prep for a second run in the $10 million race when he starts Thursday night at Meydan Racecourse in the $160,000 Curlin Handicap.
Mubtaahij undoubtedly will be heavily favored to win the listed race over about 1 1/4 miles on dirt, but while he is a far more accomplished horse than any of his rivals, Mubtaahij will be making his first start since Oct. 8, and last winter the horse did not run to his best form until the World Cup itself.
Jockey Joao Moreira is the runaway leader in the jockey standings on the Hong Kong circuit this year. Through Sunday, Moreira had 97 wins, well clear of second-place Zac Purton, who has 51 victories.
Moreira and Purton have mounts that will be a focus for bettors in Wednesday’s $225,489 Sai Kung Handicap for turf sprinters at Happy Valley Racecourse. The Sai Kung Handicap is run at five furlongs and is the fifth race on an eight-race program, which begins at 6:15 a.m Eastern.
Wagering is available through DRFBets.com.
