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Luke Middlebrook's Hong Kong Selections and Analysis for Sunday, June 7, 2026
Luke Middlebrook's Hong Kong Selections and Analysis for Sunday, June 7, 2026 at Sha Tin.
The Hong Kong Jockey ClubJun 06, 2026
Luke Middlebrook's Hong Kong Selections and Analysis for Sunday, June 7, 2026 at Sha Tin.
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Taking advantage of a rated first-half, American Power pulled off an upset Friday night at the Meadowlands, defeating two big-time, headline-grabbing Hambletonian contenders in the featured $25,000 second leg of the New Jersey Sire Stakes for 3-year-old colt and gelding Platinum-level trotters.
Miss Jum Jabber, Hope Hill and I'm A Lou Lou went home with top honors from a trio of $35,851 Pennsylvania Sire Stakes divisions for 3-year-old pacing fillies on Friday evening at The Meadows.
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Three-year-old trotters were at Tioga Downs for New York Sire Stakes races on Friday evening. Fillies competed in one $123,900 event, while the boys were split into two $59,100 divisions.
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Yannick Gingras flew into Woodbine Mohawk Park for a pair of drives in the two C$30,000 Goodtimes eliminations - a Grade 2 event for trotting 3-year-olds - on Friday night (June 5) and found the winner's circle with both, guiding 4-5 favorite Magic Punk and 4-1 third choice Neighver Punt to victories.
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It was at Saratoga last summer where Nitrogen proved she could handle dirt as well, if not better, than turf, and that versatility translated into a championship campaign. It was at Saratoga late Friday afternoon that Nitrogen, now 4, proved she still prefers dirt – especially Saratoga dirt – as she romped to an impressive 12 3/4-length victory in the Grade 1, $500,000 Ogden Phipps that could very well kick-start another championship campaign.
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Portfolio Duration, on the lead from the start, lasted just long enough to win the New York Stakes on Friday at Saratoga. The 4-year-old filly not only added a first stakes score to her holdings, she won a Grade 1 while making just her fifth start and only her second in stakes competition.
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Sharmin, a 5-year-old mare, was euthanized on the track following a scary incident at Laurel Park on Friday, in which apprentice jockey Jose Vargas was unseated and an outrider had to be sent to a nearby hospital.
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One year after sending out La Cara to a 7-1 upset over 1-5 favorite and undefeated Good Cheer in the Acorn, Casse did it again, this time with Counting Stars, who blew by undefeated Kentucky Oaks winner Always a Runner in midstretch on her way to a 3 3/4-length victory in Friday’s $500,000 Acorn.
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Fitz Right extended her 2026 winning streak to three races with a perfect-trip victory in Friday’s Grade 2 Wonder Again Stakes for 3-year-old fillies on turf at Saratoga.