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Luke Middlebrook's Hong Kong Selections and Analysis for Wednesday, June 3, 2026
Luke Middlebrook's Hong Kong Selections and Analysis for Wednesday, June 3, 2026 at Happy Valley.
The Hong Kong Jockey ClubJun 01, 2026
Luke Middlebrook's Hong Kong Selections and Analysis for Wednesday, June 3, 2026 at Happy Valley.
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Vodka Vodka, a gelding who is a two-time stakes winner and older sibling to Grade 2 Santa Margarita winner Om N Joy, remains possible for the Bertrando Stakes on June 20 at Los Alamitos, trainer Aggie Ordonez said.
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The California summer filly and mare dirt division is gaining support from an unlikely origin – turf. Om N Joy's last-to-first victory in the Grade 2 Santa Margarita Stakes on Saturday at Santa Anita, seven days after she finished last in a turf stakes, earned a 93 Beyer Speed Figure and a start in the Grade 1 Clement L. Hirsch Stakes on Aug. 1 at Del Mar.
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A change in tactics has led to a change in performance for Little Trilby. A winner of three of his last four starts, Little Trilby will seek a second consecutive Grade 1 victory in Wednesday's $150,000 Beverly Steinman Hurdle Handicap at Saratoga.
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Always a Runner's story is still in its opening chapters, as the filly made just her third career start in winning the Kentucky Oaks. But the tale has been a long time in the making for breeder and co-owner Goncalo Torrealba's Three Chimneys Farm and co-owner Douglas Scharbauer. Trainer Chad Brown, too, has a longer association with the roots for the filly, who looks to remain unbeaten in her next chapter in Friday's Grade 1 Acorn Stakes at Saratoga.
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An exhibit featuring photographs produced by six-time Eclipse Award winner Barbara Livingston and items in her extensive racing memorabilia collection opens on Wednesday at the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame in Saratoga Springs, N.Y.
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Before he won two Grade 1 races in 2025, Spirit of St Louis was the dominant turf male among New York-breds, winning five stakes in the division in 2023 and 2024. A return to that level of competition in Wednesday's $200,000 Kingston Stakes at Saratoga may end a five-race losing streak over 13 months for Spirit of St Louis, a 7-year-old gelding.
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The three best races of Iron Dome's career came last summer at Saratoga when he ran 1 1/8 miles against New York-breds. Under those circumstances, Iron Dome went 3 for 3, winning by a combined 28 1/4 lengths. Wednesday, Iron Dome is back at Saratoga, running 1 1/8 miles against New York-breds in the $200,000 Commentator Stakes.
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The New York Sire Stakes and Excelsior Series makes its first appearance of the 2026 season at Buffalo Raceway on Wednesday afternoon (June 3) and the traveling series will start off with a big bang.
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Grade 1 winner Stronghold is back, and poised for a big summer campaign after a solid Grade 3 victory Sunday at Santa Anita.