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Luke Middlebrook's Hong Kong Selections and Analysis for Saturday, March 14, 2026
Luke Middlebrook's Hong Kong Selections and Analysis for Saturday, March 14, 2026, at Sha Tin.
The Hong Kong Jockey ClubMar 12, 2026
Luke Middlebrook's Hong Kong Selections and Analysis for Saturday, March 14, 2026, at Sha Tin.
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Not even heavy snowfall could prevent Digital Ops from bouncing back to win the $100,000 Golden Horseshoe Handicap at Colonial Downs on Thursday.
David Aragona's TimeformUS Highlight Horse for Friday, March 13, at Aqueduct.
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Serena's Song, a champion and first-ballot Hall of Famer who went on to be a blue-hen broodmare, died Wednesday morning at her longtime home of Denali Stud in Paris, Ky. She officially turned 34 this year, and would have reached her foaling date on April 4.
On Thursday at Cheltenham Racecourse in western England, the 11-year-old gelding Home By The Lee made his fifth consecutive appearance in the Grade 1 Stayers’ Hurdle, and won the three-mile race for the first time in an upset.
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Trainer Dan Blacker said on Thursday that El Potente is unlikely to race again until the Grade 1 Shoemaker Mile on turf at Santa Anita on May 25.
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California trainer Doug O’Neill is sending his leading 3-year-olds across the country for major Triple Crown prep races in coming weeks.
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Bob Baffert has elected for a creative path to get Bottle of Rouge into this year's Kentucky Oaks, and if the trainer is to be believed, reaching that race at Churchill Downs is a secondary goal for now. After going to Sunland Park for her 3-year-old debut last month, he will now ship Bottle of Rogue to Colonial Downs with a strong chance in the $250,000 Virginia Oaks on Saturday.
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Sprinters are featured at Oaklawn Park on Saturday with stablemates Wendelssohn and Tejano Twist starting as chief contenders in the Grade 3, $250,000 Whitmore and River Wind seeking to back up her impressive debut win with a stakes victory in the $150,000 Purple Martin.
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Trainer Rick Dutrow Jr. laughed as he noted that it took six starts for Sculcos Folly to finally face New York-breds, something he did last Saturday when he won the Gander Stakes by 5 3/4 lengths at Aqueduct.