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Luke Middlebrook's Hong Kong Selections and Analysis for Sunday, April 26, 2026
Luke Middlebrook's Hong Kong Selections and Analysis for Sunday, April 26, 2026, at Sha Tin.
The Hong Kong Jockey ClubApr 24, 2026
Luke Middlebrook's Hong Kong Selections and Analysis for Sunday, April 26, 2026, at Sha Tin.
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Big fields and low takeout combine for an appealing all-turf pick three Sunday at Santa Anita – 11 runners in each leg, 15 percent takeout.
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Kevin Attard won last year's Woodstock Stakes with the future King's Plate winner and Canadian champion Mansetti. The 2024 Sovereign Award-winning trainer has Two Out Hero in this year's Woodstock on Sunday, when the son of War Front cuts back to six furlongs in the $125,000 event for 3-year-olds.
Upsets from post eight starters Mon Amour, Warrawee Whisper and Cantstop Yankee during the Pick 5 and late Pick 4 sequences on Thursday night (April 23) at MGM Yonkers Raceway led to those wagers not being hit for the second time this week.
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King’s Plate winner Mansetti was crowned the 2025 Canadian Horse of the Year at the 51st Sovereign Awards ceremony in suburban Toronto on Thursday evening.
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While it is way too early to put any thought into the Road to the Hambletonian since some of the top 3-year-old trotters won't even qualify for weeks, we've seen enough horses return to at least consider the sophomore pacing crop.
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Trainer Richard "Nifty" Norman will have his stable out in force this weekend with prime candidates both in Friday's fifth preliminary leg of the MGM Ursula McIntyre Series at Yonkers and then on Saturday in the $50,000 conclusion to the Bobby Weiss Series for sophomore male pacers at Mohegan Sun Pocono Downs.
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Four $75,000 James K. Hackett finals took center stage on Thursday at Miami Valley. The Hackett Memorials are for Ohio- sired 3-year-olds and usually feature returning 2-year-old champions.
David Aragona's TimeformUS Highlight Horse for Friday, April 24, at Aqueduct.
When live racing resumes Friday (April 24) night at The Meadowlands, patrons will have an extra 20-cent Pick-5 as well as an additional 10-cent Hi-5 (or Pentafecta, if you prefer) to titillate their exotic-bet palates.