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David Hayes is confident Ka Ying Rising remains in peak form as the world’s highest-rated sprinter chases history in the HK$13 million G1 Centenary Sprint Cup (1200m) at Sha Tin on Sunday (25 January).
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Difficult trips in their last races didn't dampen the enthusiasm trainers Chad Brown and Graham Motion have for their respective runners Program Trading and Test Score. Both horsemen will be looking for a little better racing luck when Program Trading and Test Score head a competitive field of 12 entered in the $1 million Pegasus World Cup Turf on Saturday at Gulfstream Park.
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Luke Middlebrook's Hong Kong Selections and Analysis for Saturday, Jan. 24, 2026, at Sha Tin.
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The wide-open nature of Saturday's Grade 2, $500,000 Pegasus World Cup Filly and Mare Turf at Gulfstream Park is best demonstrated in the morning line, where the favorite, Whiskey Decision, is 9-2 and eight of the 14 entrants are pegged at either 8-1 or 12-1.
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Turfway Park's cards for Friday and Saturday have been canceled, with severe winter weather expected in the region.
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Yaupon dominated the freshman sire list in 2025 by more than a million-dollar margin, becoming the fourth consecutive leading freshman sire for Spendthrift Farm. His task in 2026 will be to keep rolling, as the farm's other recent young sires have done, with a pair of classmates behind him appearing poised to hit their best stride.
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Khozan continued to dominate Florida's sires by earnings in 2025, but those following him on the earnings list held their own in some other metrics.
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Ironhorse Stallions standard-bearer Bucchero moved to New York for 2024 after standing his first five seasons in Florida. His runners conceived during that time include the New Jersey-born Book'em Danno, a Grade 1 winner in 2024 who returned to win 4 of 5 starts in 2025.
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A new breeding season and a move to a different state may revive the career of the stallion Straight Fire.
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Into Mischief and Not This Time were the top two sires in North America in 2025, with both recording historic accomplishments. But their story doesn't just play out over the last 12 calendar months. Their prominent sireline stretches back several decades and was touched by the late, great D. Wayne Lukas.
