With 100 yards remaining in Saturday’s Group 1 Cox Plate at Moonee Valley Racecourse in Melbourne, Australia, Via Sistina was well clear of eight rivals, enough for jockey James McDonald to stand up in the saddle and begin celebrating.
You will not find any Group 1 form among the seven entrants in the Group 1 Futurity Trophy Stakes on Saturday at Doncaster Racecourse.
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Former Australian galloper Six Pack embarks on a new career chapter in the HK$2.84 million Class 2 Guangzhou Handicap (1200m) at Happy Valley on Sunday (27 October) as trainer Douglas Whyte plots a path towards Hong Kong’s lucrative 2025 Four-Year-Old Classic Series.
The Grade 1 autumn running of the Tenno Sho at Tokyo Racecourse in Japan is far different than the same race 12 months ago. Last year, Equinox won the Tenno Sho as the heavy favorite in a Horse of the Year campaign. This year, finding the winner of the $2.77 million Tenno Sho at 1 1/4 miles is a difficult venture.
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Hong Kong Selections for Sunday, October 27, 2024, at Happy Valley.
Pride of Jenni is the reigning Australian Horse of the Year, but even that esteemed title will not necessarily make her the favorite to win Friday’s Group 1 Cox Plate at Moonee Valley Racecourse in Melbourne, Australia.
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Matthew Poon vaulted into fourth place on the Hong Kong jockeys’ championship, enhancing hopes of securing a place in the LONGINES International Jockeys’ Championship (IJC) in December with victory on Danny Shum’s Reliable Profit to continue a sizzling start to the season at Sha Tin on Wednesday night (23 October).
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Following last weekend’s record-breaking success of The Everest, which included a 49,000-strong crowd singing Sweet Caroline before the $20 million race, top-class racing continues at Randwick this Friday night with a 10-race card featuring the G1 Spring Champion Stakes.
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Luke Middlebrook's Hong Kong Selections and Analysis for Sunday, October 27, 2024, at Happy Valley.
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Mark Newnham is rolling through his second season in Hong Kong with flying colours and on Wednesday night (23 October) the trainer saddles five runners at Sha Tin’s eight-race all-dirt programme.
