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Things have not gone right this year for Inspiral, the winner of the Breeders’ Cup Filly and Mare Turf at Santa Anita last November. Inspiral is winless in three starts, a trend that may be reversed in Saturday’s Group 1 Sun Chariot Stakes at a mile at Newmarket Racecourse in Britain.
Four Group 1 races, as well as key prep races for the rich Everest Stakes and Melbourne Cup, highlight racing at Flemington Racecourse in Melbourne and Royal Randwick in Sydney, Australia on Friday evening.
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Luke Middlebrook's Hong Kong Selections and Analysis for Sunday, October 6, 2024, at Sha Tin.
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Forever Young, third by a head in the Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs in May, won for the first time at 1 1/4 miles in Wednesday’s $830,900 Japan Dirt Classic at Oi Racecourse in Tokyo.
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Beauty Waves continued an impressive rise through Hong Kong’s sprint ranks with victory in the HK$4.2 million G3 National Day Cup Handicap (1000m) at Sha Tin on Tuesday (1 October) as Pierre Ng and Alexis Badel combined successfully with the former Irish speedster.
The last time the Japanese colt Forever Young raced, he finished third by a head in a thrilling running of the Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs on May 4. Forever Young’s next appearance in the United States may occur in the $7 million Breeders’ Cup Classic at Del Mar on Nov. 2, pending the outcome of Wednesday’s $830,900 Japan Dirt Classic at Oi Racecourse in Tokyo, Japan.
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Hong Kong Selections for Tuesday, October 1, 2024 at Sha Tin.
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David Hall hopes Invincible Sage can again contend for Hong Kong’s elite sprint contests this season, but believes lower-weighted rivals in the HK$4.2 million G3 National Day Cup Handicap (1000m) at Sha Tin on Tuesday (1 October) are better suited by the race conditions.
Dismissed at 39-1 in American pools, Lugal stalked the pace and held off a late threat from Toshin Macau to win Sunday’s Grade 1 $2.31 million Sprinters Stakes at six furlongs at Nakayama Racecourse in Japan.
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Luke Middlebrook's Hong Kong Selections and Analysis for Tuesday, October 1, 2024, at Sha Tin.
