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Pierre Ng hopes the mix of a favourable temperament and the potential of a frantic pace can bring the best out of Mugen when he lines up in the G1 Sprinters Stakes (1200m) at Nakayama on Sunday (29 September) in Japan.
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David Hayes will aim Rubylot at the HK$13 million Hong Kong Classic Mile (1600m) in January after the talented gelding claimed the Class 3 Yan Chai Trophy Handicap (1200m) with a devastating sprint at Sha Tin on Saturday (28 September).
Mad Cool, an Irish-bred 5-year-old, can become the sixth horse to sweep Japan’s two Grade 1 sprints in the same year when he starts as one of the leading choices in Sunday’s $2.31 million Sprinters Stakes at six furlongs at Nakayama Racecourse.
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Hong Kong Selections for Saturday, September 28, 2024 at Sha Tin.
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Zac Purton believes racing manners will be crucial to Bottomuptogether’s prospects in the Class 3 Yan Chai Trophy Handicap (1200m) at Sha Tin tomorrow (Saturday, 28 September) when the unbeaten gelding bids to advance Four-Year-Old Classic Series credentials with a fourth successive win.
One might think, having seen his impressive victory in the Group 1 Prix Morny on Aug. 18, that Whistlejacket, a beast of a colt, rates as the best 2-year-old sprinter in Europe – but for the fact that the filly Babouche had handed him a 1 1/2-length defeat just eight days earlier in the Group 1 Phoenix Stakes.
Broadsiding has won four stakes in Australia since mid-April, while Traffic Warden has won two since early March. As a pair, they give Godolphin Racing and trainer James Cummings a deep team in Friday’s Group 1 Golden Rose Stakes for Southern Hemisphere 3-year-olds at seven furlongs at Rosehill Gardens in Sydney, Australia.
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Hong Kong-trained runners return to the G1 Sprinters Stakes (1200m) in Japan for the first time since 2018 on Sunday (29 September), when Victor The Winner and Mugen bid to join Silent Witness (2005) and Ultra Fantasy (2010) on the illustrious honour roll.
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Luke Middlebrook's Hong Kong Selection and Analysis for Saturday, September 28, 2024 at Sha Tin.
From one big-ticket race to another, I Wish I Win may have a lucrative schedule in coming weeks in Australia. I Wish I Win is part of a field of 13 in Friday’s Group 1 Manikato Stakes at Moonee Valley Racecourse in Melbourne, a six-furlong race with a purse of $1.37 million. The race is a prep for the $13.7 million Everest Stakes at six furlongs at Royal Randwick Racecourse in Sydney on Oct. 19.
