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Marching towards a seventh Hong Kong jockeys’ championship, Zac Purton hopes Triumphant Warrior can extend the Australian’s recent hot form when Danny Shum’s charge contests the second section of the Class 4 Hin Yiu Handicap (1200m) at Sha Tin’s eight-race all-dirt meeting on Wednesday night (29 May).
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Declan Schuster's Hong Kong Selections and Analysis for Wednesday, May 29, 2024 at Sha Tin.
Fallen Angel, just eighth as the favorite earlier this month in the 1000 Guineas at Newmarket, rebounded in smashing fashion Sunday at The Curragh, where she won the Irish 1000 Guineas by 2 3/4 lengths.
Danon Decile, a late scratch from the Grade 1 Japanese 2000 Guineas in April because of unsoundness, provided a shock result at 76-1 with a win in Sunday’s Grade 1 Japanese Derby at Tokyo Racecourse.
Heavily favored Rosallion caught his Richard Hannon Jr.-trained stablemate Haatem on the wire to win the Irish 2000 Guineas on Saturday at The Curragh.
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Rebel’s Romance has won Group 1 races over 1 1/2 miles in Germany, America, and the United Arab Emirates. Sunday, he’ll try to win one in Hong Kong, where Rebel’s Romance starts in the Champions and Chater Cup at Sha Tin.
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At one point it appeared Opera Singer would have her 2-year-old finale in the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf. The filly, in the end, never got on a plane carrying European horses to Santa Anita and instead makes her 3-year-old debut Sunday at The Curragh in the Irish 1000 Guineas.
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Both unbeaten, Justin Milano and Sixpence have attractive credentials for Sunday’s Grade 1 Japanese Derby at Tokyo Racecourse. They start at 1 1/2 miles for the first time against 15 rivals in the $3.89 million Japanese Derby, with the filly Regaleira rated as a major threat.
Hong Kong Selections for Sunday, May 26, 2024, at Sha Tin.
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Rosallion found one horse better than he May 4 in the 2000 Guineas at Newmarket, but Saturday at The Curragh on Ireland, Rosallion is supposed to be the best horse.
