Hong Kong Selections for Wednesday, June 5, 2024
Hong Kong Selections for Wednesday, June 5, 2024 at Happy Valley.
The Hong Kong Jockey ClubJun 04, 2024
Hong Kong Selections for Wednesday, June 5, 2024 at Happy Valley.
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Declan Schuster's Hong Kong Selections and Analysis for Wednesday, June 3, 2024 at Happy Valley.
On Sunday, Romantic Warrior won the Grade 1 Yasuda Kinen Stakes at a mile on turf at Tokyo Racecourse in his first start in Japan. With the win, Romantic Warrior earned a fees-paid berth to the Breeders’ Cup Mile at Del Mar on Nov. 2.
Look de Vega on Sunday morning was a twice-started colt yet to run in a race of any consequence. By Sunday afternoon he was a Group 1 winner after winning the Prix du Jockey Club, the French Derby, at Chantilly Racecourse.
Coming off famed Tattenham Corner and into the long homestretch at Epsom Downs, City of Troy, under Ryan Moore, made a spectacular move from 10th place, flying into contention with about a quarter-mile left and finishing things off with a mighty run to the wire winning the Derby by 2 3/4 lengths Saturday.
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A four-race winning streak is nothing new for Romantic Warrior, the Hong Kong-based gelding who will be favored to win his Japanese debut at Tokyo Racecourse in Sunday’s Grade 1 Yasuda Kinen Stakes at a mile.
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There are races where the outcome is in doubt even after the horses have crossed the finish, and there are others where a horse looks a sure winner long before that, and so it was Friday at Epsom Downs in the Oaks where Ezeliya, moving sweetly from start to finish, scored a three-length victory.
Ace Impact, a brilliant winner of the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe in October, only showed depth of his ability winning the Prix du Jockey Club at odds of nearly 9-1 in early June. Whoever comes out on top of this year's renewal of France's derby on Sunday at Chantilly is, like Ace Impact, a horse who has who has not yet revealed his potential.
Hong Kong Selections for Sunday, June 2, 2024, at Sha Tin.
Shortly after Tannhauser lost his seventh consecutive group stakes in Australia in April, he was gelded. The change worked. Tannhauser rebounded to win the Group 3 Rough Habit Stakes at 1 1/4 miles at Doomben Racecourse in Brisbane on May 18 as a prep for Friday’s Group 1 Queensland Derby at Eagle Farm, also in Brisbane.