To find an Aidan O'Brien colt who had been a top 2-year-old, flopped as the favorite in the 2000 Guineas, and returned to win the Derby, one must go all the way back to . . . 2023. Auguste Rodin ran 12th in the Guineas last year and a month later won the Derby, and City of Troy follows the same pattern.
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Declan Schuster's Hong Kong Selections and Analysis for Sunday, June 2, 2024, at Sha Tin.
It's remarkable that either Aidan O'Brien or John Gosden has trained the Oaks winner the last 10 years. O'Brien has six victories during that span, Gosden four, last year's with his son Thady down as co-trainer. Gosden is not winning the 2024 Oaks on Friday at Epsom because he has no runner in the 1 1/2-mile race. O'Brien starts two, the three-race maiden Rubies Are Red and Ylang Ylang, the favorite with English bookmakers on Wednesday.
Hong Kong Selections for Wednesday, May 29, 2024 at Sha Tin.
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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.
