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Harry Bentley hopes a combination of a light weight, rain-affected ground and natural stamina will be sufficient for Five G Patch to provide Tony Cruz with a fourth victory as a trainer in the HK$4.2 million G3 Queen Mother Memorial Cup Handicap (2400m) at Sha Tin on Sunday (5 May).
The issues of consistent troubled trips by Ducasse could surface again in the $229,000 Queensland Guineas, which drew a full field of 17. Ducasse drew post 16 in the one-turn race. With the wide draw, jockey Tommy Berry is likely to have Ducasse in a stalking position in an effort to save some ground in the run to the turn.
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Russian Emperor faces a formidable challenge in the HK$4.2 million G3 Queen Mother Memorial Cup (2400m) at Sha Tin on Sunday (5 May)
No rival could get close to City of Troy in his three starts as a 2-year-old in Ireland and England last year. A winter of hype has led to the impeccably bred colt's much-anticipated 3-year-old debut in Saturday's Group 1 English 2000 Guineas at a mile at Newmarket Racecourse.
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Declan Schuster's Hong Kong Selections and Analysis for Sunday, May 5, 2024, at Sha Tin.
Hong Kong Selections for Wednesday, May 1, 2024 at Happy Valley.
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Declan Schuster's Hong Kong Analysis for Wednesday, May 1, 2023 at Happy Valley.
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A yielding turf course helped Beauty Eternal record an upset win in Sunday’s Group 1 Champions Mile at Sha Tin Racecourse in Hong Kong, a race in which the three-time local Horse of the Year Golden Sixty could finish only fourth.
T O Royal continues to display an affinity for turf distance races in Japan.
Since his debut in a maiden race at 1 1/4 miles in September 2022, the Japanese colt Durezza has had a career strictly in distance races. He will get plenty of distance in Sunday's two-mile spring Tenno Sho at Kyoto Racecourse.
