Hong Kong Selections for Sunday, April 14, 2024
Hong Kong Selections for Sunday, April 14, 2024, at Sha Tin.
The Hong Kong Jockey ClubApr 12, 2024
Hong Kong Selections for Sunday, April 14, 2024, at Sha Tin.
Regaleira is the lone filly facing colts in Sunday’s Grade 1 Japanese 2000 Guineas at Nakayama Racecourse, a familiar scenario for the two-time winner.
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Declan Schuster's Hong Kong Selections and Analysis for Sunday, April 14, at Sha Tin.
The Grand National, one of the world's most famous races, will be run at Aintree Racecourse on Saturday at a distance of about 4 1/4 miles on what is likely to be heavy turf.
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Golden Sixty, Romantic Warrior and California Spangle headline Hong Kong’s selected runners for FWD Champions Day at Sha Tin on 28 April when the decorated trio faces an imposing international contingent from Japan and Great Britain spearheaded by fellow Group 1 winners Dubai Honour, Mad Cool and Champagne Color.
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Zac Purton’s relentless pursuit of Douglas Whyte’s Hong Kong record of 1,813 wins annexed another important milestone at Happy Valley on Wednesday night (10 April) when the Australian slotted a treble to become only the second jockey to ride 1,700 winners or more in Hong Kong.
Pic d’Orhy, the veteran gelding who starts in Friday’s Grade 1 Melling Chase at 2 1/2 miles at Aintree Racecourse, has a career record in steeplechases separated by a breathing operation in the summer of 2022. Before the operation, Pic d’Orhy was winless in two Grade 1 races in Britain. Since then, the 9-year-old has won two Grade 1 races and finished second in another. The more recent success puts Pic d’Orhy at the fore of the Melling Chase field.
Bought for approximately $3.5 million last December, Via Sistina has a reputation that belongs atop the list of contenders for the Group 1 Queen Elizabeth Stakes at Royal Randwick Racecourse in Sydney, Australia, on Friday evening.
The 8-year-old gelding Gerri Colombe has a chance to duplicate his springtime record of 2023 when he starts favored in Thursday’s Grade 1 William Hill Bowl Chase at 3 1/4 miles at Aintree Racecourse.
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Danny Shum has always been the adventurous type and the trainer has more ambitious plans already in motion for Romantic Warrior.