Hong Kong Selections for Saturday, March 16, 2024
Hong Kong Selections for Saturday, March 16, 2024, at Sha Tin.
The Hong Kong Jockey ClubMar 15, 2024
Hong Kong Selections for Saturday, March 16, 2024, at Sha Tin.
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Declan Schuster's Hong Kong Selections and Analysis for Saturday, March 16, 2024, at Sha Tin.
The ultra-consistent gelding Mr Brightside will be the odds-on favorite to become the first horse to win consecutive runnings of the All-Star Mile at Caulfield Racecourse in Melbourne, Australia, on Friday evening.
In the last two years, the French-bred gelding Protektorat finished third and fifth in the Grade 1 Cheltenham Gold Cup at 3 5/16 miles at Cheltenham Racecourse in Britain, jump racing’s premier weight-for-age race.
Third or fourth in three Group 1 races since late September, Tutta La Vita will race against an easier field in Thursday’s Group 3 Kembla Grange Classic for Southern Hemipshere 3-year-old fillies at Kembla Grange Racecourse in Australia on Thursday evening.
Recent history, both this week and in recent years, suits the chances of Galopin Des Champs in Friday's Grade 1 Cheltenham Gold Cup at Cheltenham Racecourse in Britain. The $799,900 Gold Cup, run at 3 5/16 miles over 22 fences, is the leading weight-for-age race in jump racing, and compares well to the Breeders' Cup Classic in terms of prestige.
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Ellis Wong celebrated a significant milestone in his fledgling career at Happy Valley on Wednesday night (13 March) when the apprentice exploited his 10lb claim to maximum effect with a double on Happy Horse and Moments in Time.
Banbridge, who starts in Thursday’s Grade 1 Ryanair Chase at Cheltenham Racecourse in Britain, represents the lower profile side of Irish trainer Joseph O’Brien’s stable, at least in the eyes of many American racing fans. But O'Brien does have a successful jump racing division.
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Tomodachi Kokoroe (128lb) has been one of this season’s best improvers and he’s aiming to join a select club when he shoots for a fifth win this season in Wednesday night’s (13 March) Class 2 Soko Islands Handicap (1200m) at Happy Valley.
Hong Kong Selections for Wednesday, March 13, 2024 at Happy Valley.