Hong Kong Selections for Tuesday, December 26, 2023
Hong Kong Selections for Tuesday, December 26, 2023, at Sha Tin.
The Hong Kong Jockey ClubDec 24, 2023
Hong Kong Selections for Tuesday, December 26, 2023, at Sha Tin.
Huetor, winner of the Group 1 Doomben Cup in Australia in May, will lug topweight of 132 pounds in the Group 3 Summer Cup at Royal Randwick Racecourse in Sydney on Monday evening.
There are familiar rivals in a seven-furlong handicap at Tamworth Racecourse in Australia on Saturday evening.
The older horse division in Japan needs a new leader following the recent retirement of Equinox, the superstar who won the Grade 1 Japan Cup in his farewell start last month. Sunday’s Grade 1 Arima Kinen at Nakayama Racecourse will establish some ranking for the group as 2024 approaches. Finding the winner in a field of 16 in the $6.7 million Arima Kinen will not be easy, but the season-ending classic should be a dandy betting race.
Hong Kong Selections for Saturday, December 23, 2023, at Sha Tin.
For almost as long as he can remember, David Eustace has craved an opportunity to train in Hong Kong. As of next season, a dream becomes reality for the well-travelled young Englishman, who boasts strong family links to the city’s racing community.
The fashionably-bred colt Storm Boy will have his stakes debut in the Group 3 Magic Millions B.J. McLachlan Stakes for Southern Hemisphere 2-year-olds at Eagle Farm Racecourse in Brisbane, Australia, on Friday evening.
Declan Schuster's Hong Kong Selections and Analysis for Saturday, December 23, 2023, Sha Tin.
Course conditions and a light weight assignment may work in favor of the 5-year-old mare Dream Inherit in a one-mile handicap at Wagga Wagga Racecourse in Australia on Thursday evening.
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Trainer Danny Shum will give Romantic Warrior a short break with a view to returning in the G1 Citi Hong Kong Gold Cup (2000m) on 25 February, 2024 at Sha Tin, opting against a potential rematch with Golden Sixty in the G1 Stewards’ Cup (1600m) on 21 January.