The foundations are in place. The Japanese 2-year-old fillies Ascoli Piceno, Corazon Beat, and Culture Day have all won at least twice, and are graded stakes winners. One of them could become a Grade 1 winner in Sunday’s $863,300 Hanshin Juvenile Fillies at a mile on turf at Hanshin Racecourse. The race drew a full field of 18, all Japanese-breds.
Since June, Aristonous has run in flat races in Australia, with success. He won his first two starts in the country in June, and appears well-placed in his first start since early August in the Nowra Cup at tiny Nowra Racecourse on Saturday evening.
Hong Kong Selections for Sunday, December 10, 2023, at Sha Tin.
Detonator Jack won the richest race of his career in the $650,600 The Gong Stakes at a mile at Kembla Grange Racecourse on Nov. 25 by 2 1/4 lengths. He can win a bigger prize in the Group 2 Ingham Handicap, a $1.32 million race at Royal Randwick Racecourse in Sydney on Friday evening.
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Romantic Warrior on Sunday at Sha Tin Racecourse will be favored to become just the second two-time winner of the Group 1, $4.61 million Hong Kong Cup.
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To get No. 3, Sixty will have to overcome 14 and eight months down time Sunday at Sha Tin Racecourse in Hong Kong. On the line is $4.1 million in the Group 1 Hong Kong Mile.
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A smile spread across the face of trainer Danny Shum and the connections of Romantic Warrior the instant the barrier draw was revealed for Sunday’s (10 December) G1 LONGINES Hong Kong Cup (2000m).
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Golden Sixty must overcome the widest draw of all in stall 14 if he is to reclaim his G1 LONGINES Hong Kong Mile (1600m) crown on Sunday (10 December), in a turn of events which drew audible gasps from the assembled audience at Thursday morning’s (7 December) barrier allocation ceremony in Sha Tin’s iconic parade ring.
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Ireland’s champion trainer Aidan O’Brien readily agrees he has brought his best team ever to attack the four Group 1 races in Sunday’s (10 December) LONGINES Hong Kong International Races (HKIR) at Sha Tin.
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Andrea Atzeni has hit the ground running in Hong Kong and will bid to underline his potential as one of the brightest talents in the weighing room with two rides at the LONGINES Hong Kong International Races (HKIR) at Sha Tin on Sunday (10 December).
