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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).
Declan Schuster's Hong Kong Analysis and Selections for Sunday, December 10, 2023, at Sha Tin.
The lightly raced gelding Mazita, a winner of two of his last four starts, will be favored to win his debut at a mile at Scone Racecourse in Australia on Thursday evening.
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Vincent Ho claimed a hugely popular first victory in the LONGINES International Jockeys’ Championship thanks to a beautifully judged front-running success on Tomodachi Kokoroe in the fourth and final leg at Happy Valley on Wednesday night (6 December).
The filly Cosy Corner will be a danger on or near the lead in a six-furlong handicap at Gosford Racecourse in Australia on Wednesday evening with two worthy rivals in Storm the Ramparts and Fameux expected to be in close pursuit.
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Bauyrzhan Murzabayev has never looked at a challenge he didn’t want to tackle head on and the man from Almaty in Kazakhstan will line up for a first crack in the LONGINES International Jockeys’ Championship hungry to showcase his talents on a new stage.
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Faced with the honour of training potentially Singapore’s last champion and international runner, Dan Meagher isn’t under-estimating the challenge for Lim’s Kosciuszko in the G1 LONGINES Hong Kong Mile (1600m) at Sha Tin on Sunday (10 December).
