Blue Sky Moon has won twice in Australia this year following layoffs, in April after a break of more than three months, and on Nov. 16 after a gap of nearly seven months.
The veteran gelding Full Press can continue his 2023 success in cup races at countryside tracks in Australia in the Armidale Cup at Armidale Racecourse on Saturday evening.
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The Kentucky-bred Lemon Pop won the Grade 1 February Stakes at a mile on dirt at Tokyo Racecourse in February and will attempt to sweep Japan’s other Grade 1 race on dirt in Sunday’s $1.58 million Champions Cup at 1 1/8 miles at Chukyo Racecourse.
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With Luxembourg fronting a squad which is represented in each one of the LONGINES Hong Kong International Races (HKIR), it is unlikely that Aidan O’Brien will have ever arrived at the meeting with such strength in depth.
Hong Kong Selections for Sunday, December 3, 2023, at Sha Tin.
LONGINES Hong Kong International Races Form Guide
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Over the past few years, Japanese horses have dominated many of the major international race meetings, even during the COVID-19 pandemic, and the number of Japanese runners gets larger and larger especially in recent years.
The only time the Australian gelding Overpass has raced at Ascot Racecourse in Perth he made a tiny piece of Australian racing history by winning the first running of the $2.68 million Quokka Stakes in April. Overpass is back at Ascot this weekend to start in the Group 1 Winterbottom Stakes.
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Bidding for breakthrough Group 1 success at the LONGINES Hong Kong International Races, Voyage Bubble and Beauty Eternal showed they are on target for the 10 December showpiece with solid trial wins at Sha Tin on Thursday morning (30 November).
Irish Kisses was zooming past rivals in the final furlong of a one-mile handicap at Newcastle Racecourse in Australia on Nov. 18 on her way to a third-place finish. Closing from 10th in a field of 11, she finished well, but was unable to catch rivals Toesonthenose and Stray, losing by 2 1/4 lengths.
