Hong Kong Selections for Sunday, September 10, 2023
Hong Kong Selections for Sunday, September 10, 2023, at Sha Tin.
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Hong Kong Selections for Sunday, September 10, 2023, at Sha Tin.
Cylinder was second as the favorite in the Group 1 Golden Slipper Stakes for Southern Hemisphere 2-year-olds at Rosehill Gardens in Sydney, Australia in March, losing the $3.32 million race by slightly more than a length.
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Auguste Rodin and King of Steel finished first and second in the Group 1 English Derby on June 3, an exacta hard to predict.
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An eager Mark Newnham is expecting to saddle his first Hong Kong runner on Wednesday, 13 September at Happy Valley as he prepares himself for the cauldron-like pressures of Hong Kong’s fiercely competitive 88-fixture racing season.
The Australian gelding Golden Button finished a game second in his 2023 debut in a seven-furlong handicap on Aug. 25, leaving him well in contention for a second career win in a handicap at that distance at tiny Tuncurry Racecourse in Australia on Thursday evening.
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Declan Schuster's Hong Kong Selections and Analysis for September 10, 2023 at Sha Tin.
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Zac Purton has sounded a note of caution ahead of Lucky Sweynesse’s return in the Class 1 HKSAR Chief Executive’s Cup Handicap (1200m) on Sunday (10 September) after the champion sprinter breezed through a delayed trial at Sha Tin this morning (Monday, 4 September).
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Recently arrived jockeys Andrea Atzeni and Keagan De Melo were officially unveiled by The Hong Kong Jockey Club at Sha Tin this morning (Tuesday, 5 September) ahead of the impending 2023/24 racing season which commences this Sunday (10 September).
In the last two years, Jack Duggan has had mixed results, going winless in 2021 before winning three times last year. Jack Duggan has yet to win in four starts in 2023, but his last two races suggest a victory is possible in a handicap at 1 1/4 miles at Hawkesbury Racecourse near Sydney on Wednesday evening.
Mountain Ghost was ambitiously raced in group-level stakes in Australia in April as a maiden. She finished second of 12 at 30-1 in the Group 3 Adrian Knox Stakes at 1 1/4 miles on April 1, but was 14th in a field of 15 in the Group 1 ATC Stakes at 1 1/2 miles a week later.