Overcoming an outside post in a field of 18, Songline won Sunday’s Grade 1 Yasuda Kinen for the second consecutive year at Tokyo Racecourse in Japan, the third horse to record two wins in Japan’s leading springtime race for milers.
For a maiden race winner, Miss Thatcher carries a lofty reputation in advance of her first start of 2023 in a six-furlong handicap at Goulburn Racecourse in Australia on Sunday evening.
Hong Kong Selections for Sunday, June 4, 2023, at Sha Tin.
Emily Upjohn, who would have won the 2022 English Oaks with any luck, was a brilliant winner of the Group 1 Coronation Cup on Oaks Day 2023. And a little later Friday at Epsom, her jockey and co-trainers, Frankie Dettori and John and Thady Gosden, won the Oaks itself with Soul Sister.
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Sodashi, a visibly striking white Thoroughbred, will have no shortage of admirers, or support from deep-pocketed bettors, when she attempts to beat males for the first time in a Grade 1 in Sunday’s Yasuda Kinen at a mile at on turf at Tokyo Racecourse.
Sammiballerina won for the second time in her career in a handicap at about 6 1/2 furlongs at Muswellbrook Racecourse in Australia on April 10, showing her customary late run. After comprehensive losses in two high-profile handicaps at Rosehill Gardens and Scone in late April and mid-May, Sammiballerina is back at her home course of Muswellbrook for a handicap at 7 1/4 furlongs on Saturday evening.
On March 31, the New Zealand-bred filly Affaire A Suivre won the fourth start of her career in a maiden race at Cranbourne Racecourse in Australia. Three months later, Affaire A Suivre may be on the cusp of becoming a multiple Group 1 winner.
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The four trainers who have accounted for 10 of the last 12 Epsom Derby winners have the four shortest prices for the 2023 renewal of the Derby on Saturday at Epsom Downs.
Declan Schuster's Hong Kong Selections and Analysis for Sunday, June 4, 2023, at Sha Tin.
When Rylan’s Pick starts as an expected favorite in a six-furlong handicap at Dubbo Racecourse on Thursday evening, he will be stuck with the role of topweight, but will not have as severe of an assignment as possible.
