Declan Schuster's Hong Kong Selections and Analysis for Wednesday, May 17, 2023
Declan Schuster's Hong Kong Selections and Analysis for Wednesday, May 17, 2023 at Happy Valley.
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Declan Schuster's Hong Kong Selections and Analysis for Wednesday, May 17, 2023 at Happy Valley.
Marhaba Ya Sanafi and Blue Rose Cen provided the long and short of it on Guineas Day on Sunday at Longchamp.
Songline was 10th in the Group 3 1351 Turf Sprint in Saudi Arabia in February, her first start of the year. Her second start was a win in Sunday’s Grade 1 Victoria Mile at Tokyo Racecourse in Japan.
Beginning in November, October Revolution had a rough start to his career in Australia, losing his first nine starts through March.
Burling, the Southern Hemisphere 2-year-old, won his debut with a bold rally from off the pace at Tamworth Racecourse in Australia on April 23. His second start can best be described as unconventional.
Course condition played a major role in the 2000 and 1000 Guineas last weekend in England and is likely to do so again Sunday in France. The Longchamp course was rated heavy on Friday and with rain forecast to continue through the weekend in Paris, that is not likely to change much ahead of the Poule d’Essai des Poulains, the 2000 Guineas, and the Poule d’Essai des Pouliches, the 1000 Guineas.
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Sodashi and Stars on Earth, the champion 3-year-old fillies of Japan the last two years, will meet for the first time in Sunday’s Grade 1 Victoria Mile for older fillies and mares at Tokyo Racecourse, a race with potential Breeders’ Cup implications.
The prolific gelding Osman was part of a hectic pace from an inside post in the Gooree Cup at seven furlongs at Mudgee Racecourse in Australia on May 7, fading rapidly through the final furlong to finish 11th of 12 at odds of 4-5.
Giga Kick’s career changed when the Southern Hemisphere 3-year-old won the world’s richest sprint, the $9.3 million Everest Stakes at Royal Randwick Racecourse in Sydney, Australia last October. Giga Kick was 20-1 in the Everest and has since been the subject of consistently high expectations, often failing to duplicate the achievement. Giga Kick has since won once in four starts, in the Grade 1 All Aged Stakes at seven furlongs at Randwick on April 15, leading to another round of high hopes for his appearance in the Group 1 Doomben 10,000 Stakes at six furlongs at Doomben Racecourse in Brisbane on Friday evening.
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