Hong Kong Selections for Sunday, April 2, 2023
Hong Kong Selections for Sunday, April 2, 2023, at Sha Tin.
webmasterApr 01, 2023
Hong Kong Selections for Sunday, April 2, 2023, at Sha Tin.
The 7-year-old gelding Ruban Bleu will be closing from off the pace in a handicap at Wagga Wagga Racecourse in Australia on Saturday and may need all seven furlongs of the race distance to reach the front.
:quality(75))
Several of Japan’s leading older horses, with the notable exception of 2022 Horse of the Year Equinox, are among 16 runners in Sunday’s Grade 1 Osaka Hai at Hanshin Racecourse.
Brave Emperor currently ranks in a tie for the lead in the European qualifying series for the Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs on May 6. To clinch the single berth available from the series, Brave Emperor will need the best race of his already accomplished career in Saturday’s $123,800 Cardinal Condition Stakes at Chelmsford City Racecourse.
Declan Schuster's Hong Kong Analysis for Sunday, April 2, 2023, at Sha Tin.
Hosier’s 2023 season starts on Thursday in the Muswellbrook Gold Cup at 7 1/2 furlongs, a qualifier for the Big Dance Stakes at Royal Randwick Racecourse in Sydney on Nov. 7.
There may be a runner in the Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs on May 6 who has never raced beyond a mile or appeared in a group or graded stakes.
:quality(75))
Mr Brightside will start favored in a field of 20 in the $2.6 million Doncaster Mile at Royal Randwick Racecourse on Friday evening. The program includes three other Group 1 races.
The Poacher is winless in two starts in Australia this year, but has shown signs in those losses of the form that made him a four-time winner in 2022. The Poacher will start as a slight favorite in a $66,900 handicap at Newcastle Racecourse on Wednesday evening that is the final qualifier for a restricted race worth $344,900 at Royal Randwick Racecourse.
Declan Schuster's Hong Kong Analysis for Wednesday, March 29, 2023 at Sha Tin.