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About the time Frankie Dettori, the famed rider from the island of Sardinia in Italy, will leave the Southern California jockey colony, Antonio Fresu, a Sardinian rider of lesser fame, will join it.
Declan Schuster's Hong Kong Analysis for Wednesday, March 22, 2023
The fine start to his 2023 campaign has made The Rattlesnake the 2-1 favorite in early betting to win for the third time in his career in a five-furlong handicap at Ballina Racecourse on Monday evening.
Never mind the wide post position, the slow pace or even a dull prep race. Voyage Bubble was at his best in the richest race of his career on Sunday in the $3.05 million Hong Kong Derby for 4-year-olds at Sha Tin Racecourse in Hong Kong.
After winning the Group 3 Pago Pago Stakes at Rosehill Gardens in Sydney on March 11 for his first win in his third start, Shinzo confirmed that form with a late rally in Saturday’s Group 1 Golden Slipper Stakes for Southern Hemisphere juveniles.
Hong Kong Selections for Sunday, March 19, 2023, at Sha Tin.
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A four-race winning streak since mid-December, including a race at 1 1/8 miles last month, has left Super Sunny Sing among the leading contenders for Sunday’s $3.05 million Hong Kong Derby for 4-year-olds at Sha Tin Racecourse.
Galopin Des Champs was not the best jumper in Friday’s Grade 1 Cheltenham Gold Cup in England - until it mattered the most.
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Ever since Cigar shipped for the inaugural Dubai World Cup in 1996, the race has strongly been flavored by American participation. Deluxe Meydan Racecourse, which replaced the old Nad Al Sheba course, opened in 2010 with a synthetic surface, but after American participation waned during the early Meydan years, dirt replaced synthetic. American horses have won four of the seven World Cups on Meydan dirt. But the dynamic has shifted again.
Cylinder has won consecutive Group 2 stakes this year for 2-year-olds and will be favored to win the world’s richest race for juveniles on Friday evening – the Group 1 Golden Slipper Stakes at Rosehill Gardens Racecourse in Sydney, Australia.
