In 10 starts in two-mile chases, steeplechaser Edwardstone and jockey Tom Cannon have won six races, including three Grade 1 stakes, and finished second twice. The consistency has left Edwardstone as Britain’s leading chance in Wednesday’s Grade 1 Queen Mother Champion Chase at two miles at Cheltenham Racecourse.
The Irish-bred geldings Oz Legend and Tip of the Spear met for the first time when they finished first and second in a handicap at 1 1/2 miles at Warwick Farm Racecourse in Australia on Feb. 23. They will be reunited as part of a tougher field of rivals in a handicap at the same marathon distance at Warwick Farm on Tuesday evening.
Declan Schuster's Hong Kong Selections and Analysis for Wednesday, March 15, 2023.
A stakes winner in France last month, Brave Emperor will be favored to win for the fifth time in his seventh start in the $72,600 Road to the Kentucky Derby Condition Stakes at Kempton Park near London on Wednesday.
When the National Hunt festival for chasers and hurdlers begins on Tuesday at Cheltenham Racecourse 100 miles west of London, a crowd of more than 68,000 is expected to watch the first of four seven-race programs through Friday that are the highlight of British jump racing each winter.u
The 4-year-old High Plateau has an excellent chance to remain unbeaten when he starts against winners for the first time in a five-furlong handicap at Hawkesbury Racecourse on Monday evening.
Sacramento won the Canberra Cup at Canberra Racecourse in Australia last year to end a five-race losing streak. The 6-year-old Sacramento was the 3-1 favorite in early betting Saturday to win the $131,500 Canberra Cup on Sunday evening and once again needs a victory to end a nine-race losing streak dating to last year’s race.
The powerful training partnership of Adrian Bott and Gai Waterhouse have two leading contenders in the Group 3 Black Opal Stakes for Southern Hemisphere 2-year-olds at Canberra Racecourse in Australia on Saturday evening, a team led by the unraced filly Autumn Ballet.
Hong Kong Selections for Saturday, March 11, 2023, at Sha Tin.
A sharp closing rally has made the New Zealand-bred gelding I Wish I Win a multiple stakes winner in Australia, and the runner to fear in the Group 1 Newmarket Handicap at six furlongs at Flemington Racecourse in Melbourne on Friday evening.
