The Australian 3-year-old filly Devine Miss has a kick that has led to top three finishes in all six of her starts. Twice a winner, Devine Miss is most effective in shorter sprint distances, leaving her in a good position for a third career win in a five-furlong handicap at Canberra Racecourse on Friday.
Hong Kong Selections for Wednesday, May 18, 2022 at Happy Valley.
Eason, a 3-year-old Australian import, didn’t require any easing into his Hong Kong racing career. He was a good second making his debut Dec. 5 and in six starts has never finished worse than second. Eason has won his last two races, proving much too tough for Class 3 handicap competition, and with a good draw and a favorable weight, he easily can win his first start against Class 2 rivals in the featured ninth race Wednesday at Happy Valley.
Among the 3-year-old Finepoint, the 4-year-old Niffler and the longshot Black Queen, Australian trainer Chris Waller may turn a seven-furlong handicap at Royal Randwick in Sydney on Wednesday into an intra-stable affair.
Declan Schuster's Hong Kong Selections and Analysis for May 18, 2022 at Happy Valley.
The 12 runners in a one-mile handicap at Moe Racecourse in Australia on Tuesday will start without the benefit of a recent win.
Sodashi, Japan's champion 3-year-old filly of 2021, won for the first time this year in her second start in Sunday’s Grade 1 Victoria Mile for fillies and mares at Tokyo Racecourse, a victory that could lead to international starts in the latter months of the year.
Modern Games ended his 2-year-old season by winning the Grade 1 Breeders’ Cup Juvenile at Del Mar and began his 3-year-old campaign by winning the Group 1 Poule d’Essai des Poulains, the French 2000 Guineas, on Sunday at Longhamp.
Australian jockey Rachael Murray has had her best results of the year in the last three weeks, winning with six of 36 mounts. Martian Queen has been part of that success, winning a minor handicap at a mile at Gunnison Racecourse on May 2. Murray, 32, is back aboard Martian Queen in a one-mile handicap Monday at Tamworth Racecourse.
Bigger, stronger, faster – that was how Baaeed looked winning his 4-year-old debut Saturday in the Group 1 J.T. Lockinge Stakes at Newbury Racecourse in England.
