Horrifying, the 4-year-old New Zealand-bred gelding, finished fifth in the Group 1 Queensland Derby in Australia at 1 1/2 miles in May 2021 in his first start at the distance. His second attempt at 1 1/2 miles occurs in a handicap at Sandown Racecourse in Melbourne on Wednesday.
Declan Schuster's Hong Kong Selections and Analysis for Wednesday, June 1, 2022 at Happy Valley.
Torquator Tasso, who won the Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe to end his 2021 campaign, began his 2022 season finishing sixth of seven in the Group 2 Grosser Preis der Badischen Wirtschaft on Sunday at Baden-Baden in Germany.
The opening quarter-mile of a handicap for fillies and mares at 5 1/2 furlongs at Hawkesbury Racecourse in Australia on Tuesday may take a taxing toll on expected pacesetters Decisive Move and Kyalla.
he Australian filly Outlook beat maidens in a one-mile race in April 2021. By the end of the year, she had two more wins in races at 1 3/8 miles. The same pattern may emerge this year in a quicker fashion. After finishing third and second in races at a mile and 1 1/16 miles in April and May, Outlook will start at 1 3/8 miles for the first time since last year in a handicap at Doomben Racecourse near Brisbane on Monday.
Hong Kong Selections for Sunday, May 29, 2022 at Sha Tin.
The highest-level racing in Europe on Sunday takes place in France, but the most accomplished horse who’s racing Sunday in Europe, a horse whose career pinnacle came in France, runs in Germany.
With no Golden Sixty involved, Excellent Proposal can deep-six his rivals Sunday at Sha Tin in the Group 3, $471,400 Lion Rock Trophy Handicap.
Sibaaq was a four-time winner in minor handicaps in England in 13 starts in 2020 and 2021. Now based in Australia with trainer Annabel Neasham, Sibaaq may be on the verge of a successful campaign in 2022. After finishing a game second in his Australian debut, Sibaaq will start favored in a field of 12 in Sunday’s Wellington Cup at 1 1/16 miles at Wellington Racecourse.
An outside post position does not seem to bother Equinox, the promising colt who starts in Sunday’s Grade 1 Japanese Derby at Tokyo Racecourse.
