Hong Kong Selections for Wednesday, March 25, 2026
Hong Kong Selections for Wednesday, March 25, 2026 at Happy Valley.
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Hong Kong Selections for Wednesday, March 25, 2026 at Happy Valley.
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Whether the show must go on – that's debatable. But the show will go on and fields have been assembled for the Dubai World Cup meeting Saturday at Meydan Racecourse. Post positions for World Cup card's Group 1 races weren't yet drawn Monday, but entries with jockey assignments are, and nine horses went into the $12 million World Cup.
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Luke Middlebrook's Hong Kong Analysis and Selections for Wednesday, March 25, 2026 at Happy Valley.
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Daniel Zigal has been active in Hong Kong horse racing since the 1990s, and his parents joined The Hong Kong Jockey Club as members in 1950. The family had their first runner at Happy Valley in 1960, and now, Zigal will experience the BMW Hong Kong Derby (2000m) as a participating owner for the first time on Sunday (22 March), when the HK$26 million blue-riband event is held at Sha Tin.
He needed a bit of racing luck, but Guest House showed his ability to record an upset in Saturday’s Group 1 Golden Slipper Stakes for Southern Hemisphere 2-year-olds at Rosehill Gardens Racecourse in Sydney, Australia.
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Hong Kong Selections for Sunday, March 22, 2026, at Sha Tin.
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Owner Vincent To Wai Keung will make his second bid for BMW Hong Kong Derby (2000m) glory this Sunday, 22 March, with his promising runner Top Dragon.
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Mark Newnham could scarcely have hoped for a better lead-in to the HK$26 million BMW Hong Kong Derby (2000m) and was in buoyant mood after Invincible Ibis was handed the plum draw at Thursday’s (19 March) barrier draw.
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Preparing to saddle Invincible Ibis in the HK$26 million BMW Hong Kong Derby (2000m) at Sha Tin on Sunday (22 March), Mark Newnham breathed fresh life into his Hong Kong trainers’ championship quest with a spectacular, career-best five-timer at Happy Valley on Wednesday night (18 March).
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Second-year British handler David Eustace approaches the 149th HK$26 million BMW Hong Kong Derby (2000m) on Sunday (22 March) at Sha Tin with dual representation, but says positioning himself for an early-career crack at Hong Kong’s most prestigious race was always his plan.