Declan Schuster's Hong Kong Selections and Analysis for Sunday, May 15, 2022
Declan Schuster's Hong Kong Selections and Analysis for Sunday, May 15, 2022 at Sha Tin.
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Declan Schuster's Hong Kong Selections and Analysis for Sunday, May 15, 2022 at Sha Tin.
Rustic Steel improved his record to 6 for 12 by winning the $347,700 The Coast Stakes, a handicap for Southern Hemisphere 3- and 4-year-olds at Gosford Park in Australia last Saturday. On Friday, less than a week later, Rustic Steel is expected to be a slight favorite to win his group stakes debut in the Group 3 Scone Cup at a mile at Scone Racecourse.
One-mile races on heavy turf in Australia are defining the season of the 3-year-old gelding Duke of Gordon. Duke of Gordon won a maiden race on April 14 and his debut against winners on April 28 in races with those conditions at Wyong Racecourse. The victories give Duke of Gordon a legitimate claim as the favorite in another one-mile handicap in similar conditions at Wyong on Thursday.
The late kick that has been a common style for the 4-year-old gelding Nearly Fine finally carried him to a win for the first time in his 12th start in Hong Kong in a race at about a mile at Happy Valley Racecourse on April 13. What worked at a mile will be tried at the new distance of 1 1/8 miles when the Australian-bred starts in a Class 3 handicap at Happy Valley on Wednesday.
There are remarkable similarities in the career trajectory of the geldings Mach Schnell and Sindacato, who meet for the first time in a one-mile handicap at Warwick Farm Racecourse outside of Sydney, Australia, on Wednesday.
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Danon Scorpion overcame an outside post in a field of 18 to win Sunday’s Grade 1 NHK Mile for 3-year-olds at Tokyo Racecourse in Japan.
The Kentucky-bred gelding French War had an attractive career debut in Australia last September, winning a maiden race at a mile. Three starts later, French War has yet to record a second win, but has performed well enough of late to indicate such an achievement is imminent.
Talladega Knight returned from a four-month layoff to finish third in a seven-furlong handicap at Nowra Racecourse in Australia on April 26. He seems to have bounced out of the race in fine condition. Less than two weeks later, Talladega Knight is back in a one-mile handicap at Taree Racecourse on Monday.
A half-length loss in the Grade 1 Asahi Hai Futurity Stakes last December kept Serifos from claiming the title as Japan’s champion 2-year-old male of 2021. Nearly five months later, Serifos will have his 3-year-old debut in Sunday’s Grade 1 NHK Mile at Tokyo Racecourse.