Money Catcher, fresh off two surprisingly good performances at Sha Tin in the 4-year-old classic series, tries his luck Wednesday at Happy Valley. Money Catcher is among seven entrants in race 4, a Class 2 handicap for horses rated 100-80 carded at 1,800 meters (about 1 1/8 miles). This is a small field by Hong Kong standards but it’s a solid group and the race has some substance.
Nimbostratus, claimed for a Santa Anita record $150,000 last May, will have her Australian debut in a handicap at 5 1/2 furlongs at Canterbury Park on Wednesday.
Declan Schuster's Hong Kong Selections and Analysis for Wednesday, April 6, 2022 at Happy Valley.
Potager ended a six-race losing streak, all in graded stakes, with a shocking win in Sunday’s Grade 1 Osaka Hai at 1 1/4 miles at Hanshin Racecourse in Japan.
After a bronze and a silver, Golden Sixty climbed back atop the podium Sunday at Sha Tin Racecourse, dominating the Group 2, $606,000 Chairman’s Trophy.
Through the Australian spring and summer, Chimes was sidelined, returning a game second by about 1 3/4 lengths in a handicap at 5 3/4 furlongs on the infield Beaumont course at Newcastle. The comeback should serve as an ideal prep race for her second start of the year in a handicap at 5 1/2 furlongs at Hawkesbury Racecourse on Tuesday.
As recently as September, the Australian 7-year-old gelding Fast Talking was a game third in a six-figure handicap at a mile. Monday at Doomben Racecourse in Brisbane, Fast Talking is well-placed to win his first race of 2022 in his second start of the season in a handicap at about a mile.
Nature Strip, the 2020-21 Australian Horse of the Year, is being strongly considered for a trip to the Royal Ascot meeting in England in June after winning Saturday’s Group 1 T.J. Smith Stakes for sprinters for the third consecutive year at Royal Randwick Racecourse in Sydney.
Hong Kong Selections for Sunday, April 3, 2022 at Sha Tin.
For two whole seasons and through his emphatic victory Dec. 12 in the Group 1 Hong Kong Mile the talk always was about Golden Sixty’s winning streak. Now, for the first time in his career, Golden Sixty comes into a race having suffered two straight defeats, but there’s every reason to believe Golden Sixty can get back into the win column Sunday at Sha Tin in the Group 2, $606,000 Chairman’s Trophy.
