Efforia was the 2021 Horse of the Year and outstanding 3-year-old in Japan, and is expected to live up to those titles in his 2022 debut in Sunday’s Grade 1 Osaka Hai at 1 1/4 miles at Hanshin Racecourse.
Last April, Maid of Ore ended a 13-race losing streak with a one-length win in the Gundagai Cup at 1 1/8 miles. Sunday, Maid of Ore is part of a field of 10 in the Gundagai Cup where she has a chance to end a 14-race losing streak dating to last year’s race.
The Australian filly Forbidden Love has had a busy campaign this year, compiling three stakes wins since late February. The brilliant form has made Forbidden Love the 3-1 favorite in early betting for Saturday’s Group 1 Doncaster Mile against 19 rivals at Royal Randwick Racecourse in Sydney.
Declan Schuster's Hong Kong Selections and Analysis for Sunday, April 3, 2022 at Sha Tin.
Layoffs are not a hindrance for Regal Stage, the 7-year-old Australian gelding who has his first start since September in Friday’s $112,600 Muswellbrook Gold Cup at Muswellbrook Racecourse.
Country Grammer came out of his Dubai World Cup win in good physical condition and will head to WinStar Farm in Kentucky for a freshening with no plans set for the rest of his 2022 campaign.
Hong Kong Selections for Wednesday, March 30, 2022 at Sha Tin.
Pippali has one more chance to earn a spot in the final for the $360,200 Provincial Championship Stakes at Royal Randwick Racecourse in Sydney on April 9 when she starts in a full field of 16 in the final qualifying race at Newcastle on Thursday. The first two finishers advance to the race at Randwick on a program of lucrative stakes.
With a prep race behind him, Military Mission looks poised for a first win in Australia in a handicap at 1 3/16 miles at Canterbury Park on Wednesday.
Kuparny and Duke Wai meet for the second time on Sha Tin's all-weather course in Wednesday’s $402,350 Silvermine Bay Handicap at six furlongs. The race is rated as a Class 1 handicap, a level below stakes competition in Hong Kong.
