Stars on Earth overcame traffic issues in the stretch to record an upset win in Sunday’s Grade 1 Japanese 1000 Guineas for 3-year-old fillies at Hanshin Racecourse.
Washington Towers returned from a four-month rest to win a five-furlong handicap at Canberra Racecourse in Australia on March 30 for his fifth win in 18 starts. The 5-year-old gelding has been equally effective in his second race following a layoff at times in recent years, making his appearance in a five-furlong handicap at Kembla Grange Racecourse on Tuesday all the more intriguing.
Noble Yeats ended a six-race losing streak with an upset win in Saturday’s $1.3 million Grand National Steeplechase at Aintree Racecourse in England, the final mount in the accomplished career of amateur jockey Sam Waley-Cohen.
What happens when a horse is scratched from a race in North America? Bettors hardly can know. The specific reason for the scratch and how the horse is handled after it fall outside public view. Things are different in Hong Kong.
Buffet Buster has won three consecutive minor races at three different venues with different riders at distances ranging from 6 1/2 furlongs to slightly more than seven furlongs. With each win, Buffet Buster faced tougher competition. His next test occurs in a seven-furlong handicap at Tamworth Racecourse where he is part of a field of 14.
Circle of Life was the champion 2-year-old filly of 2021 in Japan, a status that she may find difficult to retain in the 3-year-old division this year. Circle of Life was third to Namur in the Grade 2 Tulip Sho at a mile at Hanshin Racecourse on March 5 in her first start of the year and must face that rival again in Sunday’s Grade 1 Japanese 1000 Guineas at a mile at Hanshin.
Angel Rock was overmatched when she finished third in an allowance race at Moonee Valley Racecourse in Australia on March 19. Angel Rock has been given a more reasonable goal in Sunday’s Terang Cup at 1 5/16 miles at Terang Racecourse.
Relentless recent rain could lead to the postponement of a program with four Group 1 races at Royal Randwick Racecourse in Sydney, Australia, on Saturday. Verry Elleegant, the 2020-2021 Australian Horse of the Year and the winner of the Melbourne Cup last November, was the 2-1 favorite in early betting for the day’s richest race, the $2.99 million Queen Elizabeth Stakes at 1 1/4 miles.
The future-book bets started to appear in the final days of March on a seemingly unlikely candidate for Saturday’s $1.3 million Grand National Steeplechase at Aintree Racecourse in England.
Declan Schuster's Hong Kong Selections and Analysis for Sunday, April 10, 2022 at Sha Tin.
