Shameonus will start at 1 5/16 miles for the first time in the Orange Gold Cup at Orange Racecourse in Australia on Friday, a distance that may work for the 5-year-old gelding.
After finishing 17th in a field of 18 as the 2-1 favorite in the $526,400 Four Pillars Stakes last October, and eighth of 14 in a regional stakes qualifier at Newcastle on March 26 in his first start of 2022, Different Strokes will take a significant drop in class in a handicap at 6 3/4 furlongs at Wyong Racecourse on Thursday.
Hong Kong Selections for Wednesday, April 6, 2022 at Happy Valley.
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.
