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.
Declan Schuster's Hong Kong Selections and Analysis for Wednesday, March 30, 2022 at Sha Tin.
Excessive rain has forced alterations to the racing schedule in the Australian state of New South Wales in recent days.
Hong Kong Selections for Sunday, March 27, 2022 at Sha Tin.
Frankie Dettori turned back the clock and Bob Baffert won another Dubai World Cup as Country Grammer outstayed everyone and won a slow renewal of the $12 million Dubai World Cup by 1 3/4 lengths over Hot Rod Charlie on Saturday night at Meydan Racecourse.
Their first two Breeders’ Cup winners last November at Del Mar. Nice! Four rich stakes winners last month on the Saudi Cup card. Amazing! But how to describe what the Japanese racehorses did on Saturday at Meydan Racecourse in Dubai? Skip the descriptors and just get to the details, might be the best approach.
Two days later than expected, two Group 1 races – the $1.12 million Tancred Stakes and $375,450 Vinery Stakes – will be run Monday in Australia at Newcastle Racecourse.
The undefeated filly Delicada won Saturday’s $280,580 Fukuryu Stakes at Nakayama Racecourse in Japan to secure a place in the Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs on May 7, if she is nominated to the American Triple Crown as soon as Monday and the race is deemed a goal.
