Sight Success this Hong Kong season has demonstrated versatility to match his ability, winning races over the Happy Valley turf course and the Sha Tin dirt track, and finishing a solid second in a Sha Tin grass contest. His latest challenge: carrying top weight of 132 pounds and breaking from post 12 in the co-featured ninth race Wednesday at Happy Valley.
Ho Ho Khan, In a Twinkling and White Hawk were the first three finishers in the Grade 3 Hobart Cup at Hobart Racecourse on Feb. 13. They meet again as part of a field of 10 in Wednesday’s Group 3 Launceston Cup at Launceston Racecourse, with a predictable change in weight assignments for the handicap.
Declan Schuster's Hong Kong Selections and Analysis for Wednesday, February 23, 2022 at Happy Valley.
Café Pharoah rallied between horses in early stretch to win Sunday’s Grade 1 February Stakes at a mile on dirt at Tokyo Racecourse in Japan for the second consecutive year, earning a fees-paid berth to the Breeders’ Cup Classic at Keeneland in November.
Relishing a yielding Sha Tin turf course that the heavily favored Golden Sixty disliked, Russian Emperor stormed to a 4 1/4-length win in the Group 1, $1.54 million Hong Kong Gold Cup on Saturday.
The wins continue to accumulate while the competition gets slightly tougher for Vandangle, the 4-year-old Australian gelding.
Hong Kong Selections for Sunday, February 20, 2022 at Sha Tin.
Lazuli won for the first time since May and recorded his fourth stakes win in Friday’s Group 2 Blue Point Stakes at five furlongs on turf at Meydan Racecourse in Dubai.
Finally defeated, hardly disgraced, Golden Sixty can start a new winning streak Sunday at Sha Tin in the Group 1, $1.54 million Hong Kong Gold Cup.
With two top rivals scheduled to start in stakes in the Middle East, Cafe Pharoah has an improved chance of winning Sunday’s Grade 1 February Stakes at a mile on dirt at Tokyo Racecourse in Japan for the second consecutive year than it might have seemed a few months ago.
