The 9-year-old geldings Fact to File and Teahupoo have thrived at Cheltenham Racecourse in western England the last few years, a consistency that will make them favorites to win Grade 1 races on Thursday’s third day of the four-day National Hunt festival.
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Nichola Yuen became the latest product of The Hong Kong Jockey Club’s Apprentice Jockeys’ School to join the city’s riding ranks full-time on Tuesday morning (10 March) as she participated in Sha Tin barrier trials before being officially unveiled as a licensed jockey.
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David Hayes hopes China Win (121lb) can warrant last-minute selection for the HK$26 million 149th BMW Hong Kong Derby (2000m) when he contests Wednesday night’s (11 March) Class 3 Lyttelton Handicap (1800m) under Zac Purton.
Hong Kong Selections for Wednesday, March 11, 2026, at Happy Valley.
Majborough is expected to be an odds-on favorite in Wednesday’s Grade 1 Queen Mother Champion Chase at two miles at Cheltenham Racecourse in western England, the main race on the second of four days of the Cheltenham festival for hurdlers and steeplechasers.
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In the 12th instalment of The Hong Kong Jockey Club’s Road to the Derby series, we zoom in on the galloper Me Tsui hopes will become his first BMW Hong Kong Derby runner since Wah May Star ran 11th in 2013.
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Italian jockey Andrea Atzeni, fresh from a four-timer at Sha Tin on Sunday (8 March), will reunite with the Chris So-trained Top Dragon in the HK$26 million BMW Hong Kong Derby (2000m), the final leg of the Four-Year-Old Classic Series, on Sunday, 22 March. So is hoping that luck will finally be on their side.
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Luke Middlebrook's Hong Kong Selections and Analysis for Wednesday, March 11, 2026, at Happy Valley.
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Andrea Atzeni’s surge up the Hong Kong jockeys’ championship gained further impetus at Sha Tin on Sunday (8 March) when the Italian produced a career-best quartet in Hong Kong, while Fast Network claimed the day’s feature to underline Ka Ying Rising’s supreme quality.
The famous four-day Cheltenham festival for hurdlers and steeplechasers begins in western England on Tuesday with familiar names prominent in the day’s leading race, the Grade 1 Champion Hurdle.
