Hong Kong Selections for Saturday, November 27, 2021
Hong Kong Selections for Saturday, November 27, 2021 at Sha Tin.
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Hong Kong Selections for Saturday, November 27, 2021 at Sha Tin.
Between wins in hurdle races in Australia in May and July, the 6-year-old gelding Wil John was redirected to a flat handicap at 2 1/4 miles at Bendigo Racecourse in June, a race he won comfortably. The victory gave Wil John sufficient qualifying points to start in Sunday’s $216,660 Jericho Cup for Australian and New Zealand-bred horses at 2 7/8 miles at Warrnambool Racecourse, west of Melbourne.
Loves Only You, who won the Breeders’ Cup Filly and Mare Turf on Nov. 6 at Del Mar, tops a list of 21 international shippers among the horses selected to compete in the Hong Kong International Races on Dec. 14 at Sha Tin Racecourse.
Ascot Racecourse in Perth, Australia, is home territory for Elite Street, who will be a solid favorite in Saturday’s Group 1 Winterbottom Stakes at six furlongs at that venue.
Contrail's undefeated record ended with a second-place finish in his eighth start in the 2020 Japan Cup at Tokyo Racecourse. The losses have continued this year, with narrow misses in two starts in Grade 1 races in April and October. A 4-year-old colt, Contrail has one more chance for redemption before retirement. Contrail will be an odds-on favorite in Saturday's Grade 1 Japan Cup at 1 1/2 miles.
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Ready to Humble came from a few lengths off the pace to win the Snake Gully Cup at seven furlongs at Gundagai Racecourse on Nov. 12 as the 5-2 favorite. The same tactic could work in Friday’s $71,900 Wodonga Cup at about a mile at Wodonga Racecourse, located northeast of Melbourne.
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Sight Success, one of three entrants trained by John Size, tries for a third straight win when he faces nine foes in the featured Bruntsfield Handicap on Wednesday at Happy Valley.
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