Declan Schuster's Hong Kong Selections and Analysis for Wednesday, December 1, 2021
Declan Schuster's Hong Kong Selections and Analysis for Wednesday, December 1, 2021 at Happy Valley.
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Declan Schuster's Hong Kong Selections and Analysis for Wednesday, December 1, 2021 at Happy Valley.
Contrail, Japan’s champion 3-year-old male of 2020, reversed a three-race losing streak with a two-length win in Sunday’s Grade 1 Japan Cup, his final start before retirement to stud.
A recent win and a favorable weight assignment could give Hardyo an advantage in a one-mile handicap at Tamworth Racecourse in Australia on Tuesday.
The 6-year-old Australian mare Trescha is showing signs of a career revival despite a 12-race losing streak.
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.
Declan Schuster's Hong Kong Selections and Analysis for Sunday, November 28, 2021 at Sha Tin.