Verry Elleegant’s 10th Group 1 win made Australia’s Horse of the Year even more of a household name. Tuesday at Flemington Racecourse, Verry Elleegant won the $5.82 million Melbourne Cup, the nation’s most famous race, with a commanding four-length victory over Incentivise, the 3-2 favorite who had won his last nine starts.
Less than a month ago, Willowy was a maiden in Australia. Thursday, she starts as the second choice in her Group 1 debut in the $751,700 Kennedy Oaks at 1 9/16 miles at Flemington Racecourse in Melbourne.
Hong Kong Selections for Wednesday, November 3, 2021 at Happy Valley.
Leading Hong Kong trainers Caspar Fownes and John Size have runners in the featured fifth race Wednesday a Happy Valley, a good Class 2 handicap over 1,800 meters (about 1 1/8 miles) open to horses rated 100-80.
A significant weight break and the benefit of a recent start may help the 7-year-old gelding Skelm end a four-race losing streak in Wednesday’s $94,000 Kyneton Cup at Kyneton Cup Racecourse in Australia.
Declan Schuster's Hong Kong Selections and Analysis for Wednesday, November 3, 2021 at Happy Valley.
Efforia avenged a nose loss in the Grade 1 Japanese Derby in May with a victory in his first appearance against older horses in a tough running of the Grade 1 autumn Tenno Sho at Tokyo Racecourse on Sunday.
Incentivise has won nine consecutive races in Australia, including three Group 1 races in the last two months, and was the 8-5 favorite on Sunday in a field of 24 for Tuesday’s Group 1 Melbourne Cup at two miles at Flemington Racecourse.
Hong Kong Selections for Sunday, October 31, 2021 at Happy Valley.
It took six races, but the Australian gelding Strad finally won a maiden race at Mornington Racecourse outside of Melbourne on Oct. 7. The way Strad closed from off the pace to record a convincing win by 2 1/2 lengths in the five-furlong race suggests he can win consecutive races for the first time in his career in a handicap at 5 1/2 furlongs at Ballarat Racecourse on Monday.
