Art Cadeau is unbeaten in four starts in Australia this year, including in three lucrative restricted races. Sunday’s $150,400 Goulburn Cup at Goulburn Racecourse is an open race, and will test Art Cadeau’s ability against a different group of horses at a seven-furlong distance the gelding has shown to like.
The Hong Kong Jockey Club turned the standard racing schedule on its head this week, with the Wednesday program, typically run at Happy Valley, held at Sha Tin. And this Sunday’s card, nearly always hosted at Sha Tin, will be run at Happy Valley.
Efforia, a nose away from an undefeated record in five starts, will race against older horses for the first time in Sunday’s Grade 1 autumn running of the Tenno Sho at Tokyo Racecourse in Japan.
With less competition from overseas interest this year, locally based Incentivise, the dominant winner of the Caulfield Cup, will rule as favorite in Tuesday's $5.38 million Melbourne Cup.
Declan Schuster's Hong Kong Selections and Analysis for Sunday, October 31, 2021 at Happy Valley.
Rich and Shameless, a 5-year-old gelding, has had an active October, already finishing seventh, second and fifth in cup races at smaller venues in Australia. There is time for one more start in a similar race in the Moree Cup at Moree Racecourse on Friday.
Everything except the post position seems favorable for Gunstock in Saturday’s Group 1 Victorian Derby at Flemington in Melbourne, Australia.
Lost Impact has won 2 of 5 starts in Australia and will be favored to win for the third time in a handicap at 1 1/4 miles at Warrnambool Racecourse on Thursday. Arguably, with her international pedigree, she should be farther along in her career.
Hong Kong Selections for Wednesday, October 27, 2021 at Sha Tin.
We interrupt your regularly scheduled Hong Kong programming for a Wednesday card of dirt racing at Sha Tin. The eight-race program kicks at 7:15 a.m. Eastern, which is standard, but the typical weekday card of turf racing at Happy Valley gives way to an evening of dirt competition at Sha Tin.
