Hong Kong Selections for Sunday, October 24, 2021
Hong Kong Selections for Sunday, October 24, 2021 at Sha Tin.
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Hong Kong Selections for Sunday, October 24, 2021 at Sha Tin.
State of Rest completed a unique double of stakes wins at Saratoga Racecourse in New York and Moonee Valley Racecourse in Melbourne, Australia, with a narrow victory in Saturday’s Group 1 Cox Plate in Australia.
Master Montaro comes into the featured 10th race Sunday at Sha Tin holding strong form – but not as strong as his jockey’s.
Orthoclase, 3, was a good third in the Grade 2 Asahi Hai St. Lite Kinen at 1 3/8 miles on turf at Nakayama Racecourse on Sept. 20 in his first start since December. The comeback race was the foundation of an autumn campaign that continues in Sunday’s Grade 1 Japanese St. Leger at Hanshin Racecourse, a $2.38 million race formally known as the Kikuka Sho.
Prep race completed, Tavidance has an excellent chance to win the first stakes of his career in his fifth appearance in such a race in Sunday’s $149,100 Sale Cup at Sale Racecourse in Australia.
Luxembourg has made Swiss cheese of 11 opponents in his two races, and he’s the odds-on favorite to give trainer Aidan O’Brien his 10th win in the Vertem Futurity Trophy Stakes, formerly known as the Racing Post Trophy.
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This has been a year of Group 1 appearances in Australia for the 6-year-old gelding Savatoxl, who began his career in 2018 and 2019 at tiny racecourses in Alice Springs and Darwin. Savatoxl will have his debut at Moonee Valley Racecourse in Melbourne in Friday’s Group 1 Manikato Stakes at six furlongs.
Verry Elleegant, the reigning Horse of the Year in Australia, was the 5-1 third choice in the middle of the week for Saturday's Group 1 Cox Plate, and with good reason.
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