A pair of Group 3 handicaps highlight the best card of the young Hong Kong racing season, Sunday’s 10-race program at Sha Tin. Race 6 is the Premier Bowl Handicap over 1,200 meters, which drew 12 entrants, and race 8 is the 1,600-meter Sha Tin Trophy Handicap, which also lured a dozen intended runners.
Sodashi, the rare white Thoroughbred, has a race record as stunning as her looks. She has won 6 of 7 starts in Japan, where she was the champion 2-year-old filly of 2020. Sodashi is a two-time graded stakes winner this year with an excellent chance for the 3-year-old filly title if she runs well in Sunday’s Grade 1 Shuka Sho at Hanshin Racecourse.
Someone will have a losing streak end in Sunday’s Horsham Cup at Horsham Racecourse in Australia.
Declan Schuster's Hong Kong Selections and Analysis for Sunday, October 17, 2021 at Sha Tin.
The Group 1, $1.1 million Queen Elizabeth II Stakes on Saturday on Champions Day at Ascot drew a blockbuster field likely stronger top to bottom than what the $2 million Breeders' Cup Mile will attract next month, and at the heart of it is a first matchup between Palace Pier and Baaeed.
A start Saturday at Ascot Racecourse has been an autumn goal for Mishriff since the beginning of his 2021 campaign. For Adayar, this race came into focus less than two weeks ago, but it's Adayar who could prove the strongest threat to Mishriff in the Group 1, $1.64 million Champion Stakes.
Wide trips have been a recent curse for the well-bred gelding Ironclad, who starts in Friday’s Murray Bridge Gold Cup at Murray Bridge Racecourse outside of Adelaide, Australia.
From a Southern Hemisphere 3-year-old racing against older horses for the first time to an 8-year-old gelding with blazing speed, half of the 12-horse field in Saturday's $11.05 million Everest Stakes at Royal Randwick Racecourse in Australia have the credentials to win the world's richest sprint.
Universal Lady had a two-race winning streak end with a second-place finish in a six-furlong handicap at Benalla Racecourse on Sept. 26. The streak may have only been interrupted. Universal Lady resumes racing in a five-furlong handicap at Warrnambool Racecourse, west of Melbourne, on Thursday, the same distance as her two wins on the synthetic track at Ballarat Racecourse in August.
Hong Kong Selections for Wednesday, October 13, 2021, at Happy Valley.
