Frankie Lor’s seven winners at this early stage of the Hong Kong racing season ties him for third among trainers, and Lor looks like he can add to that total on the Wednesday, Oct. 13, card at Happy Valley.
Barb Raider lost her first two starts, both in August, before recording two impressive wins in September. She is among the leading candidates for Wednesday’s Group 1 Thousand Guineas at Caulfield Racecourse in Melbourne.
Declan Schuster's Hong Kong Selections and Analysis for Wednesday, October 13, 2021 at Happy Valley.
Too Much Class won her debut in a one-mile handicap at Scone Racecourse on Sept. 24 in her first start for Jason Deamer. She was a two-time winner for the training partnership of Ciaron Maher and David Eustace last December and January. None of the success has occurred at Newcastle, where Too Much Class starts in a one-mile handicap at Tuesday.
Hong Kong Selections for Sunday, October 10, 2021 at Sha Tin.
The 4-year-old gelding Ang Pow has yet to be tested in his first two starts in Australia. Ang Pow’s unbeaten streak may be tested in his third start, a six-furlong handicap at Tamworth on Monday.
Native Trail won his second Group 1 race of the season Saturday with a decisive score in the Dewhurst Stakes at England's Newmarket Racecourse and goes off for a winter rest as the favorite for the 2000 Guineas next spring.
Mr Brightside, a 4-year-old New Zealand-bred gelding, has compiled a five-racing winning streak since mid-July that gives him the role of favorite in Sunday’s $146,000 Bet With Mates Cup at Ballarat Racecourse in Australia.
Sometimes Flying Bonus stops, and sometimes he does not. The confirmed front-runner’s chances in a given race are dependent on how much other speed shows. Flying Bonus shook loose on the lead and won a Class 3 handicap going 1,200 meters on the Sha Tin dirt track by more than two lengths in his first start this season and will try to take down a bigger prize in Sunday’s featured eighth race.
Inspiral closed her 2-year-old season with her first Group 1 win, running her record to four wins from four starts with a 2 1/2-length victory Friday in the Fillies' Mile at Newmarket.
