The 6-year-old Irish-bred gelding Harpo Marx may hold a slight edge over his main rival Berdibek in Friday’s Group 3 Newcastle Gold Cup at Newcastle Racecourse in Australia. The $183,200 Newcastle Gold Cup drew a field of 15 and is one of three Group 3 races on an eight-race Newcastle program that begins at 11 p.m. Eastern, or 8 p.m. Pacific, on Thursday.
Hong Kong Selections for Wednesday, September 15, 2021 at Happy Valley.
A low weight assignment, the presence of a popular jockey, and a troubled trip in the not-too-distant past combine to make Sight Success an attractive prospect in Wednesday’s Class 2 handicap feature at six furlongs at Happy Valley Racecourse in Hong Kong.
Declan Schuster's Hong Kong Selections and Analysis for Wednesday, September 15, 2021 at Happy Valley.
Two races into his new career, the gelding Khaalis is showing signs of adapting to Australian racing. Wednesday on the Kensington course at Royal Randwick Racecourse in Sydney, Khaalis will start for the third time in Australia in a handicap at 1 1/8 miles on turf.
Hong Kong Selections for Sunday, September 12 2021 at Sha Tin.
Fast Talking and Ready to Humble are in the midst of similar careers, reliable geldings racing at venues in the Australian countryside more often than at tracks in metropolitan Sydney. They meet for the first time in a race that is a good fit for both runners – Sunday’s $73,700 Dubbo City and Gilgandra Gold Cup at a mile at Dubbo Racecourse, about 250 miles from Sydney.
There are some very fine horses racing in the three Arc trials Sunday at Longchamp, but Snowfall is breathing different air than the rest of them right now.
Hong Kong Win, a 6-year-old Australian-bred gelding, finished the 2020-21 racing season in Hong Kong with sixth-, eighth-, and seventh-place finishes in sprint handicaps in June and July. Typically, such a record would not be very encouraging for Hong Kong Win’s seasonal reappearance in Sunday’s $308,522 Choi Hung Handicap at five furlongs on turf at Sha Tin Racecourse, but Hong Kong Win’s record of two wins in five starts following layoffs changes the outlook.
Mishriff, St. Mark’s Basilica, and Adayar share top billing in the latest release of the Longines World’s Best Racehorse Rankings.
