Declan Schuster's Hong Kong Selections and Analysis for Thursday, July 1, 2021
Declan Schuster's Hong Kong Selections and Analysis for Thursday, July 1, 2021 at Sha Tin.
Declan Schuster's Hong Kong Selections and Analysis for Thursday, July 1, 2021 at Sha Tin.
A handicap at 1 5/8 miles at Australia Park in Werribee outside of Melbourne, Australia, on Sunday is a reunion of sorts from a similar handicap at Sandown Racecourse earlier this month.

In her brief career, Santa Barbara’s reputation has far outpaced her performance, and she once again is an early favorite for an important overseas race, this time the Group 1 Pretty Polly on Sunday at The Curragh.

The Japanese older mare Chrono Genesis has been raced sparingly in the last year. It is usually worth the wait. Sunday, Chrono Genesis will have her first start of the year in Japan in the Grade 1 Takarazuka Kinen at 1 3/8 miles on turf at Hanshin Racecourse, a race she won in 2020.

There are several Happy Valley specialists atop the ratings for the featured 10th race Saturday in Hong Kong, the problem for them being that this card is being held at Sha Tin.
The 3-year-old filly Odeum is unlucky to be in the midst of a five-race losing streak entering Saturday’s Group 1 Tattersall’s Tiara Stakes for fillies and mares at Eagle Farm Racecourse in Australia.
High Definition will start favored in Saturday's Group 1 Irish Derby at The Curragh, three weeks after he was expected to have a similar role in the English Derby at Epsom Racecourse.
Declan Schuster's Hong Kong Selections and Analysis for Saturday, June 26, 2021 at Sha Tin.
Levi’s Storm has won 2 of 4 starts, with both wins at Tamworth in March and May. With the home track advantage for daily training and in recent races, Levi’s Storm is expected to continue the success when he starts in a seven-furlong handicap on Friday.
Duke of Neworleans, the promising Australian-bred gelding, returns from a layoff of nearly five months in a six-furlong handicap at Moe Racecourse, east of Melbourne, on Thursday with conditions seemingly in his favor.