Hong Kong Selections for Sunday, May 23, 2021
Hong Kong Selections for Sunday, May 23, 2021 at Sha Tin.
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Hong Kong Selections for Sunday, May 23, 2021 at Sha Tin.
Home by Midnight is in the midst of a career change at the age of 8. Sunday, Home by Midnight will have his stakes debut over obstacles in the $96,625 Australian Hurdle at Sandown Racecourse in Melbourne, Australia, the gelding’s 61st start.
For four years, Exultant has been the best 1 1/2-mile horse in Hong Kong. Exultant’s star has dimmed this season, and he’s winless in six starts, but if anything can get Exultant back into the win column it’s a return to 2,400 meters, which Exultant gets Sunday in the Group 1 Standard Chartered Champions and Chater Cup.
Sodashi is a champion unbeaten in five starts, but will have her toughest test in the Grade 1 Japanese Oaks for 3-year-old fillies at Tokyo Racecourse on Sunday. The $2.3 million Japanese Oaks, formally known as the Yushun Himba, will be Sodashi’s first start at 1 1/2 miles.
There will be no Love on Sunday at The Curragh. In fact, there might not be any kind of racing Sunday at The Curragh, where a week's worth of rain has left the famed Irish course waterlogged heading into Guineas weekend.
Mugatoo and Sir Dragonet have already claimed major prizes in Australia this year in advance of their third meeting of 2021 in Saturday’s Group 1 Doomben Cup at Doomben Racecourse in Brisbane.
A dozen 3-year-olds, no standouts, are entered in Saturday's Group 1 Irish 2000 Guineas at The Curragh.
Declan Schuster's Hong Kong Selections and Analysis for Sunday, May 23, 2021 at Sha Tin.
Prospero won a handicap at 1 1/4 miles at Hawkesbury Racecourse in Australia last November, and won a one-mile handicap at Port Macquarie Racecourse in April. Those are the highlights of the 5-year-old gelding’s career in the last six months, and on Friday he appears in a handicap at 1 1/4 miles at Coffs Harbour Racecourse on the Australian East Coast on Friday.
Hong Kong Selections for Wednesday, May 19, 2021 at Happy Valley.