The fourth Group 1 showdown between the English gelding Addeybb and the Australian mare Verry Elleegant in Saturday’s $3.09 million Queen Elizabeth Stakes at Royal Randwick Racecourse may favor the visitor.
If a horse based in Japan wins the Belmont Stakes, the horse’s connections will earn a $1 million bonus, the New York Racing Association announced Thursday.
Declan Schuster's Hong Kong Selections and Analysis for Saturday, April 17, 2021 at Sha Tin.
Careering Away is not rated among the leading contenders for Friday’s Orange Gold Cup at 1 5/16 miles at Orange Racecourse in Australia. But the 6-year-old Careering Away has a sequence of successful starts in longer turf races in recent weeks that make the gelding an attractive longshot in a field of 12.
The Classic season fast approaches not only in America, but in European racing jurisdictions, where the English 2000 Guineas takes its annual position about nine hours before the Kentucky Derby, on May 1 this year, with the English 1000 Guineas the following day.
His success in distance races, even if it was in 2019 and 2020, may be what the gelding Eugenio needs to end an eight-race losing streak at Newcastle Racecourse in Australia on Thursday.
Hong Kong Selections for Wednesday, April 14, 2021 at Happy Valley.
The majority of horses racing in Hong Kong are sprinters or milers, but the question for Charity Fun is whether the featured ninth race Wednesday at Happy Valley, a Class 2 handicap over 1,800 meters, about 1 1/8 miles, is too short.
The last time the Australian filly Ruby Tuesday reached the winner’s circle she beat males in a seven-furlong handicap at Hawkesbury Racecourse last September. Wednesday, Ruby Tuesday returns to Hawkesbury where she is part of a field of 11 consisting of seven males and four females.
Declan Schuster's Hong Kong Selections and Analysis for Wednesday, April 14, 2021 at Happy Valley.
