Hong Kong Selections for Sunday, May 2, 2021
Hong Kong Selections for Sunday, May 2, 2021 at Sha Tin.
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Hong Kong Selections for Sunday, May 2, 2021 at Sha Tin.
Excelleration and Irish Butterfly are the first two choices in a seven-furlong handicap at Bendigo Racecourse in Australia on Sunday following widely divergent results in recent starts at Sandown Racecourse in Melbourne.
The $2.66 million Tenno Sho is run at two miles, favorable conditions for Deep Bond, who won the Grade 2 Hanshin Daishoten at 1 7/8 miles in his second start of 2021 on March 21. The Tenno Sho is typically run at Kyoto, but that track is undergoing renovation this spring, leading to a venue change to Hanshin Racecourse.
There were no derby wins earlier in the career of Russian Emperor, the Irish-bred colt who starts in Sunday’s Group 3 Queen Mother Memorial Cup at 1 1/2 miles at Sha Tin Racecourse in Hong Kong. It was not because of a lack of trying by his trainers at the time.
Santa Barbara, off a mere maiden win last September, was the strong favorite Friday in early betting for Sunday's English 1000 Guineas at Newmarket.
Declan Schuster's Hong Kong Selections and Analysis for Sunday, May 2, 2021 at Sha Tin.
Hours before the Kentucky Derby, the European Classic season gets under way at Newmarket, where 15 3-year-olds are set to run one mile down a straight course in the English 2000 Guineas.
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