Declan Schuster's Hong Kong Selections and Analysis for Wednesday, April 21, 2021
Declan Schuster's Hong Kong Selections and Analysis for Wednesday, April 21, 2021 at Happy Valley.
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Declan Schuster's Hong Kong Selections and Analysis for Wednesday, April 21, 2021 at Happy Valley.
Deep Monster is the unexposed runner to fear in Sunday’s Grade 1 Japanese 2000 Guineas at Nakayama Racecourse.
There’s nothing in his form or pedigree suggesting Kurpany is a dirt horse, but Caspar Fownes, vying for leading trainer this Hong Kong season, sees fit to try Kurpany in the dirt feature Saturday at Sha Tin and leading rider Joao Moreira is set to ride the horse.
Heart of Puissance, a Southern Hemisphere 4-year-old, won for the third time in his nine-race career in a handicap at 1 3/8 miles at Warwick Farm on March 31. The victory has led to a start in Sunday’s Terang Cup at about 1 5/16 miles at Terang Racecourse. Trained by Ciaron Maher and David Eustace, Heart of Puissance was even money in a field of 12 as of Friday.
Hong Kong Selections for Saturday, April 17, 2021 at Sha Tin.
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.