Waikuku is the potential standout in the Group 2, $570,000 Chairman’s Trophy, but two of the big names bowed out of the co-featured Group 2, $570,000 Sprint Cup on the Easter Monday card at Sha Tin in Hong Kong.
At the beginning of the year, the durable Australian-bred The Regiment would not have been considered for a race such as Sunday’s Stawell Gold Cup at 1 1/4 miles.
The winner of the 2020 Triple Crown in that country, Contrail was second by 1 1/4 lengths to Almond Eye in the Grade 1 Japan Cup at Tokyo Racecourse last November, his only setback in eight starts.
Sir Dragonet will have the quickest turnaround of his career in a wide-open running of the Group 1 Tancred Stakes at 1 1/2 miles at Rosehill Gardens on Saturday.
Declan Schuster's Hong Kong Selections and Analysis for Monday, April 5, 2021 at Sha Tin.
Last March, Kristalove won for the first time in her third start in a seven-furlong maiden race for 3-year-olds at Ballarat. This year, the races have been longer and the results similar.
Hong Kong Selections for Wednesday, March 31, 2021 at Sha Tin.
This is not a standard Wednesday night’s racing in Hong Kong. The venue is not Happy Valley, the usual Wednesday site, and the surface is not turf, as this mid-week, nine-race program is hosted at Sha Tin, the entire card to be run on dirt.
A low weight assignment of 124.5 pounds in a seven-furlong handicap at Warwick Farm Racecourse in Sydney on Wednesday could give Phemonoe a fourth career win in her 12th start.
Mystic Guide came out of his Dubai World Cup win in good shape, heads back to the U.S. with the rest of the American shippers this week, and will be pointed toward a late summer and fall campaign, trainer Mike Stidham said Monday.
