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.
Declan Schuster's Hong Kong Selections and Analysis for Wednesday, March 31, 2021 at Sha Tin.
Hong Kong Selections for Sunday, March 28, 2021 at Shat Tin.
There are eight fillies and six colts and geldings in the main body of the field for the $152,680 Wellington Boot Stakes for 2-year-olds on Sunday at Wellington Racecourse in Australia.
The last time Joao Moreira rode California Rad was the last time California Rad won a race, and the race he won, on Jan. 1, was run under the same conditions as the featured 10th race Sunday at Sha Tin, a Class 2 handicap for horses rated 100-80 and carded at 1,200 meters.
A winner of 4 of 8 starts, Resistencia has thrived at seven furlongs and a mile. Whether she can be equally as effective at six furlongs will be known in Sunday’s Grade 1 Takamatsunomiya Kinen at Chukyo Racecourse.
