Hong Kong Selections for Wednesday, February 24, 2021
Hong Kong Selections for Wednesday, February 24, 2021 at Happy Valley.
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Hong Kong Selections for Wednesday, February 24, 2021 at Happy Valley.
Thursday, Merlin’s Magic will have her fifth start since a return from a five-month break in mid-December in a handicap at 1 1/8 miles at Eagle Farm Racecourse in Brisbane. The added distance should be a benefit for Merlin’s Magic, who has won 3 of 17 starts.
Star Safari takes a meaningful turn back in trip while stepping out of the handicap ranks to start in the Group 3, $130,000 Dubai Millennium Stakes, but he still could be favored, offering no value at all, in this 2,000-meter turf contest, co-featured on a sleepy six-race card Thursday at Meydan Racecourse in Dubai.
Class 3 handicaps often are the highest level of racing on a Wednesday night at Happy Valley Racecourse in Hong Kong, but a pair of Class 1s brighten this week’s nine race program.
Led by race winner Double Your Tee, the first seven finishers of the Group 3 Hobart Cup on Feb. 7 are reunited under comparable conditions in the Group 3 Launceston Cup at Launceston Racecourse on Wednesday in Australia.
Charlatan, Knicks Go, and Max Player are headed back to the United States from Saudi Arabia later this week, while Sleepy Eyes Todd, Tacitus, Channel Maker, and Cowan have gone on from Saudi Arabia to Dubai.
Declan Schuster's Hong Kong Selections and Analysis for Wednesday, February 24, 2021 at Happy Valley.
Golden Sixty made it 13 straight wins, but only by the narrowest of margins as he got home by a nose Sunday at Sha Tin in the Group 1, $1.55 million Hong Kong Gold Cup.
Cafe Pharoah earned a fees-paid berth to the Breeders’ Cup Classic on Nov. 6 at Del Mar with an attractive win in Sunday’s Group 1 February Stakes at Tokyo Racecourse in Japan.
Veteran horses will be ridden by young jockeys in the sixth race at Bendigo Racecourse in Australia on Tuesday. The sprint, run at 6 1/2 furlongs, is restricted to apprentice riders and lacks a clear favorite in a full field of 12.