Healing Hands runs in a qualifier for the Country Championship at Mudgee Racecourse on Sunday. Healing Hands won the corresponding race a year ago on Monday in his most recent win.
The home team fared quite well Thursday at Meydan Racecourse in Dubai. Godolphin, the racing and breeding powerhouse headed by Mohammed bin Rashid al Maktoum, ruler of Dubai, swept the top four placings in the Group 3, $195,000 Nad al Sheba Trophy Stakes and went one-two in the Group 3, $130,000 Dubai Millennium Stakes.
Forget the boys. The Group 1 Chipping Norton Stakes at Royal Randwick Racecourse in Sydney, Australia, on Saturday may be dominated by the 5-year-old mare Verry Elleegant and the 4-year-old filly Colette.
Declan Schuster's Hong Kong Selections and Analysis for Sunday, February 28, 2021 at Sha Tin.
Just a Joke ended a 10-race losing streak with a victory in a handicap at about a mile at Ballina Racecourse in Australia on Feb. 15, his first win in his third start for trainer Jason Reilly.
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.
