Hong Kong Selections for Saturday, February 13, 2021
Hong Kong Selections for Saturday, february, 2021 at Sha Tin
webmasterFeb 13, 2021
Hong Kong Selections for Saturday, february, 2021 at Sha Tin
Beauty Smile, a 4-year-old with some upside, sits at the bottom of the ratings but could come out on top of the Class 1 Chinese New Year Cup Handicap on Sunday at Sha Tin.
Art Cadeau has never been worse than second in nine career starts in Australia, a consistent record that can serve the gelding well in Sunday’s $116,370 Newhaven Park Country Championship qualifier at Nowra Racecourse. A top-two finish in the seven-furlong handicap will earn Art Cadeau a berth in the $387,850 Country Championship final at Royal Randwick Racecourse in Sydney on April 3.
With help from race dynamics, Zakouski beat Lord Glitters on Thursday at Meydan in the Group 2, $163,000 Al Rashidiya Stakes.
Declan Schuster's Hong Kong Selections and Analysis for Saturday, February 13, 2021 at Sha Tin.
Danluca was second by a nose in a handicap at 1 1/2 miles at Mornington Racecourse on Jan. 1, and won a handicap at the same distance at Moe Racecourse on Jan. 20, ending a six-race losing streak. Danluca has won 3 of 25 starts in a career that began in late 2017, and has never won consecutive starts. The opportunity is present in a handicap at 1 3/8 miles at Sale Racecourse in the state of Victoria on Friday.
Joao Moreira has extended his lead in the Hong Kong jockeys’ premiership with another display of dominance, notching a Happy Valley treble to lead reigning champion Zac Purton by 30 winners – 89 to 59.
Judging from the results of major sprint stakes in Australia in October and November, Bivouac is better than Nature Strip, at least at six furlongs. The race scenario will be slightly different when they meet again in Saturday’s Group 1 Lightning Stakes at Flemington.
Most every entrant has something to prove – at least when it comes to actual Dubai World Cup candidacy – in the Al Maktoum Challenge Round 2 on Thursday at Meydan Racecourse in Dubai.
The partnership of Wild and Ready and jockey Ron Stewart continues at Doomben Racecourse in Brisbane on Thursday when Wild and Ready starts in a handicap at about a mile, the longest distance of her career.