After his devastating win in last month’s G1 LONGINES Hong Kong Mile, hometown hero Golden Sixty pleased his connections at Sha Tin this morning (Tuesday, 12 January) with a trial in typical fashion ahead of the G1 Stewards’ Cup (1600m) on Sunday, 24 January.
David Hayes and Blake Shinn will reunite with Harmony N Blessed at Happy Valley on Wednesday (13 January) night, optimistic the unbeaten sprinter can deliver further momentum for both trainer and jockey.
Hong Kong Selections for Wednesday, January 12, 2021 at Happy Valley.
A couple of winning streaks are on the line at the back end of a nine-race Happy Valley card Wednesday in Hong Kong.
Margie Bee found a $115,000 stakes final at Wyong Racecourse in Australia on Jan. 2 too difficult for her, finishing sixth at 14-1 in a field of 14. The 5-year-old mare fits better in a seven-furlong handicap for fillies and mares at Warwick Farm Racecourse in Sydney on Wednesday.
Declan Schuster's Hong Kong Selections and Analysis for Wednesday, January 13, 2021 at Happy valley.
Hong Kong Selections for Sunday, January 10, 2021 at Sha Tin.
They’re saving the best for last Sunday at Hong Kong, the feature, a Class 2 handicap over 1,400 meters on turf, carded as the last of 10 races at Sha Tin. This is a hot-looking race, 14 strong, for horses rated 100-80, and includes horses making their first Hong Kong start and three entrants exiting good wins.
Almond Eye was named Japan’s 2020 Horse of the Year earlier this week, becoming the first two-time winner of the award since Kitasan Black in 2016-17 and the sixth repeat winner of this century.
After clean-sweeping last season’s Four-Year-Old Classic Series with the brilliant Golden Sixty, trainer Francis Lui is looking to Lucky Patch (117lb) this time around and Sunday’s (10 January) Class 2 Choi Hung Handicap (1400m) will see him lay out his credentials for a Hong Kong Classic Mile tilt in 16 days’ time.
