A return to shorter races and a start at his home track may help Nashville Sound end a 13-race losing streak in the Koroit Cup at Warrnambool Racecourse in Australia on Sunday.
Two weeks after his first group stakes win, Spirit Ridge will be favored to win a slightly lower quality race in Saturday’s listed $116,400 January Cup at 1 1/4 miles at Royal Randwick Racecourse in Australia.
A collaboration of champion jockeys – past and present – and brutal discipline paved the way for Savvy Nine to belatedly break his Hong Kong maiden in emphatic style with victory in the G3 January Cup Handicap (1800), leaving Douglas Whyte to celebrate his first Group winner as a trainer.
David Hayes will cast unbeaten Beauty Joy (116lb) into a daunting Sha Tin initiation in the Class 2 Choi Hung Handicap (1400m) on Sunday (10 January) in a contest featuring the return of Excellent Proposal (132lb) and a host of international form lines.
Declan Schuster's Hong Kong Selections and Analysis for Saturday, January 9, 2021 at Sha Tin.
Well regarded since a win in his debut in July, the 3-year-old First Accused will have his stakes debut in Friday’s $76,500 Tasmanian Guineas at Launceston Racecourse with an excellent chance to win for the fourth time in his fifth start.
Two days later than expected, Muswellbrook Racecourse in Australia will have its first program of the year on Thursday. A program on Tuesday was postponed two days because of wet conditions, but the races are largely the same.
Singapore Sling (123lb) returns to Happy Valley on Wednesday (6 January) night for the first time since December 2017 with jockey Chad Schofield hoping the gelding can maintain his unblemished record at the city circuit in the G3 January Cup Handicap (1800m).
Hong Kong Selections for Wednesday, January 6, 2021 at Happy Valley.
Harmony Victory rarely runs at Happy Valley, and stakes races rarely are run at Happy Valley, but the Group 3 January Handicap comes Wednesday night at Happy Valley and Harmony Victory appears to be in with a decent chance.
