Hong Kong Selections for Friday, December 25, 2020
Hong Kong Selections for Friday, December 25, 2020 at Sha Tin.
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Hong Kong Selections for Friday, December 25, 2020 at Sha Tin.
Magical, a seven-time Group 1 winner, has been retired to become a broodmare, her connections announced this week. Trained by Aidan O’Brien for Coolmore, Magical twice finished second in the Breeders’ Cup Turf – to Enable in 2018 and to Tarnawa in 2020 – but won a host of important races in her own right.
Since his return to racing in late November after a six-month break, Wyangle has had a campaign in Australia geared toward Thursday’s Ted Ryder Cup at Wagga Wagga Racecourse.
David Hayes fully comprehends the difficulty of succeeding in Hong Kong with first-season arrivals, but the Australian Hall Of Fame trainer hopes Super Axiom can continue to buck the trend at Happy Valley on Wednesday (23 December).
Hong Kong selections for Wednesday, December 23, 2020 at Happy Valley.
Eighteen of trainer Caspar Fownes’ season-leading 31 training wins have come at Happy Valley Racecourse, and eight of those – more than at any other distance – have come in 1,200-meter races. Explosive Witness has accounted for two of Fownes’ Happy Valley winners during the 2020-2021 racing season, scoring both times at 1,000 meters, and in the featured ninth race Wednesday night, Explosive Witness tries to stretch his winning streak to three while stretching out to 1,200 meters.
Ulysses gave jockey Chris Williams his most recent win through Monday in a handicap at Warwick Farm Racecourse on Dec. 9. Ulysses and Williams are back at Warwick Farm in Sydney on Wednesday for another appearance in a handicap at 6 1/2 furlongs.
Declan Schuster's Hong Kong Selections and Analysis for Wednesday, December 23, 2020 at Happy Valley.
Hong Kong Selections for Sunday, November 1, 2020 at Sha Tin
Je Suis Belle has been raced in minor handicaps in her brief career, a format that is starting to change. Sunday at Sunshine Coast Racecourse, Je Suis Belle starts in a five-furlong handicap that is a qualifying race for the $190,500 Magic Millions Country Cup at six furlongs at Gold Coast Racecourse on Jan. 9.