Hong Kong Selections for Sunday, December 6, 2020
Hong Kong Selections for Sunday, December 6, 2020 at Sha Tin.
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Hong Kong Selections for Sunday, December 6, 2020 at Sha Tin.
In Japan, Chrysoberyl is unbeaten in eight starts, including the Grade 1 Champions Cup on dirt in 2019. The 4-year-old colt’s only career loss was a seventh-place finish behind Maximum Security in the $20 million Saudi Cup in Saudi Arabia in February. Chrysoberyl recovered from that setback to win consecutive races at Ohi Racecourse in Tokyo in June and on Nov. 3. Those wins leave Chrysoberyl as the leading contender for Sunday’s Champions Cup at 1 1/8 miles at Chukyo Racecourse.
A week away from the Hong Kong International Races, the Sunday feature at Sha Tin will look nothing like those Group 1 turf races as a field of a dozen Class 2 handicappers take to the dirt oval situated inside the main turf course in the last of 10 races.
A determined Karis Teetan will defend his LONGINES International Jockeys’ Championship crown next Wednesday (9 December) at Happy Valley against 11 world class rivals as he bids to become the second back-to-back winner of the challenge.
John Size is banking on Waikuku’s class to offset a lengthy absence from competition as the 11-time champion trainer prepares to launch an audacious tilt on the G1 LONGINES Hong Kong Mile at Sha Tin on Sunday, 13 December.
Karis Teetan is optimistic that an improved Will Power can continue his ascent up the ratings with a third consecutive win in Sunday’s (6 December) red-hot Class 2 Ashley Handicap (dirt, 1200m).
The one thing we have seen of the Japanese racing in the past decade is a growing hunger to travel abroad, but while 2020 has not been kind to Japanese raiders, a strong but small team entered for the 2020 LONGINES Hong Kong International Races could change that.
Declan Schuster's Hong Kong Selections and Analysis for Sunday, December 6, 2020 at Sha Tin.
Our Bellagio Miss managed a second-place finish at 20-1 in a five-furlong handicap at Kembla Grange Racecourse in Australia on Nov. 21 in her first start in nearly four months. For Our Bellagio Miss, the loss should serve as an ideal prep for a five-furlong handicap on the Kensington course at Royal Randwick Racecourse in Sydney on Friday.
From her debut in May 2019, word was out on Inspirational Girl, who will start favored in Saturday's Group 1 Kingston Town Classic at Ascot Racecourse in Perth, Australia.