Mr. Lumieres takes drop in class in Happy Valley headliner
A trio of Class 3 handicaps, spread over three distances, round out the Wednesday racing action at Happy Valley in Hong Kong this week.
A trio of Class 3 handicaps, spread over three distances, round out the Wednesday racing action at Happy Valley in Hong Kong this week.
The European import Ashrun needs a win in Wednesday’s Group 3 Geelong Cup at Geelong Racecourse in Australia to help his chances of making the 24-horse field for the Group 1 Melbourne Cup on Nov. 3.

Ghaiyyath, a four-time Group 1 winner in England and Germany, has been retired and will miss the Breeders’ Cup Turf at Keeneland on Nov. 7, according to a statement released on Monday by owner Sheikh Mohammed’s Godolphin Racing.
Declan Schuster's Hong Kong Selections and Analysis for Wednesday, October 21, 2020 at Happy Valley.
Sha Tin selections for Sunday, Oct. 18, 2020.

Beauty Generation once was the golden gelding of Hong Kong racing, but a horse of a different generation, Golden Sixty, has come to inherit the throne.

Palace Pier is being treated like Europe's next star miler, and possibly for good reason. Five for five, a winner of consecutive Group 1's, Palace Pier is odds-on to win the Group 1 Queen Elizabeth II Stakes on Saturday at Ascot.
Declan Schuster's Hong Kong Selections and Analysis for Sunday, October 18, 2020 at Sha Tin.

It's Magical versus Mishriff in the Group 1 Champion Stakes on Saturday at Ascot.

The title of 2020 Australian Horse of the Year has been weighed heavily on Nature Spirit, who starts in Saturday's $10.7 million Everest Stakes at Royal Randwick Racecourse in Sydney.