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Luke Middlebrook's Hong Kong Selections and Analysis for Saturday, Jan. 17, 2026
Luke Middlebrook's Hong Kong Selections and Analysis for Saturday, Jan. 17, 2026, at Sha Tin.
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Luke Middlebrook's Hong Kong Selections and Analysis for Saturday, Jan. 17, 2026, at Sha Tin.
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Prolific winner Hong Lok Golf (124lb) faces his biggest test to date in Wednesday’s (14 January) HK$4.2 million G3 January Cup Handicap (1800m), and trainer Chris So is optimistic the seven-time victor can elevate his game to yet another level.
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Sunday's (25 January) HK$13 million G1 Stewards’ Cup (1600m) shapes as an epic showdown, where 11-time Group 1 winner Romantic Warrior faces last season’s Triple Crown hero Voyage Bubble at Sha Tin, while on the same afternoon, Ka Ying Rising steps out in the HK$13 million G1 Centenary Sprint Cup (1200m).
Hong Kong selections for Wednesday, Jan. 14, 2026, at Happy Valley.
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With less than three weeks until the first leg of the prestigious 2025/26 Four-Year-Old Classic Series – the HK$13 million Hong Kong Classic Mile (1600m) on 1 February – and with the 149th HK$26 million BMW Hong Kong Derby (2000m) on 22 March on the horizon, Top Dragon is building nicely into his four-year-old season.
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Luke Middlebrook's Hong Kong Selections and Analysis for Wednesday, Jan. 14, at Happy Valley.
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Forever Young, winner of the Breeders’ Cup Classic at Del Mar on Nov. 1, has been named Japan’s 2025 Horse of the Year despite making only one start in the country through the year.
Hong Kong Selections for Saturday, Jan. 10, 2026, at Sha Tin.
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The picture of who lines up in the first leg of the 2025/26 Four-Year-Old Classic Series should come into sharper focus after the Sha Tin meeting on Sunday (11 January).
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Luke Middlebrook's Hong Kong Selections and Analysis for Saturday, June 10, 2026, at Sha Tin.