Australia: Rock goes after repeat in Cameron Handicap
The 5-year-old gelding is simply named Rock has won 4 of 12 starts and knows his way around Newcastle Racecourse in Australia.
Steve AndersenSep 16, 2020
The 5-year-old gelding is simply named Rock has won 4 of 12 starts and knows his way around Newcastle Racecourse in Australia.
Verry Elleegant needed every stride of the Group 1 Winx Stakes at seven furlongs on Aug. 22 at Royal Randwick Racecourse to reach the front for her seventh graded stakes win. Verry Elleegant figures to be even more dangerous from off the pace again in Saturday's Group 1 George Main Stakes at a mile at the same venue in Sydney, Australia.
Beauty Generation, twice Hong Kong’s Horse of the Year, took a major step toward his seasonal debut in a five-furlong barrier trial, or training race, on Tuesday at Sha Tin.
Class 3 handicap fare is the highest level of racing Wednesday at Happy Valley in Hong Kong, with three such races, including the last of eight, providing the highlights on the program.
Wil John, the 5-year-old Australian-bred gelding, has had a 2020 season geared toward a start in a two-mile handicap at Echuca Racecourse on Thursday.
Full-card selections for Happy Valley on Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2020.
The listed Heatherlie Stakes at Caulfield Racecourse in Australia on Aug. 29 was a little steep for the mare Minola. She finished 10th of 16 in her stakes debut as a 60-1 outsider. A handicap at 1 3/8 miles at Bendigo Racecourse on Wednesday is a better fit, but also a stamina test in what will be the longest race of Minola’s brief career.
Declan Schuster's Hong Kong Selections and Analysis for Wednesday, September 16, 2020 at Happy Valley.
In March and April, Ligulate won two six-figure races at Tamworth Racecourse in Australia before and after an eighth-place finish in a much tougher race at Royal Randwick Racecourse in Sydney. Ligulate ended that portion of the year with a nose win in the Tamworth Cup in April, his final start before being rested through the Australian winter. Monday, Ligulate will be favored in his first start of a spring campaign in a six-furlong handicap at Tamworth that drew a field of 12.
Hong Kong Selections for September 13, 2020 at Sha Tin