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Tomodachi Kokoroe (135lb) is enjoying his best season to date and Harry Bentley is hopeful the speedster can maintain his positive trajectory in Thursday’s (1 January) HK$4.2 million G3 Chinese Club Challenge Cup Handicap (1400m) at Sha Tin, although the British rider is tempering his expectations with the contest’s highest-rated horse.
Hong Kong Selections for Thursday, January 1, 2026, at Sha Tin.
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Entering his third training season in Hong Kong, Australian trainer Mark Newnham is enjoying his most successful spell yet. He closed out his debut campaign with 31 wins, before adding another 44 in 2024/25. As of the end of December in the 2025/26 season, Newnham sits in the second spot of the trainers’ premiership with 26 wins.
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Light Years Charm has always shown plenty of aptitude and Thursday’s HK$4.2 million G3 Chinese Club Challenge Cup Handicap (1400m) at Sha Tin shapes as a timely and suitable opportunity for the five-year-old to enhance his standing.
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Luke Middlebrook's Hong Kong Selections and Analysis for Thursday, Jan. 1, 2026, at Sha Tin.
There can be no doubt about Lovcen’s affection for races at 1 1/4 miles in Japan.
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Frankie Lor continued a meteoric rise when Salon S triumphed impressively to deliver the trainer’s 500th Hong Kong victory before Numbers emerged as a serious BMW Hong Kong Derby (2000m) contender at Sha Tin on Sunday (27 December) on a momentous afternoon for the quietly-spoken horseman.
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Regaleira can become the first two-time winner of the Grade 1 Arima Kinen in more than a decade when she starts as the expected favorite in the popular race at Nakayama Racecourse in Japan on Sunday.
Justin Vista has the experience of a recent graded stakes win at 1 1/4 miles on turf when he starts at the same distance in Saturday’s Grade 1 Hopeful Stakes for 2-year-olds at Nakayama Racecourse in Japan.
Hong Kong Selections for Saturday, December 27, 2025, at Sha Tin.
