The slight weight advantage Stockman has over a few of his rivals in Monday’s TAB Handicap at Warwick Farm Racecourse in Sydney, Australia may be the difference in the race at about 1 5/16 miles on turf.
Kameko gave jockey Oisin Murphy his first classic-race win in England as heavily favored Pinatubo suffered his first defeat finishing third in the Group 1 English 2000 Guineas on Saturday at Newmarket.
Glorious Spectrum can land his first Hong Kong win in the featured 10th race Sunday at Sha Tin. He lost by a nose May 24 at Sha Tin racing at this Class 2 handicap level and over this same 1,400-meter distance, and Glorious Spectrum is well overdue for a breakthrough.
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Three weeks after she thumped fillies and mares in the Grade 1 Victoria Mile at Tokyo Racecourse, Almond Eye will be an odds-on favorite to win Sunday’s Grade 1 Yasuda Kinen at a mile at the same venue against males.
A good turf course may be what the veteran gelding Guizot needs to end a four-race losing streak and win the Swan Hill Cup for the first time. Sunday’s $78,412 Swan Hill Cup is a race for milers in Australia.
Quadrilateral, who won all three of her 2-year-old starts, including the Group 1 Fillies Mile, is favored over Millisle and Love in the Group 1 English 1000 Guineas on Sunday at Newmarket.
Ghaiyyath was going to be heavily favored and tough to beat in the Sheema Classic, a race that was canceled because of coronavirus, but instead of winning a late March Group 1 in Dubai, he conquered a Group 1 in early June at Newmarket, leading from start to finish in the Coronation Cup.
Owner Peter Brant is in action Saturday with Chad Brown-trained horses at Belmont Park, but he also has the early favorite Flighty Lady in the Group 3 Prix Cleopatre at Lyon Parilly in France.
There's no disputing Pinatubo was a sensational 2-year-old of 2019, but what kind of 3-year-old he'll be in 2020 will become more apparent Saturday at Newmarket, where Pinatubo starts as the heavy favorite in the Group 1 English 2000 Guineas.
Declan Schuster's Hong Kong selections and analysis for Sunday, June 7, 2020 at Sha Tin.
