Quite a lot has happened since Mr Bellagio and Red Chase finished second and ninth in a handicap at Doomben Racecourse in Australia in late February. Much of it favorable.
Racing will cease in four areas of France that have recently experienced spikes in COVID-19 cases, the French racing authority announced Tuesday.
Gitan has won both of his career starts at Hawkesbury Racecourse in Australia, success worth noting when the gelding starts in a competitive handicap at 5 1/2 furlongs at the venue northwest of Sydney on Thursday.
Hong Kong selections for Happy Valley on Wednesday, May 20, 2020.
A pair of conditions races for 3-year-olds, one restricted to fillies, the other open, highlight a 10-race program at Saint-Cloud in France, one of only two racecourses in Europe with a Tuesday card.
A nine-race program Wednesday at Happy Valley Racecourse in Hong Kong concludes with a cracking feature, a Class 2 handicap bursting with last-start winners.
Zaunkonig appears to have conditions in his favor in the TAB Handicap at 7 3/4 furlongs on the Kensington course at Royal Randwick Racecourse in Sydney. Zaunkonig is part of an intriguing field of 12 that includes three European imports – My Swashbuckler, Korcho, and Spirit Ridge.
Declan Schuster's Hong Kong selections and analysis for Wednesday, May 20, 2020 at Happy Valley.
Racing will return in England on June 1 and in Ireland on June 8. Cards will be conducted spectator-free for the foreseeable future, but horsemen and bettors alike expressed relief and satisfaction when plans to restart the flat-racing season in two of Europe’s major jurisdictions were formed late last week.
Monday at Chantilly, Skalleti starts his 5-year-old campaign in the Prix Bertrand de Breuil, a tough Group 3 carded at one mile that drew nine entrants.
