Hong Kong selections for Happy Valley on Wednesday, May 20, 2020
Hong Kong selections for Happy Valley on Wednesday, May 20, 2020.
Joseph SwavyMay 19, 2020
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.
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Almond Eye recorded the widest winning margin of her 12-race career in Sunday’s Grade 1 Victoria Mile for fillies and mares at Tokyo Racecourse, narrowly missing the course record.
There were plenty of hints through 2019 that the Southern Hemisphere gelding Catapult had ability. Three times in four starts, he finished second, once by a half-length.
Trekking caught even-money Gytrash in the final stride to record a mild upset in Saturday’s Group 1 Goodwood Stakes at six furlongs at Morphettville Racecourse in Australia.