Hong Kong Selections for Saturday, March 7, 2020
Hong Kong selections for Saturday, March 7, 2020 at Sha Tin.
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Hong Kong selections for Saturday, March 7, 2020 at Sha Tin.
The featured fourth race Sunday at Sha Tin is a Class 1 handicap that could pass as a Group 1 stakes. The 1,200-meter sprint drew only six entrants but among them are three of the top four rated sprinters in Hong Kong: Hot King Prawn, Mr. Stunning, and Full of Beauty.
From Tuesday through Friday, there will be 28 races at Cheltenham Racecourse, a popular venue approximately 100 miles west of London. The four-day racing week typically attracts about 260,000 fans, many of whom travel from throughout England and Ireland to root on horses that ran in past seasons and have had prep races through the winter.
The Group 1 Al Maktoum Challenge Round 3 on Saturday at Meydan Racecourse in Dubai carries a $600,000 purse. A race in the same division and region, the Saudi Cup, was run Feb. 29 for a $20 million purse. You can imagine where all the best older dirt-route horses on the Arabian Peninsula wound up.
Declan Schuster's Hong Kong selections and analysis for Saturday, March 7, 2020 at Happy Valley.
A week after finishing a fast-closing fourth in the Group 1 Chipping Norton Stakes at a mile, Avilius will race at a distance that may better suit his needs in Saturday’s Group 1 Australian Cup at 1 1/4 miles on turf at Flemington Racecourse in Melbourne.
Hong Kong selections for Wednesday, March 4, 2020 at Happy Valley.
A quiet Wednesday at Kempton Park in England could help determine a Kentucky Derby starter.
Neither Maximum Security, who won the $20 million Saudi Cup, nor Midnight Bisou, who was beaten less than a length by him at King Abdulaziz Racecourse outside Riyadh on Saturday night, are going on to the $12 million Dubai World Cup on March 28.
Declan Schuster's Hong Kong selections and analysis for Wednesday, March 4, 2020 at Happy Valley.