Hong Kong Week in Review, January 5, 2019
Hong Kong Week in Review for January 5, 2019 by Dick Powell.
Hong Kong Week in Review for January 5, 2019 by Dick Powell.
Declan Schuster's Hong Kong selections and analysis for Wednesday, January 8, 2019 at Happy Valley.

Southern Legend will race at Happy Valley for the first time in a year in Wednesday’s Group 3 January Cup at 1 1/8 miles.
Hong Kong selections for Sunday, January 5 at Sha Tin.

Gladiator King, who won the Hutcheson Stakes this past spring at Gulfstream Park, made a winning Dubai debut on Thursday when he captured the Group 3, $200,000 Dubawi Stakes by a neck over Ibn Malik.
Beauty Legacy brings a hefty reputation to his Hong Kong debut in Sunday’s $269,600 Broadwood Handicap at seven furlongs on turf at Sha Tin Racecourse.
Declan Schuster's Hong Kong selections and analysis for Sunday, June 5, 2019 at Sha Tin.
Hong Kong selections for Tuesday, December 28 at Sha Tin.
Hong Kong selections for Wednesday, January 1 at Sha Tin.

The word “international” gets thrown around as a marketing tool, a brittle term intended to connote sophistication that often rings hollow. But make no mistake: The Dubai World Cup Carnival, which starts again Thursday at Meydan Racecourse, is truly international. Even before horses ship for the Dubai World Cup card on March 28, stables from jurisdictions as far flung as Sweden, Korea, and Australia will set up shop for some rich winter racing in the desert.