Declan Schuster's Hong Kong selections and analysis for Sunday, September 8, 2019
Declan Schuster's Hong Kong selections and analysis for Sunday, September 8, 2019 at Sha Tin.
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Declan Schuster's Hong Kong selections and analysis for Sunday, September 8, 2019 at Sha Tin.
The Hong Kong Jockey Club has sent a letter to Betfair Australia demanding that the company stop offering the Jockey Club’s races on its betting exchange, claiming that the company has violated its intellectual property rights and ignored its “grave concerns and opposition” to exchange wagering.
Hong Kong selections for Sunday, September 1 at Sha Tin.
With increased purses, two new jockeys, and a new trainer recently retired from riding, the Hong Kong racing circuit begins its 88-day 2019-20 season at Sha Tin Racecourse on Sunday.
Declan Schuster's Hong Kong selections and analysis for Sunday, September 1, 2019 at Sha Tin.
Battaash lowered the track record for five furlongs on turf at York Racecourse in England on Friday with an emphatic victory in the Group 1 Nunthorpe Stakes on a straightaway course.
Magical is a 4-year-old filly, Enable a 5-year-old mare, and in both the Breeders’ Cup Turf last fall and the Eclipse Stakes this summer, Magical had come within three-quarters of a length of Enable, who can properly be called the best horse in the world.
Japan, third in the English Derby in June, won the biggest race of his career in Wednesday’s Group 1 Juddmonte International Stakes at York Racecourse in England, earning a fees-paid berth to the Breeders’ Cup Turf at Santa Anita on Nov. 2.
Sometimes a race intended mainly as a bridge to another more important race can turn trickier than expected. But for the great Enable, even a potential trap like the Yorkshire Oaks in England might not prove especially tricky.
Enable and Crystal Ocean finished a neck apart in the Group 1 King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes on July 27 at Ascot. This week, they will race on consecutive days at York Racecourse in northern England. Crystal Ocean will be a strong favorite in Wednesday's Group 1 Juddmonte International Stakes, while Enable will be an odds-on favorite in Thursday's Group 1 Yorkshire Oaks for fillies and mares.