Japan won the Group 1 Grand Prix de Paris on Sunday going 1 1/2 miles at Longchamp – the same course and distance where the Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe will be contested in October.
John Size clinched his 11th training title with two wins on Sunday’s 11-race program at Sha Tin Racecourse in Hong Kong, the final day of that circuit’s 2018-19 season.
Hong Kong selections for Sunday, July 14, 2019 - Sha Tin
Ten Sovereigns rebounded from a fourth-place finish as the even-money favorite in the Group 1 Commonwealth Cup at Royal Ascot on July 21 to win for the first time this year in Saturday’s Group 1 July Cup against older sprinters at Newmarket Racecourse in England.
A perfect season gave Beauty Generation his second consecutive Horse of the Year title in Hong Kong for the 2018-19 season that ends this weekend.
Japan never has won a Group 1 race but is the heavy favorite to do so in the Grand Prix de Paris on Sunday at Longchamp.
Veracious won her first Group 1 race in her fourth try in Friday’s $250,000 Falmouth Stakes at a mile for fillies and mares at Newmarket Racecourse in England.
Saturday at Newmarket, two-time Group 1 winner Advertise will face older horses for the first time in the Group 1 July Cup at six furlongs.
Declan Schuster's Hong Kong selections and analysis for Sunday, July 14, 2019 - Sha Tin
Hong Kong has raised purses for three Group 1 races and the Hong Kong Derby for the circuit’s 2019-20 season that begins in September, according to a statement released earlier this week.
