Between them, the eight runners in Wednesday's Group 1 Prince of Wales's Stakes at Royal Ascot in England have won 29 stakes, including nine Group 1 or Grade 1 races. Yet, the two leading contenders – the 4-year-old fillies Magical and Sea of Class – are best known for races they lost narrowly in the last year.
They don’t mess around at Royal Ascot. Once the preliminaries – like placing bets on the color of the outfit in which the queen will arrive in the royal carriage to inaugurate the festivities – have been completed, the five-day meeting begins with a bang, the $755,500 Queen Anne Stakes, the first of three Group 1s among six races on the Royal meet’s opening card and a Win and You're In race for the Breeders' Cup Turf.
Channel got a perfect trip under Pierre-Charles Boudot and posted a mild upset in the Group 1 Prix de Diane, the French Oaks, on Sunday at Chantilly.
Hong Kong selections for Sunday, June 16, 2019 - Sha Tin
There will be an American presence on each of the five days of racing at the Royal Ascot meeting in England, which runs from Tuesday through Saturday. Wesley Ward is preparing 10 horses for stakes, and Joe Orseno has one.
Siyarafina will cement her position as the leading 3-year-old filly in France if she can remain undefeated when starting as a heavy favorite Sunday at Chantilly in the Group 1 Prix de Diane.
Three horses that ran in the Hong Kong Derby in March and one that could start in the 2020 running are part of an intriguing field in Sunday’s $249,115 Staunton Handicap at Sha Tin Racecourse in Hong Kong.
Declan Schuster's Hong Kong selections and analysis for Sunday, June 16, 2019 at Sha Tin.
Hong Kong selections for Wednesday, June 12, 2019 - Sha Tin
Declan Schuster's Hong Kong selections and analysis for Wednesday, June 12, 2019 - Sha Tin
