Hong Kong selections for Saturday, June 8, 2019
Hong Kong selections for Saturday, June 8, 2019 - Sha Tin
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Hong Kong selections for Saturday, June 8, 2019 - Sha Tin
Declan Schuster's Hong Kong selections and analysis for Saturday, June 8, 2019 - Sha Tin
Hong Kong selections for Happy Valley on Wednesday, June 6, 2019.
Declan Schuster's Hong Kong selections and analysis for Wednesday, June 5, 2019 - Happy Valley
Wednesday, Green Luck starts in the $248,841 Wong Nai Chung Gap Handicap at Happy Valley, which at 1 1/8 miles should provide a test.
Indy Champ zoomed to an upset win in his Grade 1 debut in Sunday’s $1.96 million Yasuda Kinen at Tokyo Racecourse in Japan, beating the accomplished females Aerolithe and Almond Eye, who were second and third.
Sottsass blew past the heavily favored Persian King and won the Group 1 Prix du Jockey Club by two lengths Sunday at Chantilly Racecourse. It was the third win in the French Derby in the last four years for trainer Jean-Claude Rouget, who was unable to attend the race because of an acute medical condition that arose over the weekend, the nature of which had not been reported as of Sunday morning in America.
Hong Kong selections for Sunday, June 2, 2019 - Sha Tin
Anthony Van Dyck, the Old Flemish master, was anything but a paint-by-numbers guy, but when his namesake won the Epsom Derby on Saturday in England, it was all about the numbers. Anthony Van Dyck came through along the inside under Seamie Heffernan to beat Madhmoon by a half-length. For Heffernan, it was Derby win No. 1 in attempt No. 12, his participation in so many English classics owing almost entirely to his long association with trainer Aidan O’Brien.
Champion’s Way is the rare 3-year-old with a chance at a group stakes win in Hong Kong, and the handicap system used in the jurisdiction helps his cause Sunday in the Group 3, $414,619 Lion Rock Trophy Handicap.