Inti won his seventh consecutive race, and Grade 1 debut, in Sunday’s $1.76 million February Stakes at Tokyo Racecourse, earning an automatic berth to the Breeders’ Cup Classic at Santa Anita on Nov. 2.
Hong Kong selections for Sunday, February 17, 2019
Three $1.25 million races, including two with Group 1 status, highlight a 10-race program at Sha Tin Racecourse in Hong Kong on Sunday.
Two stakes at Tokyo Racecourse in Japan on Sunday – the Grade 1 February Stakes for older horses and the Hyacinth Stakes for 3-year-olds – could produce runners for two of the biggest races in the United States later this year.
Andrew Hawkins' Hong Kong selections and analysis for Sunday, February 17, 2019 - Sha Tin
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Godolphin, trainer Charlie Appleby, and jockey William Buick had themselves a night Thursday at Meydan Racecourse in Dubai, where Blue Point and Poetic Charm scored runaway Group 2 stakes victories and the 3-year-old Art Du Vaal set a 1,900-meter turf-course record in a blowout conditions-race win.
Winx, the world-famous mare who has won 29 consecutive starts since May 2015, races for the first time in nearly four months in Saturday's Group 2 Apollo Stakes at Royal Randwick racecourse outside of Sydney, Australia.
Blue Point is back for his first start since August and set to take on six rivals in this straight-course 1,000-meter -- about five furlongs -- dash during a card that includes the Group 2, $250,000 Balanchine Stakes and the Group 3, $200,000 Firebreak Stakes.
Hong Kong selections for Wednesday, February 13, 2019 - Happy Valley
Andrew Hawkins' Hong Kong selections and analysis for Wednesday, February 13, 2019 - Happy Valley
