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
Wishful Thinker, an unlucky third in the Group 3 Bauhinia Sprint Trophy at Sha Tin Racecourse on Jan. 6, may go favored in Wednesday’s $334,497 Happy Valley Trophy at Happy Valley Racecourse in Hong Kong.
Hong Kong selections for Sunday, February 10, 2019 - Sha Tin
A pair of Class 2 handicaps highlight the Sunday action at Sha Tin Racecourse in Hong Kong. Race 3 is for horses rated 100 to 80 and carded for 2000 meters (about 1 1/4 miles). Race 7 is restricted to horses in the same ratings range but is for sprinters at 1200 meters (about six furlongs).
