Hong Kong Selections for Wednesday, January 30, 2019
Hong Kong selection for Wednesday, January 30 at Happy Valley.
DRF StaffJan 29, 2019
Hong Kong selection for Wednesday, January 30 at Happy Valley.
During 2018 the nearly omnipresent stable of trainer Steve Asmussen started horses at 34 racetracks in the United States and Canada. But here is something different even by Asmussen’s far-flung standards: Thursday at Meydan Racecourse in Dubai, Asmussen sends out a horse named Switzerland in the Group 3, $200,000 Al Shindagha Sprint Stakes.
Andrew Hawkins' Hong Kong Selections and Analysis for Wednesday, January 30, 2019 at Happy Valley.
On two occasions last fall Super Chic and Red Warrior met in minor handicaps at Happy Valley Racecourse in Hong Kong, with Super Chic winning both races. Their third meeting, in Wednesday’s $248,531 Hong Kong Club Challenge Cup at Happy Valley, may have a different outcome.
Furore, who was third and sixth in Group 1 races in Australia last spring, won for the first time in Hong Kong in his third start on the circuit in Sunday’s $1.27 million Hong Kong Classic Mile at Sha Tin Racecourse.
Hong Kong selections for Sunday, January 27, 2019 - Sha Tin
Andrew Hawkins' Hong Kong selections and analysis for Sunday, January 27, 2019 - Sha Tin
The stakes-winning form that Dark Dream had at the end of his Australian career last spring seems to be continuing in Hong Kong this winter.
The world's best racehorse of 2018 actually was two racehorses. Winx and Cracksman were named co-winners of the Longines World's Best Racehorse award at a ceremony at the Landmark Hotel in London on Tuesday.
A pair of Group 2, $250,000 stakes, the Al Rashidiya and the Al Fahidi Fort, highlight a six-race Dubai World Cup Carnival card Thursday night at Meydan Racecourse.