Dirt racing places a distant second to turf in Hong Kong, but the featured ninth race on a relatively rare Saturday card at Sha Tin will look like a vast number of American races – six furlongs on dirt.
In winning the first two legs of the Japanese Fillies Triple Crown, the brilliant filly Almond Eye has felt the crop wielded by jockey Christophe Lemaire only three times.
Iridessa came between horses – and came between a lot of people and their wagers – winning the Group 1 Fillies Mile on Friday at Newmarket.
Hong Kong selections for Saturday, October 13, 2018 - Sha Tin
Andrew Hawkins' Hong Kong selections and analysis for Saturday, October 13 - Sha Tin
Too Darn Hot, 3 for 3 to start his career, and Sangarius, unbeaten after two starts, headline a cracking seven-horse field entered in Saturday’s Group 1 Dewhurst Stakes at Newmarket Racecourse in England. Also set to line up in the one-mile fixture are Advertise, winner of the Group 1 Phoenix in his most recent race, and Anthony Van Dyck, the most talented among three Aidan O’Brien-trained entrants.
European racing people will be looking for clues regarding the 2019 Classic races coming out of the Group 1 Fillies Mile on Friday at Newmarket. Folks on the west side of the Atlantic will be parsing performance vis-a-vis the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf.
When Australian racing authorities brainstormed the name the Everest for the pay-to-play 1,200-meter sprint race at Royal Randwick that would offer a massive purse, they surely didn't have in mind the radical weather conditions often found on the mountain of the same name.
Hong Kong selections for Wednesday, October 10, 2018 - Happy Valley
Enable will be one of the stars of Breeders' Cup 2018 after becoming only the eighth horse to win back-to-back Arcs when she held on desperately to prevail by a head Sunday over the 3-year-old filly Sea of Class.
