The versatility of Roaring Lion has led trainer John Gosden to select the Group 1 Queen Elizabeth II Stakes at Ascot Racecourse in England on Saturday for the brilliant 3-year-old colt.
Hong Kong selections for Thursday, October 18, 2018
Youngstar and Kings Will Dream chased Australian Horse of the Year Winx when second and third in the Group 1 Turnbull Stakes at Flemington Racecourse in Melbourne, Australia, on Oct. 6. Winx, who has won an astonishing 28 consecutive races, is a massive favorite to win an unprecedented fourth consecutive running of the Group 1 Cox Plate at Moonee Valley Racecourse on Oct. 27.
The improving 3-year-old Red Warrior is expected to start favored in Thursday’s $176,103 Roselle Handicap at Happy Valley Racecourse in Hong Kong.
Andrew Hawkins' Hong Kong Selections and Analysis for Thursday, October 18 at Happy Valley.
Until Sunday, Gentildonna in 2012 was the last horse to sweep the Japan Fillies Triple Crown, and she turned out okay, winning the Japan Cup in 2012 and 2013 and the Dubai Sheema Classic in 2014. If all goes well, Almond Eye, who swept the Fillies Triple Crown on Sunday at Kyoto in the Group 1 Shuka Sho, might wind up just as accomplished as Gentildonna.
Sizzling 2-year-old Too Darn Hot made it four wins from four starts with a blowout victory Saturday at Newmarket in the Dewhurst Stakes, his Group 1 debut.
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It was a slow, wet climb, but Redzel scaled the mountain again, winning the Everest Stakes – and the riches that come with it – for the second year in a row.
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.
