Lightning Spear has been one of the top turf milers in England this year, winning the Group 1 Sussex Stakes at Goodwood on Aug. 1 and finishing second or third in Group 1 miles at Newbury and Royal Ascot in May and June.
The best horse racing anywhere in the world this weekend can be found in an unlikely spot. Enable, the awesome winner of the 2017 Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe, makes her first start of 2018 over the all-weather track at Kempton Park in England on Saturday.
Andrew Hawkins' Hong Kong selections and analysis for Sunday, September 9, 2018 - Sha Tin
Happy Valley selections for Wednesday, September 5, 2018.
Four course specialists – Bold Stitch, Cheerful Jet, Fortune Booth, and Super Hoppy – may hold an advantage in the $248,439 Big Wave Bay Handicap at Happy Valley Racecourse in Hong Kong on Wednesday, the first evening of racing at the city track for the 2018-19 season.
Andrew Hawkins' Happy Valley selections and analysis for Wednesday, September 5, 2018
Sha Tin selections for Sunday, Sept. 2.
During the new Hong Kong racing season that begins Sunday at Sha Tin, some of the horses will be shipping in from mainland China, while the circuit's leading rider now is plying his trade in Japan.
Andrew Hawkins' Sha Tin selections and analysis for Sunday, Sept. 2, 2018.
For the first time this year, Alpha Delphini was on the winning end of a photo in Friday’s Group 1 Nunthorpe Stakes at York Racecourse in England.
