Hong Kong selections for Wednesday, June 6, 2018
Hong Kong selections for Wednesday, June 6, 2018 - Happy Valley
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Hong Kong selections for Wednesday, June 6, 2018 - Happy Valley
Three-year-old Beckford came out of a recent workout with a leg fracture and won’t be making his intended start in the Group 1 Commonwealth Cup at Royal Ascot later this month.
The 2018 Royal Ascot meeting begins June 19 and 14 American-bases horses, led by 10 from the Wesley Ward barn, are set to make the trip.
Andrew Hawkins' Hong Kong selections and analysis for Wednesday, June 6, 2018 - Happy Valley
The Hong Kong racing circuit may have a new leading rider by the end of the weekend.
The Kentucky-bred colt Mozu Ascot scored an upset win in Sunday’s Grade 1 Yasuda Kinen for turf milers at Tokyo Racecourse in Japan, beating a field that included seven Grade 1 winners.
In Study of Man's fourth career start and first at the Group 1 level he captured the Prix du Jockey Club by a half-length on Sunday at Chantilly, beating 15 rivals and giving trainer Pascal Bary his sixth win in the French version of the Derby.
Masar in his young life already has traveled from England to California for the Breeders’ Cup and gone on to Dubai for a failed dirt experiment this winter at Meydan Racecourse. And on Saturday, back in England, he took Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al Maktoum, the driving force behind Godolphin, to the pinnacle of the mountain, winning the Epsom Derby by 1 1/2 lengths.
Werther should appreciate a class drop to Group 3 competition Sunday at Sha Tin Racecourse in the $382,395 Lion Rock Trophy Handicap, but he might not be so appreciative of the race’s 1,600-meter distance.
There are 16 runners in Sunday’s Grade 1 Yasuda Kinen for turf milers at Tokyo Racecourse in Japan. Seven of them have won Grade 1 races and that list does not include all the leading contenders.