A week after finishing a fast-closing second in a handicap at six furlongs, Calculation will start at a mile and 50 yards in Wednesday’s $237,087 Waratah Handicap at Happy Valley Racecourse in Hong Kong.
Waldgeist was fully tested to win the second Group 1 race of his career in Sunday’s $467,160 Grand Prix de Saint-Cloud in Paris, a victory that put the 4-year-old colt into the discussion for the Group 1 Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe in October.
A handful of lightly raced horses look like the most interesting horses in the featured seventh race Sunday at Sha Tin Racecourse in Hong Kong.
Joseph O’Brien, the former jockey and the current son of 12-time Irish Derby-winning trainer Aidan O’Brien, won his first classic race as Latrobe edged Rostropovich in the Irish Derby.
After winning a Group 3 race in May and a Group 2 race in June at that distance, Waldgeist can win a Group 1 for the first time at 1 1/2 miles in Sunday’s $467,160 Grand Prix de Saint-Cloud in Paris.
Dee Ex Bee’s connections bypassed a start last week at Royal Ascot to travel to Ireland and take on the Aidan O’Brien-trained quartet in the Group 1 Irish Derby, and they might be rewarded for their boldness.
Andrew Hawkins' Hong Kong selections and analysis for Sunday, July 1, 2018 - Sha Tin
Happy Valley selections for Wednesday, June 27.
Insayshable makes a long-awaited second start in Wednesday’s $237,027 Manawatu Racing Club Challenge Trophy at 1 1/8 miles on turf at Happy Valley.
Andrew Hawkins' Hong Kong selections and analysis for Wednesday, June 27, 2018 - Happy Valley
