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Derek Leung soared into elite company during a meeting of milestones at Happy Valley on Wednesday night (8 October) by becoming only the fourth homegrown Hong Kong, China jockey to reach the 500-win landmark.
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Two weeks after a commanding win in a Group 3 at seven furlongs at Newmarket Racecourse in England, the promising 2-year-old colt Distant Storm returns to the same course for a more prestigious race in Saturday's Group 1 Dewhurst Stakes.
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The 2-year-old filly Precise, favored in the Group 1 Fillies' Mile on Friday at Newmarket, is already a Group 1 winner. Fellow 2-year-old filly Legacy Link has atop her résumé a win in a minor Haydock Park contest from two career starts. But that Haydock performance stamped her as potential Group 1 material, and Legacy Link can take down Precise and nine others in the Fillies' Mile.
Hong Kong Selections for Wednesday, October 8, 2025 at Happy Valley.
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Two of the early pace-setters in the 2025/26 trainers’ championship will send strong contingents to Happy Valley on Wednesday night (8 October), looking to open up a gap at the top of the standings.
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Luke Middlebrook's Hong Kong Selections and Analysis for Wednesday, October 8, 2025 at Happy Valley.
Barnavara, a winner of three stakes in Ireland earlier this year, won her Group 1 debut in Sunday’s $587,000 Prix de l’Opera for fillies and mares at Longchamp Racecourse in Paris in an 8-1 upset.
Running through a rainstorm and under a Paris rainbow, Daryz wore down favored Minnie Hauk to win a surprisingly stirring renewal of the Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe on Sunday at Longchamp.
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Manfred Man soared into select company at Sha Tin on Saturday (4 October) when the veteran horseman snared his 700th win as a trainer to join an illustrious band of contemporaries with Ruby Sailing’s victory.
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Through the late spring and summer, the 3-year-old Irish-bred filly Wemightakedthelongway was beaten in three Group 1 races in England and Ireland, finishing second once and fourth twice to top competition, including Arc favorite Minnie Hauk. Wemightakedlongway could earn her way into the Breeders' Cup Filly and Mare Turf with a victory in Sunday's Group 1 Prix de l'Opera at Longchamp.
