The top-class stayer Vazirabad is scheduled to tune up for a run at a third straight $1 million Dubai Gold Cup victory when he starts Thursday at Meydan in the Group 3, $200,000 Nad Al Sheba Trophy Stakes.
Perpetual Joyance has not won on Sha Tin's all-weather surface since November 2016, but his liking for the surface is a vital factor for bettors to consider when the 5-year-old gelding starts as the 133-pound highweight in Wednesday’s $237,748 Hoi Yuen Handicap at the Hong Kong racecourse.
Andrew Hawkins' Hong Kong selections and analysis for Wednesday, February 28, 2018 - Sha Tin
Time Warp stole the Group 1 Hong Kong Cup over 2,000 meters on Dec. 10 at Sha Tin Racecourse, setting an early and middle pace so slow that no rival could come close to him when he turned on the jets in the final 600 meters. Time Warp won the Group 1, $1.278 Hong Kong Gold Cup over 2,000 meters on Sunday at Sha Tin leading all the way once again, but there was nothing like a theft this time.
Ertijaal has been all but unbeatable running straight-course 1000-meter turf races at Meydan Racecourse in Dubai, and he won another such start Thursday, beating Blue Point by a head in the Group 2, $175,000 Meydan Sp
The 2,000-meter rematch between Werther and Time Warp on Sunday at Sha Tin Racecourse in the Hong Kong Gold Cup holds interest in its own right. Adding intrigue is the appearance of Season's Bloom.
Andrew Hawkins' Hong Kong selections and analysis for Sunday, February 25, 2018 - Sha Tin
They’re not waiting around to shoot the fireworks Thursday night at Meydan Racecourse in Dubai, where the highlight of a seven-race card is the program opener, the Group 2, $175,000 Meydan Sprint.
Hong Kong selections for Wednesday, February 21 - Happy Valley
The purses of seven Group 1 Thoroughbred races in France have been raised for 2018, according to a statement released earlier this year by the country’s organizing body, France-Galop.
