Andrew Hawkins' Hong Kong selections and analysis for Sunday, January 28, 2018
Andrew Hawkins' Hong Kong selections and analysis for Sunday, January 28, 2018 - Sha Tin
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Andrew Hawkins' Hong Kong selections and analysis for Sunday, January 28, 2018 - Sha Tin
The Cape Verdi, for fillies and mares at 1,600 meters (about one mile), gets top billing on an eight-race card Thursday at Meydan that also includes two divisions of the $100,000 UAE 2000 Guineas Trial, races 4 and 6. The Cape Verdi goes as race 5, post time 11:50 a.m. Eastern, with first post for the card at 9:30 Eastern.
Trainer John Gosden has much to look forward to. Not only is Cracksman returning for a 4-year-old campaign this year, but the filly Enable, who ended a brilliant season by storming home much the best in the Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe last fall, is readying for a 4-year-old year of racing, as well.
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Big Time Baby has struggled in turf races since arriving in Hong Kong in 2017, losing five starts. On the all-weather track at Sha Tin Racecourse, however, Big Time Baby has been more comfortable, with a win and a second in two races.
Nothingilikemore delivered what his form had promised, scoring a decisive win Sunday at Sha Tin in the $1,279,400 Hong Kong Classic Mile.
On official ratings, Sunday’s $1,279,400 Hong Kong Classic Mile is Nothingilikemore’s race to lose.
Comicas, a Kentucky-bred gelding by Distorted Humor, won the first stakes of his career in Thursday’s Group 3 Dubawi Stakes at Meydan Racecourse in the United Arab Emirates.
Hong Kong analysis and selections for Sunday's card at Sha Tin.