Win Carnelian, winless in 12 starts since a Grade 3 sprint at Tokyo Racecourse in February 2023, a span that included an 11th-place finish in the Breeders’ Cup Mile at Santa Anita in November 2023, won his first Grade 1 race in Sunday’s $2.19 million Sprinters Stakes at Nakayama Racecourse in Japan.
Favorites won the three group stakes for 2-year-olds Sunday at Newmarket Racecourse in England – Wise Approach in most dramatic fashion. Wise Approach clipped heels and stumbled about two strides into the Group 1 Middle Park Stakes, spotting his rivals some five lengths, but still surged to win by three-quarters of a length.
Hong Kong Selections for Sunday, September 28, 2025, at Sha Tin.
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Light Years Charm (125lb) steps into rarefied air at Sha Tin on Sunday (28 September) when he competes in Pattern company for the first time in a mouthwatering feature race, the G3 Celebration Cup Handicap (1400m).
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The well-traveled 6-year-old horse Satono Reve can solidify his status as Japan’s leading sprinter against a familiar cast of rivals in Sunday’s Grade 1 Sprinters Stakes at Nakayama Racecourse.
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Juvenile racing headlines the European scene on Saturday, with Newmarket hosting a pair of Group 1 sprints, the Cheveley Park and the Middle Park. Also carded is the Group 2 Royal Lodge over one mile, a race that regularly has produced Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf runners.
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Mark Newnham is optimistic My Wish can make a triumphant start to an ambitious 2025/26 campaign when the rising star resumes in the HK$4.2 million G3 Celebration Cup Handicap (1400m) at Sha Tin on Sunday (28 September).
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Luke Middlebrook's Hong Kong Selections and Analysis for Sunday, September 28, 2025, at Sha Tin.
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Lucky Sweynesse’s preparation for Sunday’s (28 September) G1 Sprinters Stakes (1200m) saw the four-time Group 1 winner gallop gracefully over Nakayama’s turf course under beaming sunshine this morning (Wednesday, 24 September) in Tokyo, Japan.
In light of the approach of Super Typhoon Ragasa and the latest forecasts issued by the Hong Kong Observatory, The Hong Kong Jockey Club has decided that the Happy Valley race meeting scheduled for Wednesday, 24 September 2025, will be cancelled.
