A recent win by Premiere in a five-furlong handicap on turf at Sha Tin Racecourse will make the 4-year-old gelding a popular choice in Wednesday’s $238,305 Kwoon Chung Bus Cup Handicap at five furlongs on turf at Happy Valley Racecourse in Hong Kong.
Trainer Aidan O'Brien said that Roly Poly might well be pointed for the Breeders' Cup Filly and Mare Turf following a win in the Sun Chariot Stakes at Newmarket.
Now, this was more like it. Winx stretched her winning streak to 21 races in Saturday’s Group 1 Turnbull Stakes at Flemington Racecourse in Melbourne, Australia, scoring easily by 6 1/2 lengths.
A full field of 14 contests the last-race feature on the Sunday card at Sha Tin Racecourse in Hong Kong. The $238,282 Yeung UK Handicap is carded for 1400 meters on turf and is difficult to parse.
Andrew Hawkins' Sha Tin selections and analysis for Sunday, October 8, 2017
Closing steadily on Bobby Frankel's record of 25 Grade 1 or Group 1 winners in a year, Aidan O'Brien has a live chance to notch another top-level victory in the Group 1 Sun Chariot Stakes on Saturday at Newmarket.
Saturday, Winx will have her Flemington debut in the Group 1 Turnbull Stakes at 1 1/4 miles on turf against six overmatched rivals. As of Thursday, Winx was the 1-5 favorite in future-book betting.
Happy Valley selections for Thursday, October 5
Dinozzo, the 4-year-old Irish-bred gelding, ended the 2016-17 Hong Kong season with a disappointing performance, finishing a troubled fifth in a handicap at 1 1/4 miles on turf at Sha Tin racecourse in July.
Andrew Hawkins' Hong Kong selections and analysis for Thursday, October 5, 2017 at Happy Valley.
