Hong Kong selections for Wednesday, October 25, 2017
Hong Kong selections for Wednesday, October 25, 2017
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Hong Kong selections for Wednesday, October 25, 2017
The Perfect Gear Handicap on Wednesday at Happy Valley Racecourse in Hong Kong is the ideally named race for the 5-year-old gelding Starlight.
Hong Kong selections and analysis: Wednesday, Oct. 25, 2017
Kiseki won his first stakes and his fourth race in an eight-race career Sunday with the Grade 1 Japanese St. Leger at 1 7/8 miles on turf for 3-year-old colts and fillies at Kyoto Racecourse.
Mr. Stunning cemented his position as one of the top sprinters in Hong Kong, while Beauty Generation hinted he could join the elite division of Hong Kong milers in races Sunday at Sha Tin.
A pair of Group 2 races, one for sprinters and one for milers, brings out some of the best horses in Hong Kong on Sunday at Sha Tin Racecourse. First up, as race 7 is the Premier Bowl Handicap over 1200 meters. Race 8 is the Oriental Watch Handicap over 1600 meters.
Cracksman recorded his most impressive win to date with a seven-length victory in Saturday’s Group 1 Champion Stakes at Ascot Racecourse in England, giving trainer John Gosden a sweep of the two most prestigious races for older horses in Europe this month.
It was radically windy and wet Saturday at Ascot Racecourse, and the filly Persuasive was in her element. Under testing conditions, Persuasive ran over the favored Ribchester to win the Group 1, $1.32 million Queen Elizabeth II Stakes. Ribchester, who drifted right through the final furlong, was beaten one length while a half-length better than third-place Churchill, who bounced back into form following a dud in the Irish Champion Stakes.
Al Ain, the winner of the Grade 1 Japanese 2000 Guineas in April, will be favored to win Sunday’s Grade 1 Japanese St. Leger at 1 7/8 miles on turf at Kyoto Racecourse against 17 rivals.
Ribchester was beaten a half-length by the excellent filly Minding a year ago in the Queen Elizabeth II Stakes, but on Saturday he is the one to beat in the last major mile race of the European season.