A pair of Class 2 handicaps, one at about one mile, the other at about six furlongs, headline a 10-race card Saturday at Sha Tin Racecourse in Hong Kong. Eastern Express barely scrapes into race 6, the race over 1600 meters (about one mile), with a rating of 100 in a handicap restricted to horses rated 80-100.
Trainer Michael Stoute hasn't won the Dewhurst Stakes since 1986, but if Expert Eye turns in the performance most expect, Stoute should win it again Saturday.
Andrew Hawkins' Sha Tin selections and analysis for Saturday, October 14, 2017
The Group 1 Fillies Mile on Friday at Newmarket could offer some clues for the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf next month at Del Mar. It also offers trainer Aidan O’Brien another chance to creep closer to Bobby Frankel’s record 25 Group or Grade 1 stakes victories in a calendar year.
The focus Saturday at Royal Randwick falls squarely on the Everest, but the 10-race card includes nine other stakes, among them three worth $388,700 each.
Australia produces the best turf sprinters in the world, and whoever wins the inaugural running of the Everest Stakes on Saturday at Royal Randwick undoubtedly will be on top of the world.
Happy Valley selections for Wednesday, October 11, 2017.
Andrew Hawkins' Happy Valley selections and analysis for Wednesday, October 11, 2017
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.
