The 6-year-old gelding Convincible is on a three-race winning streak since late May. Wednesday, Convincible starts for the second time in the new Hong Kong season in the $237,961 Cha Kwo Ling Handicap.
Andrew Hawkins' Happy Valley selections and analysis for Wednesday, September 20, 2017
This time, there was less drama. Winx, the reigning Australian Horse of the Year, won her 20th consecutive race in Saturday’s Group 1 Colgate Optic White Stakes at a mile on turf at Royal Randwick Racecourse outside of Sydney.
Capri gave trainer Aidan O’Brien his 18th Group 1 win of 2017 in Saturday’s $939,730 St Leger Stakes at Doncaster Racecourse, the final classic race for 3-year-olds in England this year.
Sha Tin selections for Saturday, September 16
The Group 1 St Leger Stakes at Doncaster Racecourse on Saturday, the final classic race for 3-year-olds in England this year, was a race without a clear favorite as of Thursday morning.
Andrew Hawkins' Sha Tin selections and analysis for Saturday, September 16
Winx, the reigning Australian Horse of the Year, was the 1-10 favorite in future-book betting Wednesday to win her 20th consecutive start in Saturday's Group 1 Colgate Optic White Stakes at Royal Randwick Racecourse outside of Sydney.
Packing Dragon improved monumentally during the 2016-17 Hong Kong racing season, but will he begin a new campaign where he left off? That question will be answered Wednesday night at Happy Valley, where Packing Dragon faces 11 foes in the $238,100 Washington D.C. Handicap. The race is contested at 1,650 meters (just over one mile) and is open to horses rated 80-100.
Happy Valley selections for Wednesday, September 13.
