Andrew Hawkins' Hong Kong Selections and Analysis for Wednesday, September 6, 2017
Andrew Hawkins' selections and analysis for Wednesday, September 6 at Happy Valley.
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Andrew Hawkins' selections and analysis for Wednesday, September 6 at Happy Valley.
Guignol won his second Group 1 race in the last 12 months in Sunday’s $296,475 Grosser Preis Von Baden at Baden-Baden Racecourse in Germany, earning a fees-paid berth in the Breeders’ Cup Turf at Del Mar on Nov. 4.
Winx is testing the mettle of her backers as her historic winning streak continues. In Saturday’s Group 2 Chelmsford Stakes at Royal Randwick Racecourse in Australia, Winx closed from sixth in the one-mile turf race to catch the runaway leader, Red Excitement, in the final 50 yards and win by a length.
Hong Kong selections for Sunday, September 3 at Sha Tin.
Iquitos will be favored to win the Group 1 Grosser Preis Von Baden at Baden-Baden Racecourse in Germany for the second consecutive year on Sunday, a race that offers a fees-paid berth for the winner to the Breeders’ Cup Turf at Del Mar on Nov. 4.
Its engines scarcely cooled from the 2016-17 season, the Hong Kong Jockey Club has revved them up again for the 2017-18 season that begins Sunday at Sha Tin.
Near England, a 4-year-old Irish-bred filly, tries to win her fifth stakes and first at the Group 2 level in Saturday’s $83,314 T. Von Zastrow Stutenpreis for fillies and mares at 1 1/2 miles on turf at Baden-Baden Racecourse in Germany.
Winx will face several familiar rivals when she attempts to win her 19th consecutive race in Saturday’s Group 2 Chelmsford Stakes at Royal Randwick Racecourse in Australia.
Andrew Hawkins' Sha Tin selections and analysis for Sunday, Sept. 3.
A filly won the Group 1 Nunthorpe Stakes on Friday at York Racecourse, but not the one widely expected to do so. Lady Aurelia appeared to have held on, but a photo revealed that Marsha had beaten her by a nose.