California Whip, the Kentucky-bred who starts in Sunday’s $320,948 Macwhinnie Cup at Sha Tin Racecourse in Hong Kong, has already been around the world, or at least three continents.
Andrew Hawkins' Sha Tin selections for Saturday, May 13.
Hong Kong selections for Wednesday, May 10 at Happy Valley.
Recoletos won his stakes debut and third consecutive start in Monday’s Group 2 Prix Greffulhe for 3-year-old colts and fillies at Saint-Cloud Racecourse in Paris. The win is expected to lead to a start in the Group 1 French Derby at Chantilly on June 4.
Andrew Hawkins' Hong Kong Selections and analysis for Wednesday, May 10, 2017 at Happy Valley.
The 3-year-old filly Winter won the English 1000 Guineas by two lengths over her stablemate Rhododendron on Sunday at Newmarket Racecourse.
Sha Tin selections for Sunday, May 7
Churchill made the most of a perfect trip under Ryan Moore to give trainer Aidan O’Brien his eighth win in the English 2000 Guineas on Saturday at Newmarket, as the connections of the second- and third-place finishers, Barney Roy and Al Wukair, were left wondering what might have been.
If she carries her 2016 form into her 2017 debut, Rhododendron is a likely winner of the English 1000 Guineas Stakes on Sunday at Newmarket Racecourse.
The New York-bred filly Rieno Tesoro, purchased for $250,000 as a yearling at Saratoga in 2015, will make her Grade 1 debut in Sunday’s $1,821,571 NHK Mile for 3-year-old colts and fillies at Tokyo Racecourse.
