Andrew Hawkins' Hong Kong Selections and analysis for Wednesday, May 31, 2017
Andrew Hawkins' Hong Kong Selections and analysis for Wednesday, May 31, 2017 at Sha Tin.
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Andrew Hawkins' Hong Kong Selections and analysis for Wednesday, May 31, 2017 at Sha Tin.
Werther, the Horse of the Year in Hong Kong in 2015-16, won Sunday’s Group 1 Champions and Chater Cup at Sha Tin Racecourse in Hong Kong.
Rey de Oro rebounded from a fifth-place finish in the Grade 1 Japanese 2000 Guineas in April to win the first Grade 1 race of his career in Sunday’s $3,881,052 Japanese Derby at Tokyo Racecourse.
Aidan O’Brien every year is given some of the most talented horses in the world to train. Given the circumstances, it should come as little surprise O’Brien wins so many top races, but his accomplishments the last two calendar years still seem remarkable.
Churchill added a second classic to his sparking portfolio Saturday at The Curragh when he proved much the best in the Group 1 Irish 2000 Guineas.
Sha Tin selections for Sunday, May 28
Admirable is unbeaten in three starts since early May, rising through the ranks in Japan from a maiden race winner to a graded stakes winner. The rapid success leaves Admirable as the expected favorite in a field of 18 colts in Sunday’s Grade 1 Japanese Derby at Tokyo Racecourse
The filly Winter won the English 1000 Guineas over her favored stablemate Rhododendron at odds of close to 10-1 but won't sneak up on anyone Sunday at The Curragh, where Winter bids for a second classic victory in the Group 1 Irish 1000 Guineas.
Werther and Blazing Speed are back for Sunday's $1,283,416 Champions and Chater Cup at 1 1/2 miles on turf, the final Group 1 race of the 2016-17 Hong Kong season.
It was not the eminently quotable Winston Churchill who first noted that “discretion is the better part of valor,” but that is the sentiment guiding the management of the excellent 3-year-old colt named after him.