Hong Kong Selections for Wednesday, May 10, 2017
Hong Kong selections for Wednesday, May 10 at Happy Valley.
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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.
The Group 1 Champions Mile at Sha Tin Racecourse in Hong Kong on Sunday will provide a stern class test for the brilliant 4-year-old Rapper Dragon.
Saturday is Kentucky Derby Day at Churchill Downs, and across the Atlantic Ocean at Newmarket Racecourse in England, a horse named Churchill is the favorite to win the Group 1 English 2000 Guineas, the first European classic race of the season.