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Group 3 racing in Hong Kong continues this Wednesday (1 October) at Sha Tin when eight runners – headlined by last year’s winner Beauty Waves (135lb) – face off in the HK$4.2 million G3 National Day Cup Handicap (1000m) as part of the 10-race public-holiday programme on National Day in Hong Kong.
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Forever Young, third in the Kentucky Derby and Breeders’ Cup Classic in 2024 and the winner of the $20 million Saudi Cup in Saudi Arabia in February, will start for the first time since April as a massive favorite in Wednesday’s $457,700 Nippon TV Hai Stakes at Funabashi Racecourse in Tokyo, Japan.
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Luke Middlebrook's Hong Kong Selections and Analysis for Wednesday, October 1, 2025 at Sha Tin.
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My Wish remains on course for a tilt at the HK$36 million G1 LONGINES Hong Kong Mile (1600m) in December after sweeping to an emphatic victory in the HK$4.2 million G3 Celebration Cup Handicap (1400m) at Sha Tin on Sunday (28 September).
Win Carnelian, winless in 12 starts since a Grade 3 sprint at Tokyo Racecourse in February 2023, a span that included an 11th-place finish in the Breeders’ Cup Mile at Santa Anita in November 2023, won his first Grade 1 race in Sunday’s $2.19 million Sprinters Stakes at Nakayama Racecourse in Japan.
Favorites won the three group stakes for 2-year-olds Sunday at Newmarket Racecourse in England – Wise Approach in most dramatic fashion. Wise Approach clipped heels and stumbled about two strides into the Group 1 Middle Park Stakes, spotting his rivals some five lengths, but still surged to win by three-quarters of a length.
Hong Kong Selections for Sunday, September 28, 2025, at Sha Tin.
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Light Years Charm (125lb) steps into rarefied air at Sha Tin on Sunday (28 September) when he competes in Pattern company for the first time in a mouthwatering feature race, the G3 Celebration Cup Handicap (1400m).
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The well-traveled 6-year-old horse Satono Reve can solidify his status as Japan’s leading sprinter against a familiar cast of rivals in Sunday’s Grade 1 Sprinters Stakes at Nakayama Racecourse.
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Juvenile racing headlines the European scene on Saturday, with Newmarket hosting a pair of Group 1 sprints, the Cheveley Park and the Middle Park. Also carded is the Group 2 Royal Lodge over one mile, a race that regularly has produced Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf runners.
