Hong Kong selections for Saturday, Oct. 8, 2016
Hong Kong selections for Saturday, Oct. 8, 2016
DRF StaffOct 07, 2016
Hong Kong selections for Saturday, Oct. 8, 2016
Churchill is the early favorite for the 2017 English 2000 Guineas and therefore will be heavily favored Saturday at Newmarket in the Group 1 Dewhurst Stakes for 2-year-olds over seven furlongs.
Renaissance Art, a 5-year-old Kentucky-bred gelding who began his career in Ireland, has found his niche in Hong Kong.
Andrew Hawkins' Hong Kong Selections for Saturday, Oct. 8, 2016
Spatial and Sobetsu, maiden race winners at Newmarket Racecourse in recent months, will make their first starts in stakes amidst high expectations in Friday’s $680,744 Fillies’ Mile at Newmarket.
Hong Kong Selections for Wednesday, October 5, 2016 at Happy Valley.
Two six-furlong turf handicaps are the leading races on an eight-race program Wednesday at Happy Valley Racecourse in Hong Kong. First post is 7:15 a.m. Eastern.
Andrew Hawkins' Hong Kong Selections for Happy Valley on Wednesday, October 5, 2016
Red Falx won his third consecutive race, and first in a Grade 1, in Sunday’s $1,890,292 Sprinters’ Stakes at Nakayama Racecourse in Japan. The Sprinters’ Stakes is part of the Breeders’ Cup Win and You’re In program, offering a fees paid berth for the winner to the BC Turf Sprint at Santa Anita on Nov. 5
Limato won his second Group 1 sprint of the European season in Sunday’s $336,930 Prix de la Foret at seven furlongs at Chantilly Racecourse in France, and is expected to race at Santa Anita on the Breeders’ Cup program on Nov. 5.