Brave Anna and Roly Poly gave Irish trainer Aidan O’Brien a sweep of the exacta in Saturday’s $234,000 Cheveley Park Stakes for 2-year-old fillies at Newmarket, England, at the expense of the previously unbeaten Lady Aurelia, who finished third.
For her third and final transatlantic trip of 2016, the Kentucky-based filly Lady Aurelia will start in Saturday's $234,000 Cheveley Park Stakes at Newmarket Racecourse, a race that offers a different test. The Group 1 Cheveley Park Stakes is run at six furlongs for 2-year-olds fillies over a course with a notable uphill finish.
Consort's elusive first win in Asia may come on Sunday in the final race on a 10-race program at Sha Tin – the $225,659 Ventris Handicap at seven furlongs on turf.
Andrew Hawkins' Hong Kong Selections for Sunday, Sept. 25, 2016
Paul Lally and Brett Davis provide selections for Wednesday's card at Happy Valley in Hong Kong.
Three turf handicaps – two at six furlongs and one at about a mile – are the leading races on an eight-race program at Happy Valley Racecourse in Hong Kong on Wednesday. Each of the races, the last three on the program, were oversubscribed with 12-horse fields and also-eligible lists.
Andrew Hawkins' Hong Kong Selections for Wednesday, September 21, 2016
Brett Davis' and Paul Lally's Sha Tin selections for Sunday, Sept. 18, 2016
Winx, Australia’s leading horse, was the cozy winner of Saturday’s Group 1 George Main Stakes at a mile on turf at Royal Randwick Racecourse outside of Sydney. The $373,300 George Main Stakes was the 11th consecutive win for Winx.
Sunday at Sha Tin, Bad Boy will have his first start of the new season in the $225,567 Yeung UK Handicap at five furlongs on turf. Bad Boy is part of a field of 14 and needs the race, trainer John Moore insists.
