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Preparing to join Karis Teetan in the Shergar Cup at Ascot next month, Hugh Bowman slotted a treble at Happy Valley on Wednesday night (9 July) to soar past 70 winners for the season and reach a Hong Kong personal-best.
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Antoine Hamelin will depart Hong Kong’s riding ranks at the end of this season and the talented jockey is grateful for his experience and excited ahead of future endeavours as he gears up for a return to where it all began as a fresh-faced teenage apprentice in France.
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Luke Middlebrook's Hong Kong Selections and Analysis for Wednesday, July 7, 2025 at Happy Valley.
Woodshauna, coming from last of nine under Christophe Soummilon, split rivals with a furlong remaining and came out atop a four-horse blanket finish in the Group 1 Prix Jean Prat on Sunday at Deauville Racecourse in France.
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Already assured an eighth Hong Kong jockeys’ championship, Zac Purton slotted a quartet at Sha Tin on Saturday (5 July) as Derek Leung narrowed the gap to Matthew Poon in a tightening battle for the Tony Cruz Award as Hong Kong’s leading homegrown rider.
Delacroix bounced back from his ninth-place finish as the Derby favorite and landed a thrilling renewal of the Eclipse Stakes on Saturday at Sandown Racecourse in England.
Sixth in the Dante at odds-on, The Lion In Winter finished 14th in the Epsom Derby at 7-1, and on Sunday at Deauville Racecourse a colt broadly assumed to suit 1 1/2-mile racing gets cut back to a sprint distance in the Prix Jean Prat.
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Luke Middlebrook's Hong Kong Selections and Analysis for Saturday, July 5, 2025, at Sha Tin.
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Four-year-old Ombudsman scored a breakout victory last month at Royal Ascot in the Prince of Wales's Stakes and paid $16.80 on the American tote. You'll get a small fraction of that price if, as widely expected, Ombudsman backs up his Ascot performance in the Eclipse Stakes on Saturday at Sandown Park.
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Zac Purton hailed David Eustace’s horsemanship after Light Years Charm (129lb) continued impressive progress with victory in the HK$2.84 million Class 2 Hong Kong Reunification Cup Handicap (1400m) at Sha Tin on Tuesday (1 July).
