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Luke Middlebrook's Hong Kong Selections and Analysis for Wednesday, June 11, 2025
Luke Middlebrook's Hong Kong Selections and Analysis for Wednesday, June 11, 2025 at Happy Valley.
The Hong Kong Jockey ClubJun 09, 2025
Luke Middlebrook's Hong Kong Selections and Analysis for Wednesday, June 11, 2025 at Happy Valley.
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David Eustace added further lustre to a burgeoning Hong Kong debut season when emerging talent Light Years Charm swept to victory in the HK$2.84 million Class 2 Lee On Handicap (1400m) at Sha Tin on Sunday (8 June), presenting the young trainer with his 30th winner of the campaign.
Trainer Aidan O’Brien landed this 11th Derby on Saturday at Epsom Downs and did so with the longest price among his three runners. Lambourn set out for the lead straight from gate, appeared to set a strong pace, and never had an anxious moment, crossing the line a 3 3/4-length winner under Wayne Lordan, a longtime fixture in the O’Brien orbit who won his first Derby.
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Minnie Hauk, making her fourth start, outdueled stablemate Whirl in the final furlong to win Friday’s Group 1 English Oaks at Epsom Racecourse in Britain, giving trainer Aidan O’Brien an 11th career win in the historic race.
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Aiming to close an impressive first season in Hong Kong with a flourish, David Eustace hopes Light Years Charm can handle a rise in grade when he tackles the HK$2.84 million Class 2 Lee On Handicap (1400m) at Sha Tin on Sunday (8 June).
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Hong Kong Selections for Sunday, June 8, 2025, at Sha Tin.
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Luke Middlebrook's Hong Kong Selections and Analysis for Sunday, June 8, 2025, at Sha Tin.
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Soul Rush, the 2024 champion miler in Japan, secured a fees-paid berth to the Breeders’ Cup Mile on Nov. 1 at Del Mar with his upset victory in the Group 1 Dubai Turf in the United Arab Emirates in April. Two months later, Soul Rush is back in Japan and the focus of attention in Sunday’s Grade 1 Yasuda Kinen at Tokyo Racecourse.
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The Hong Kong Jockey Club is bringing back the ‘Summer Series’ at Sha Tin Racecourse, featuring 4pm start times, live music, entertainment, culinary options and Hong Kong’s world-class horse racing. A total of seven race meetings in the series will be held from Sunday, 8 June to Sunday, 13 July – the ‘Sha Tin Season Finale’ of the current 2024/25 Hong Kong racing season, which concludes on Wednesday, 16 July at Happy Valley with the 88th and final fixture.
Month-by-month since February, the Australian 3-year-old Philia has compiled a four-race winning streak that has made her the favorite to win Friday’s Group 1 Queensland Oaks at Eagle Farm Racecourse.