Lake Victoria completed a Group 1 double Sunday at The Curragh for trainer Aidan O’Brien and jockey Ryan Moore, winning the Irish 1000 Guineas by 2 1/4 lengths.
Proven at 1 1/4 miles, the outsider Kamunyak handled her debut at 1 1/2 miles with an upset win in Sunday’s Grade 1 Japanese Oaks at Tokyo Racecourse.
A passive ride might have cost Field of Gold victory in the English 2000 Guineas earlier on May 3 at Newmarket, but there was no stopping the colt Saturday at The Curragh in the Irish 2000 Guineas.
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Bidding for his first major race win in Hong Kong, Tom Marquand hopes stamina will prove decisive when he partners Dubai Honour in the HK$13 million G1 Standard Chartered Champions & Chater Cup (2400m) at Sha Tin on Sunday (25 May).
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While American racing voices shout back and forth about the spacing of the Triple Crown, no one in Hong Kong pays their Triple Crown a whole lot of heed. It’s only a point of increased conversation this season because Voyage Bubble on Sunday at Sha Tin has a chance to become the first Hong Kong Triple Crown winner since River Verdon pulled off the feat 31 years ago.
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Lake Victoria raced five times at age 2 and won three Group 1s, the last of them the Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf. Swelter raced once at age 2 and won a maiden race at Leopardstown. Yet there might not be much between the two fillies when they meet Sunday at The Curragh in the Irish 1000 Guineas.
For the reigning Australian Horse of the Year, Pride of Jenni has not had a campaign befitting such an honor. A 7-year-old mare, Pride of Jenni has won 3 of 9 starts since the season began in August, but has lost six starts in Group 1 races. There is time to win at the highest level in Friday’s Group 1 Doomben Cup at 1 1/4 miles at Doomben Racecourse in Brisbane.
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Luke Middlebrook's Hong Kong Selections and Analysis for Sunday, May 25, 2025 at Sha Tin.
Many believed Field of Gold should have won the English 2000 Guineas on May 3 at Newmarket. Even more think he will win the Irish 2000 Guineas on Saturday at The Curragh. English bookmakers as of Thursday offered Field of Gold at odds-on to win the Irish classic, where he faces eight runners under a new jockey, Colin Keane.
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Preparing to bid for an extraordinary 11th HK$13 million G1 Standard Chartered Champions & Chater Cup (2400m) triumph at Sha Tin on Sunday (25 May), Tony Cruz laid down a positive marker for this weekend’s staying test with California Moxie’s success at Happy Valley on Wednesday night (21 May).
