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Luke Middlebrook's Hong Kong Selections and Analysis for Sunday, April 13, 2025
Luke Middlebrook's Hong Kong Selections and Analysis for Sunday, April 13, 2025, at Sha Tin.
The Hong Kong Jockey ClubApr 10, 2025
Luke Middlebrook's Hong Kong Selections and Analysis for Sunday, April 13, 2025, at Sha Tin.
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Via Sistina, the odds-on favorite to win her seventh Group 1 race since late August in Friday’s $3.08 million Queen Elizabeth Stakes at Royal Randwick Racecourse, is beatable.
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Hong Kong Selections for Wednesday, Aprl 9, 2025 at Happy Valley.
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An in-form David Eustace hopes Colourful King (128lb) can continue to advance when the three-year-old contests the Class 3 Hong Kong China Rugby Cup Handicap (1000m) under Andrea Atzeni on Wednesday night (9 March) at Happy Valley.
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Luke Middlebrook's Hong Kong Selections and Analysis for Wednesday, April 9, 2025 at Happy Valley.
Bellagio Opera accented his second consecutive win in the Grade 1 Osaka Hai at Hanshin Racecourse in Japan on Sunday with a course record of 1:56.40 for 1 1/4 miles on turf.
Even the third-string steeplechasers trained by Willie Mullins are stars. On Saturday at Aintree Racecourse near Liverpool, England, Nick Rockett ($71.40) won the Grade 1 Grand National Steeplechase, beating stablemate I Am Maximus, who won the 2024 running.
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The world saw on Saturday why Danon Decile was Japan’s champion 3-year-old male of 2024. In his first appearance outside of Japan, Danon Decile won the Group 1 Sheema Classic at Meydan Racecourse in Dubai, catching deep stretch leader, and 8-5 favorite, Calandagan in the final sixteenth.
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In his first start away from the Far East, the Japanese 7-year-old Soul Rush caught the heavily favored Romantic Warrior in the last stride to win the Group 1 Dubai Turf at 1 1/8 miles at Meydan Racecourse in Dubai on Saturday.
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Dark Saffron, a 3-year-old and the third-longest shot in a field of 11, led throughout Saturday’s Group 1 Golden Shaheen for sprinters at Meydan Racecourse in Dubai to win his first stakes against a top-class field.