Rivellino, unbeaten in three starts, including two stakes, may be overlooked in a wide-open running of the Group 1 Golden Slipper Stakes for Southern Hemisphere 2-year-olds at Rosehill Gardens Racecourse in Sydney, Australia, on Friday evening.
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Hong Kong Selections for Wednesday, March 19, 2025 at Happy Valley.
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Aurora Lady (128lb) and Beauty Destiny (125lb) are two of this season’s success stories at Happy Valley and tomorrow night (Wednesday, 19 March) the duo clashes for a second time in a hotly contested HK$2.84 million Class 2 Sports Handicap (1200m).
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Dennis Yip will attempt to win a consecutive HK$26 million BMW Hong Kong Derby (2000m) at Sha Tin on Sunday (23 March) when he saddles Noisy Boy in the third and the final leg of the Four-Year-Old Classic Series.
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Luke Middlebrook's Hong Kong Selections and Analysis for Wednesday, March 19, 2025, at Happy Valley.
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Bidding for a record-extending 13th Hong Kong trainers’ championship, John Size forged to a four-win lead in the 2024/25 standings with a treble at Sha Tin on Saturday (15 March) as the master horseman targets a fourth BMW Hong Kong Derby (2000m) triumph next weekend.
Inothewayurthinkin could not get near the star steeplechaser Galopin Des Champs in two Grade 1 races at Leopardstown Racecourse in Ireland earlier this winter, finishing fifth and fourth by a combined 22 3/4 lengths. Friday’s Grade 1 Cheltenham Gold Cup in western England was another matter.
Hong Kong Selections for Saturday, March 15, 2025 at Sha Tin.
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Any owner, trainer or jockey in Hong Kong is eager to participate in one of the city’s most prestigious races – the BMW Hong Kong Derby (2000m). Janice Cheng Po Hei and Patrick Kwok Ho Chuen, Members of Beauty Syndicate, are no exception and they are thrilled their four-year-old son of Starcraft secured a late admission ticket to the Classic, thanks to the horse’s impressive victory last Wednesday (12 March).
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Hugh Bowman is optimistic a drop in distance will pave the way for Sky Trust to push for victory in the first section of the Class 3 Cosmos Handicap (1400m) at Sha Tin on Saturday (15 March) when the gelding squares off with emerging talent Sky Jewellery.
