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Returning to Hong Kong for a short-term riding stint, Ryan Moore could determine the outcome of the DBS x Manulife Million Challenge at Happy Valley on Wednesday night (26 February) when the champion jockey partners two of the four horses still in contention for overall success in the series.
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Hong Kong Selections for Wednesday, February 26, 2025 at Happy Valley.
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Luke Middlebrook's Hong Kong Selections and Analysis for Wednesday, February 26, 2025 at Happy Valley.
Already a prolific winner in his brief career, Costa Nova won his Grade 1 debut in Sunday’s $1.564 million February Stakes for older horses at one mile on dirt at Tokyo Racecourse, earning a fees-paid berth to the $7 million Breeders’ Cup Classic at Del Mar on Nov. 1.
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The three-time stakes winner Emperor Wakea will start in a Grade 1 for the first time in Sunday’s $1.564 million February Stakes at a mile at Tokyo Racecourse in Japan, that nation’s first top-level race of the year. The February Stakes, for 4-year-olds and older, may have international ramifications. The winner receives a fees-paid berth to the Breeders’ Cup Classic at Del Mar on Nov. 1.
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Hong Kong Selections for Sunday, February 23, 2025, at Sha Tin.
Field of Play has earned approximately $184,600 by winning his first two starts in Australia since late December. A chunk of that was needed to pay a supplemental fee of more than $34,000 to make the gelding eligible to Friday’s Group 1 Blue Diamond Stakes for Southern Hemisphere 2-year-olds at Caulfield Racecourse in Melbourne, Australia.
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No Laurel River, the highest-rated horse in the world last year. No Sierra Leone, Breeders' Cup Classic winner and champion 3-year-old last year in America. No White Abarrio, smashing winner of the Pegasus World Cup, and no Locked, the on-the-come 4-year-old second to him in the Pegasus. All those defections yet the $20 million Saudi Cup still packs juice.
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It was in Maryland during May of 2023 that it became evident Straight No Chaser had world-class sprint talent. And if Straight No Chaser can win the $1.5 million Riyadh Dirt Sprint on Saturday night in Saudi Arabia, he can reasonably be called the best dirt sprinter in the world.
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Ricky Yiu believes Voyage Bubble is perfectly poised to extend a dominating season after drawing barrier one in the HK$13 million G1 Citi Hong Kong Gold Cup (2000m) at Sha Tin on Sunday (23 February).
