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Luke Middlebrook's Hong Kong Selections and Analysis for Sunday, March 2, 2025
Luke Middlebrook's Hong Kong Selections and Analysis for Sunday, March 2, 2025, at Sha Tin.
The Hong Kong Jockey ClubFeb 27, 2025
Luke Middlebrook's Hong Kong Selections and Analysis for Sunday, March 2, 2025, at Sha Tin.
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Mark Newnham is hopeful My Wish’s improving race manners will allow the lightly-framed gelding to continue a barnstorming surge through the Four-Year-Old Classic Series with success in the HK$13 million Hong Kong Classic Cup (1800m) at Sha Tin on Sunday (2 March).
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Tony Cruz will attempt to win a third HK$13 million Hong Kong Classic Cup (1800m) at Sha Tin on Sunday (2 March) when he saddles Californiatotality and Stunning Peach in the second leg of the Four-Year-Old Classic series.
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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.
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.