Paul Lally:
R1 3-2-1-8
R2 7-1-5-8
R3 2-4-1-12
R4 1-9-10-5
R5 9-4-7-2
R6 2-6-5-3
R7 1-3-6-2
R8 11-9-12-3
R9 14-1-7-8
R10 8-7-9-10
Best Bet R6 N2 Beato
Longshot R9 N14 La City Blanche
Play R4 QQP 1-9-10
Nick Child:
R1 | 2-1-10-11
R2 | 1-7-2-3
R3 | 4-2-5-1
R4 | 1-9-5-3
R5 | 4-7-9-8
R6 | 6-2-3-7
R7 | 3-1-2-6
R8 | 11-9-1-2
R9 | 1-8-7-2
R10 | 3-7-6-8
The Group 1 Caulfield Cup at Caulfield Racecourse may lose its pre-race favorite in Gold Trip if conditions are too firm for the $3.16 million race.
Gold Trip was the winner of the Group 1 Melbourne Cup last November, and is scheduled to start in the same race on Nov. 7. The Caulfield Cup could be his final prep for the Melbourne Cup at two miles.
One reason the Breeders’ Cup has made Southern California the anchor of its late-season racing festival is weather. Warm air, fast dirt, firm turf – proper conditions for top-class racing. You won’t find Southern California weather in England during mid-October, and conditions for Champions Day, England’s late-season racing festival Saturday at Ascot, will be messy.
Rain already had turned the course soft Thursday and with Storm Babet bringing more intense rainfall Friday into Saturday, soft could become heavy.
By Leo Schlink
Fresh from a Happy Valley double, Pierre Ng will bid to add further impetus to an impressive start to the season by throwing down the gauntlet to champion sprinter Lucky Sweynesse with Duke Wai in the G2 Premier Bowl Handicap (1200m) at Sha Tin on Sunday (22 October).
Fourth in the G3 Korea Sprint (1200m, sand) behind Japan’s Remake – who set a course record – in Seoul on 10 September, Duke Wai (117lb) returns to Sha Tin on Sunday when he will face Lucky Sweynesse (135lb), Sight Success (121lb), Victor The Winner (118lb), Stoltz (117lb) and Adios (115lb).
SHA TIN SELECTIONS
(Sunday, October 22, 2023)
Race 1: #3 Casa Legend, #2 Prosecco, #1 Master Of Luck, #9 Yoo Yoo Knight
Race 2: #4 Gallant Goody, #1 Ka Ying Cheer, #14 Get The Monies, #6 Speedy Fortune
Race 3: #14 Super Contented, #12 Champion Instinct, #2 Champion Method, #4 Rubylot
Race 4: #7 Joyful Prosperity, #10 Po On Way, #14 Strongest Boy, #1 Chancheng Glory
Dreamdeel has won two of three career starts at a mile in Australia and a return to that distance for the first time since August in the minor Krambach Cup at Taree Racecourse on Thursday evening may end a three-race losing streak at longer distances.
A winner of 4 of 21 starts, Dreamdeel is part of a field of nine in the Krambach Cup and was the co-favorite at 5-2 with Scorched Land in early betting as of Wednesday.
Scratched from a race against males earlier this week, Cholante will start favored in a handicap at 5 1/2 furlongs for fillies and mares at Hawkesbury Racecourse in Australia on Wednesday evening.
Cholante, a winner of 2 of 7 starts, will carry topweight of 135.5 pounds against eight opponents and starts from the inside post. The draw may not make a significant difference for Cholante since the 4-year-old filly runs from off the pace.
Paul Lally:
R1 11-1-5-3
R2 1-4-5-3
R3 5-1-4-2
R4 5-2-10-3
R5 8-11-12-9
R6 11-6-3-2
R7 12-10-2-3
R8 3-1-6-11
R9 5-2-3-12
Best Bet R5 N8 Round The Globe
Longshot R7 N12 Thesis
Play R9 QQP 2-3-5
Nick Child:
R1 | 6-5-9-1
R2 | 4-12-3-1
R3 | 5-1-6-2
R4 | 7-2-4-6
R5 | 8-1-4-9
R6 | 6-3-5-2
R7 | 10-2-9-3
R8 | 3-1-6-5
R9 | 2-5-7-9
Trainer Francis Lui declared Golden Sixty a ‘happy horse’ ahead of his highly anticipated return this season in either the G2 BOCHK Private Wealth Jockey Club Mile (1600m) on 19 November or G1 LONGINES Hong Kong Mile (1600m) on 10 December.
