Paul Lally:
R1 4-7-10-6
R2 3-8-4-7
R3 7-10-1-2
R4 11-4-8-7
R5 1-6-3-2
R6 6-2-1-10
R7 1-2-5-10
R8 3-2-5-4
R9 3-11-1-7
Best Bet R5 N1 Scotch Tycoon
Longshot R4 N11 Fortune Hero
Play R4 QQP 4-8-11
Tom Wood:
R1: 4-10-9-5
R2: 8-3-4-5
R3: 10-2-7-11
R4: 4-6-8-9
R5: 7-2-1-9
R6: 6-1-2-10
R7: 1-5-12-11
R8: 2-3-12-5
R9: 7-1-3-11
Two races into her 2022 campaign, the Australian filly Oakfield Arrow is in career-best form.
She won a seven-furlong handicap at Rosehill Gardens in Sydney on Jan. 8, and three weeks later was beaten a nose in a handicap at 6 1/2 furlongs at the same venue.
A 4-year-old, Oakfield Arrow has won 2 of 12 starts and is being given a clear goal in coming months – qualifying for the $360,200 Provincial Championship Stakes at seven furlongs at Royal Randwick Racecourse in Sydney on April 9.
Sight Success this Hong Kong season has demonstrated versatility to match his ability, winning races over the Happy Valley turf course and the Sha Tin dirt track, and finishing a solid second in a Sha Tin grass contest. His latest challenge: carrying top weight of 132 pounds and breaking from post 12 in the co-featured ninth race Wednesday at Happy Valley.
Ho Ho Khan, In a Twinkling and White Hawk were the first three finishers in the Grade 3 Hobart Cup at Hobart Racecourse on Feb. 13.
They meet again as part of a field of 10 in Wednesday’s Group 3 Launceston Cup at Launceston Racecourse, with a predictable change in weight assignments for the handicap.
Ho Ho Khan’s assignment has been increased from 130 pounds to 134.4. In a Twinkling remains at 125.6 pounds, while White Hawk drops slightly from 123 to 122.3.
Café Pharoah rallied between horses in early stretch to win Sunday’s Grade 1 February Stakes at a mile on dirt at Tokyo Racecourse in Japan for the second consecutive year, earning a fees-paid berth to the Breeders’ Cup Classic at Keeneland in November.
Ridden by Yuichi Fukunaga, Café Pharoah ($11.20) was sixth on the turn and took the lead with a furlong remaining, winning by 2 1/2 lengths over 11-1 T M South Dan. Sodashi, the 5-2 favorite, finished third of 16, fading from contention in the final furlong. Sodashi was the champion 2-year-old filly of 2019.
Russian Emperor required a dozen Hong Kong races to finally win one, but his first Hong Kong success was a major one.
Relishing a yielding Sha Tin turf course that the heavily favored Golden Sixty disliked, Russian Emperor stormed to a 4 1/4-length win in the Group 1, $1.54 million Hong Kong Gold Cup on Saturday.
Finishing second was Russian Emperor’s Douglas Whyte-trained stablemate, Savvy Nine, as Golden Sixty could do no better than third after a ground-losing trip over wet going his connections claimed he could not handle.
The wins continue to accumulate while the competition gets slightly tougher for Vandangle, the 4-year-old Australian gelding.
Vandangle won his fourth start against maidens at seven furlongs at Tuncurry Racecourse on Jan. 15 and his debut against winners in a one-mile handicap at Tamworth on Jan. 29.
Those consecutive wins have led to a start in another one-mile handicap at Tamworth on Monday against a better field. Vandangle was favored in his recent wins and will be the choice again on Monday in a field of 12.
Paul Lally:
R1 7-5-4-1
R2 4-8-1-10
R3 1-3-4-6
R4 1-2-10-13
R5 6-2-10-1
R6 3-2-4-1
R7 12-9-5-2
R8 1-2-4-11
R9 1-5-10-4
R10 6-8-13-3
Best Bet R7 N12 Super Fortune
Longshot R2 N4 Amazing Victory
Play R7 QQP 5-9-12
Nick Child:
R1 | 7-1-4-5
R2 | 8-4-1-6
R3 | 3-1-4-7
R4 | 1-2-3-5
R5 | 12-2-10-3
R6 | 7-3-9-2
R7 | 5-12-2-4
R8 | 4-1-2-11
R9 | 1-7-3-2
R10 | 3-4-5-8
Lazuli won for the first time since May and recorded his fourth stakes win in Friday’s Group 2 Blue Point Stakes at five furlongs on turf at Meydan Racecourse in Dubai.
The win moved Lazuli closer to a potential start in the Group 1 Al Quoz Sprint on turf on the Dubai World Cup undercard March 26.
Ridden by William Buick, Lazuli ($3.20) stalked the pace early in the five-furlong race, took the lead in the final quarter-mile, and won by 1 1/2 lengths over 9-1 Acklam Express in a field of nine.
