Paul Lally:
R1 2-5-11-9
R2 2-3-11-7
R3 10-11-9-8
R4 2-7-6-1
R5 2-11-4-10
R6 5-3-1-11
R7 1-2-8-10
R8 10-4-1-5
R9 3-10-1-5
Best Bet R4 N2 Royal Bomb
Longshot R8 N10 Super Power Man
Play R8 QQP 1-4-10
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Andrew Le Jeune:
Three Class 3 handicaps for horses rated 80-60 headline a nine-race card at Happy Valley in Hong Kong on Wednesday.
Race 4, which drew only eight entrants, is carded at 1,650 meters, while the other two races are sprints, the eighth at 1,000 meters and the last of nine races at 1,200 meters. First post for the program is 5:45 a.m. Eastern and you can catch all the action at DRFBets.com.
Awesome Lad had a perfect campaign in Australia in December, winning two sprint handicaps at Warwick Farm Racecourse in Sydney.
The winning streak ended with a second-place finish by 1 1/4 lengths against a better class of runners at Warwick Farm on Jan. 26, a loss that cannot be too harshly criticized. Sent off at 5-1, Awesome Lad closed from sixth in a field of 12.
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By Leo Schlink
Vincent Ho is confident a BMW Hong Kong Derby (2000m) tilt remains within Sea Of Life’s grasp as the emerging talent prepares to face a formidable double challenge in the Class 2 Yuen Long Handicap (1600m) at Sha Tin on Saturday (6 February).
Stepping to 1600m for the first time in Hong Kong, the Australian import also rises to Class 2 after successive Class 3 wins over 1200m and 1400m – both at Sha Tin.
Light weight assignments will be a boost for Barade and Double Your Tee in Sunday’s $191,650 Hobart Cup at Hobart Racecourse in Australia.
Barade, who may be a slight favorite in a very competitive field, will carry 119 pounds in the field of 15, slightly less than Double Your Tee at 120 pounds. The highweights, at 130 pounds, are Eastender and Mandela Effect. Of those, Mandela Effect is rated to have a better chance.
Toorak Affair, a 7-year-old mare who won the 2020 Hobart Cup, will carry 125.6 pounds and will be very well-supported.
R1 3-4-2-5
R2 3-10-2-11
R3 2-6-7-1
R4 2-6-7-1
R5 8-4-1-2
R4-8-2-12
R7 2-8-7-5
R8 4-7-1-6
R9 8-2-5-6
R10 11-1-12-7
Best Bet R10 N11 My Sugar
Longshot R8 N4 Trillion Win
Play R10 QQP 1-11-12
Tom Wood:
R1: 2-4-3-9
R2: 2-3-10-11
R3: 6-2-7-3
R4: 7-1-2-3
R5: 2-4-1-8
R6: 8-4-6-10
R7: 2-7-8-1
R8: 7-1-6-4
R9: 2-10-8-5
R10: 12-11-8-1
Secret Ambition dominated the Firebreak Stakes on Thursday night at Meydan Racecourse in Dubai while Mouheeb got up in the final strides to win the co-featured UEA 2000 Guineas.
Sir Dragonet, winner of the Group 1 Cox Plate in his debut in Australia in October and sixth in the Melbourne Cup on Nov. 3, will have his 2021 debut in Saturday’s Group 1 C.F. Orr Stakes at Caulfield Racecourse in Melbourne.
The $379,650 C.F. Orr Stakes is run at seven furlongs, shorter than the Cox Plate at about 1 1/4 miles or the two-mile Melbourne Cup, Australia’s most famous race. As of Thursday, Sir Dragonet was favored to win the C.F. Orr Stakes against nine rivals in what will be his first start in a sprint.
