R1: 1-4-6-10
R2: 5-1-11-4
R3: 2-3-5-4
R4: 11-8-4-5
R5: 10-1-3-9
R6: 2-1-4-11
R7: 4-2-8-5
R8: 5-4-10-8
R9: 5-1-8-7

Best: R4 N11 Oversubscribed
Each/way: R6 N2 Winning Delight
Play: R4 Q/QP 4-8-11

Paul Lally:

R1 1-4-7-2
R2 4-5-1-11
R3 3-2-4-1
R4 11-4-5-7
R5 3-1-8-2
R6 6-1-4-8
R7 4-1-8-2
R8 10-5-4-2
R9 1-7-2-6

Best: R5 N3 Fast Most Furious
Long: R3 N3 Harrier Jet
Play: R5 QQP 1-3-8

Tom Wood:

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia – The capital of Saudi Arabia felt like expected Tuesday. In the desert city of Riyadh, the wind was still, the weather warm and dry.

Yet at an isolated location on the outskirts of town 40 kilometers north of downtown Riyadh, the racetrack atmosphere Tuesday was not so still. Things were happening, and the preparation felt familiar, like the anticipation prior to a major race anywhere in the world.

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Twice in the last four months, Encouraging has looked like a winner in the stretch in Hong Kong only to finish behind Golden Sixty. At least, Encouraging is keeping good company.

Golden Sixty won his second consecutive $1.28 million race in Sunday’s Hong Kong Classic Cup, a leading prep to the Hong Kong Derby on March 15.

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia – Horse racing maintains a relatively low profile in Saudi Arabia, and the only Thoroughbred track in the city of Riyadh was quiet during late training hours Monday morning.

That will change Saturday evening when many of the top male handicap horses from the United States, along with the top female, race for a $20 million purse in the inaugural Saudi Cup on the sweeping turns of King Abdulaziz Racetrack.

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Mozu Ascot earned a fees-paid berth to the $6 million Breeders’ Cup Classic at Keeneland on Nov. 7 and Cafe Pharoah earned 30 qualifying points for the Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs on May 2 with stakes wins at Tokyo Racecourse in Japan on Sunday.

Mozu Ascot, a Kentucky-bred 6-year-old by Frankel, won the Grade 1 February Stakes at a mile on dirt by 2 1/2 lengths as the 9-5 favorite in a field of 16. Ridden by Christophe Lemaire, Mozu Ascot closed from midpack to take the lead before the eighth pole.

Neither a recent illness nor a longer distance could stop Golden Sixty from winning another race in Hong Kong.

Golden Sixty pushed his record to nine wins from 10 starts as he bolted to a half-length win Sunday at Sha Tin in the $1.28 million Hong Kong Classic Cup.

The characteristics that have facilitated the glittering record went on overt display in the Classic Cup, where Golden Sixty used his elite athleticism to switch paths while hot on horses heels, then showed off his exceptional acceleration to get through a tight and closing hole and sprit home to victory.

Paul Lally:

R1: 6-12-2-3

R2: 7-14-6-10

R3: 7-14-11-6

R4: 12-2-5-8

R5: 3-2-9-4

R6: 9-5-4-6

R7: 3-1-8-4

R8: 6-2-3-7

R9: 5-10-9-12

R10: 10-8-4-1

Best R9 N5 Seattle Choice

Long R4 N12 Good Days

Play R9 QQP 5-9-10

Andrew Le Jeune:

R1: 6-3-12-4

R2: 7-4-2-6

R3: 7-14-6-3

R4: 5-11-8-14

R5: 3-13-9-4

R6: 6-9-14-5

R7: 3-1-2-4

R8: 12-6-3-7

R9: 5-12-9-4

R10: 1-4-10-8

Best: R7 N3 More Than This

The race card Sunday at Tokyo has linkages to America.

The Group 1 February Stakes over 1,600 meters on dirt is a Breeder’ Cup Challenge Win and You’re In race linked to the BC Classic, while the Hyacinth Stakes, another 1,600-meter dirt race, is the third race in the Japan Road to the Kentucky Derby.

Ten are entered in a fascinating renewal of the $1.28 million Hong Kong Classic Cup, middle leg of the 4-year-old classic series in Hong Kong.

Golden Sixty already scored a sparkling victory in the Hong Kong Classic Mile but must show he can race as effectively over 1,800 meters (about 1 1/8 miles) in Sunday’s start, to say nothing of the 2,000 meter test that would await him in the Hong Kong Derby.