When Beauty Generation won the Group 1 Stewards’ Cup at a mile on turf at Sha Tin Racecourse in Hong Kong in January 2019, the victory was his sixth success of a 10-race winning streak.

Beauty Generation was honored as Hong Kong’s Horse of the Year for the 2018-19 season, his second consecutive title.

SHA TIN SELECTIONS
(Sunday, January 19, 2020)

What is the shelf life of a promising performance from a young horse?

It’s been a good long while – two years and about three months, to get more specific – since Magic Lily showed plenty of promise, finishing third to the multiple Group 1-winner Laurens in the Group 1 Fillies' Mile at Newmarket.

Andrew Le Jeune:

R1: 7-4-8-9
R2: 9-2-8-11
R3: 5-10-9-4
R4: 11-2-4-1
R5: 7-3-9-1
R6: 1-5-6-3
R7: 2-5-12-7
R8: 1-6-11-8
R9: 2-3-1-9

Best: R5 N7 Surrealism
Each/way: R8 N1 Heart Conquered
Play: R8 Q/QP R8 1-6-11

Tom Wood:

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

Heart Conquered was a busy gelding as a 3-year-old in Australia, winning four of 12 starts in 2018-19.

His determination was on display when Heart Conquered overcame a troubled start to finish a fast-closing third in a handicap at five furlongs at Sha Tin Racecourse in Hong Kong on Jan. 1, his first start since mid-July and debut in Hong Kong.

HAPPY VALLEY SELECTIONS
(Wednesday, January 15, 2020)

Andrew Le Jeune:

R1: 9-6-4-2

R2: 6-9-3-8

R3: 1-7-2-10

R4: 1-3-13-11

R5: 5-3-11-7

R6: 2-14-9-6

R7: 1-5-4-7

R8: 9-2-11-4

R9: 4-8-5-3

R10: 6-2-10-13

Best: R9 N4 Be Ready

Each/way: R7 N1 King’s Trooper

Play: Q/QP R9 4-5-8

Tom Wood:

R1:      9 – 10 – 12 – 6

R2:      3 – 1 – 10 – 7

R3:      12 – 1 – 7 – 5

R4:      1 – 11 – 12 – 3

R5:      5 – 7 – 3 – 2

R6:      2 – 14 – 9 – 1

R7:      4 – 5 – 1 – 11

Heavily favored Benbatl cruised to victory Thursday at Meydan in the Group 2, $250,000 Singspiel Stakes, but heavily favored North America went down to defeat in the Grade 2, $300,000 Al Maktoum Challenge Round 1.

SHA TIN SELECTIONS
(Saturday, January 11, 2020)

Andrew Le Jeune:

R1: 10-11-1-6

R2: 2-9-1-6

R3: 10-1-2-4

R4: 7-11-5-12

R5: 8-3-1-5

R6: 6-1-5-8

R7: 11-7-6-1

R8: 10-2-1-11

R9: 2-1-10-3

Best: R5 N8 Murray’s Partners

Each/way: R8 N10 The Runner

Play: R5 Q/QP 1-3-8

Paul Lally:

R1 6-7-11-9

R2 2-1-4-9

R3 7-1-8-2

R4 5-7-12-11

R5 3-2-8-12

R6 8-5-4-9

R7 7-11-4-5

R8 6-4-1-2

R9 2-10-5-1

Best Bet: R1 N6 Focus