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As a result of her third-place finish in the world’s richest one-mile turf race, Melody Belle has been assigned co-high weight for Saturday’s Group 1 Doncaster Mile at Royal Randwick Racecourse in Sydney, Australia.

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Paul Lally:

R1 4-7-10-8
R2 4-9-1-2
R3 7-3-9-8
R4 7-2-3-6
R5 1-3-6-11
R6 5-8-10-4
R7 7-6-4-9
R8 5-3-13-1

Best Bet R5 N1 Jade Fortune
Longshot R2 N4 Good Luck Money
Play R5 QQP 1-3-6

Tom Wood:

R1: 8 – 7 – 3 – 4
R2: 1 – 2 – 4 – 8
R3: 7 – 3 – 4 – 2
R4: 7 – 2 – 3 – 4
R5: 1 – 6 – 14 – 4
R6: 8 – 4 – 9 – 5
R7: 9 – 4 – 7 – 11
R8: 5 – 1 – 4 – 3

Glorious Artist will return to his preferred surface on the infield dirt track at Sha Tin on Wednesday in the $270,862 Cheung Sha Handicap at about a mile and 50 yards. Judging from his recent turf form, Glorious Artist needs a change of scenery.

Trained by Frankie Lor, Glorious Artist has won 4 of 9 starts on the dirt track and 4 of 22 starts in his Hong Kong career. Glorious Artist, a 6-year-old Irish-bred gelding by Zoffany, won a handicap on the dirt track on Dec. 29 in his most recent start on the surface.

SHA TIN SELECTIONS
(Wednesday, April 1, 2020)

Verry Elleegant won Saturday’s Group 1 Tancred Stakes at Rosehill Gardens in Australia with such ease that trainer Chris Waller considers the 5-year-old mare a candidate for two of the country’s top races – the Caulfield Cup and world-famous Melbourne Cup in the autumn.

Ridden by James McDonald, Verry Elleegant, who paid $3.90 in North American pools, won the $894,000 Tancred Stakes at 1 1/2 miles on turf by 4 1/4 lengths over Mustajeer. Verry Elleegant closed from the middle of the field with a wide rally to take a commanding lead in the final furlong.

There will far more horses than racing fans when the Group 1, $2.53 million Takamatsunomiya Kinen is run Sunday at Chukyo Racecourse outside Nagoya, Japan.

Paul Lally:

R1 1-3-5-4

R2 4-5-3-6

R3 9-3-2-1

R4 8-12-5-13

R5 5-6-2-12

R6 1-2-8-13

R7 13-7-8-2

R8 6-1-12-13

R9 6-4-13-9

R10 5-7-3-12

Best Bet R10 N5 Duke Wai

Longshot R9 N6 Right Choice

Play Race9 4-6-13

Tom Wood:

R1:      1 – 8 – 4 – 6

R2:      3 – 4 – 6 – 5

R3:      9 – 3 – 1 – 2

R4:      10 – 8 – 12 – 7
R5:      6 – 5 – 7 – 2

None of the leading points earners in the Japanese Road to the Derby are entered to contest the series’ final leg, the Fukuryu Stakes on Saturday at Nakayama Racecourse, but the 1,800-meter (about 1 1/8 miles) dirt contest still drew some talented horses.

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