Brett Davis – Selections
R1 – 4-5-11-10
R2 – 6-4-1-2
R3 – 10-2-4-9
R4 – 9-1-3-5
R5 – 11-1-2-6
R6 – 2-9-6-1
R7 – 8-4-1-5
R8 – 6-3-1-11
R9 – 11-8-14-2
R10 – 12-5-6-10
Best – R8 N6 Picken
Longshot – R5 N11 Break Record
Best Play – R9 Q/Qp 8,11,14
Tom Wood:
R1: 2 – 3 – 4 – 8
R2: 6 – 4 – 2 – 11
R3: 2 – 6 – 3 – 1
R4: 1 – 5 – 9 – 2
R5: 3 – 6 – 7 – 2
R6: 2 – 6 – 1 – 8
R7: 1 – 2 – 8 – 3
Vow and Declare, second in the Group 1 Caulfield Cup on Oct. 19, won the Melbourne Cup in a blanket finish at Flemington Racecourse on Tuesday in Australia.
Vow and Declare (10-1) was always near the front and prevailed by a head over 25-1 Master of Reality, who was disqualified and placed fourth for causing interference after drifting in near the finish.
Paul Lally:
R1 11-5-12-1
R2 1-2-6-12
R3 1-9-11-7
R4 9-7-4-5
R5 12-9-1-6
R6 6-11-1-9
R7 3-1-4-6
R8 8-2-3-4
R9 7-1-11-6
Best Bet R8 N8 Gentle Breeze
Longshot R9 N7 Namjong Sings
Play Race8 QQP 2 3 8
Andrew Le Jeune:
R1: 10-11-1-4
R2: 6-1-2-3
R3: 9-1-11-10
R4: 1-7-5-4
R5: 6-10-4-1
R6: 1-3-11-6
R7: 3-1-6-4
R8: 2-4-8-3
R9: 11-6-1-4
The warmup race has been completed. Yoo Yoo King can win for the first time in his career in Hong Kong in Wednesday’s O’Brien Handicap for sprinters at Happy Valley Racecourse.
A 4-year-old South African-bred, Yoo Yoo King was 12th in his Hong Kong debut on July 1, toward the end of the circuit’s 2018-19 season. Yoo Yoo King finished a troubled fourth in his first start of the current season, on Oct. 9.
Yoo Yoo King raced in traffic in the final sixteenth and was beaten 1 1/4 lengths. The stewards conducted an inquiry, but did not change the order of finish.
The Group 1 Melbourne Cup at Flemington Racecourse in Australia on Tuesday will have a significant European feel, continuing a trend in recent years.
Of the 24 runners in the two-mile race, 14 have raced in Europe this year. There are nine horses in the field that have been based in Australia in 2019 and one from Japan.
European-based trainers have won the last two runnings – Rekindling for trainer Joseph O’Brien of Ireland in 2017 and Cross Counter for Charlie Appleby of England last year.
The Group 3, $414,721 Sa Sa Ladies Purse on Sunday at Sha Tin should offer plenty of clues toward the Hong Kong International Races next month.
Among 11 entrants are Exultant, who won the Hong Kong Vase on the International card in 2019; Time Warp, who captured the Hong Kong Cup in 2017; and Furore, who won the Hong Kong Derby and Hong Kong Classic Mile last season, two thirds of the Four-year-old Classic Series. Dark Dream, who also ran well last racing season in the Four-year-old Classic Series, and Singapore Sling add depth to a field that’s strong for the class level.
Brett Davis – Selections
R1 – 9-5-2-1
R2 – 3-12-8-2
R3 – 5-8-3-6
R4 – 10-7-2-12
R5 – 3-4-5-7
R6 – 7-8-1-3
R7 – 9-2-3-1
R8 – 1-5-6-3
Best – R8 N1 Chefano
Longshot – R7 N3 Coby Boy
Best Play – R3 Q/Qp 3,5,8
Andrew Le Jeune:
R1: 2-9-4-3
R2: 12-8-1-2
R3: 1-3-8-4
R4: 8-4-10-12
R5: 4-3-5-2
R6: 6-7-5-4
R7: 9-1-3-11
R8: 1-6-7-5
Best: R5 N4 King’s Trooper
Each/Way: R6 N6 The Runner
Play: Q/QP R6 5-6-7
Paul Lally:
