Thu, 10/17/2019 - 19:29

Redzel will try to scale Everest a third time at Royal Randwick but Santa Ana Lane is favored

Redzel is the only winner The Everest has known in the Australian sprint race’s two-year history and on Saturday at Royal Randwick, Redzel will try to win his third Everest when he faces 15 rivals.

The $9.56 million (US) Everest is Australia’s version of the Pegasus World Cup, with connections shelling out big bucks for a spot in this six-furlong race around a right-handed turn.

Thu, 10/17/2019 - 14:36

Extremely soft conditions will affect the British Champions Day card

Justin N. Lane
Magical (No. 5) finished second to Enable in the 2018 Breeders' Cup Turf (above). She won the Group 1 Irish Champion Stakes five weeks ago.

To escape the long shadow of the great Enable, Magical is traveling to a bog.

In truth, Magical is shipping this weekend from trainer Aidan O’Brien’s base in Ireland to Ascot Racecourse just west of London, but so rain-soaked is Ascot that three races on Saturday’s British Champions Day card scheduled for Ascot’s round course have been transferred to the inner course.

Thu, 10/17/2019 - 11:56

Declan Schuster's Hong Kong selections and analysis for Sunday, October 20, 2019

SHA TIN SELECTIONS
(Sunday, 20 October, 2019)

Tue, 10/15/2019 - 10:43

Hong Kong Selections for Wednesday, October 16, 2019

Brett Davis – Selections

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

Best – R5 n4 Xiang Bai Qi
Longshot – R3 N1 Ho Ho Feel
Best Play – R2 Trio 2 / 4,5,8,10

Paul Lally:

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

Best: R4 N10 Mister Monte
Longshot R7 N9 Momentum Galaxy
Play QQP 8-9-10>

Mon, 10/14/2019 - 14:17

My Ally just needs a little luck at Happy Valley

With a little racing luck, My Ally would have won in his first start for trainer John Moore in a six-furlong handicap at Happy Valley Racecourse in Hong Kong on Sept. 25. My Ally raced in traffic with a half-mile remaining and lost a shoe with about a quarter-mile remaining. Despite all that, My Ally was beaten a head.

Wednesday at Happy Valley, My Ally tries to win for the first time at the 2019-2020 Hong Kong season in the $184,847 Tai Tam Handicap at six furlongs on turf. My Ally will carry 132 pounds, one less than topweight Joyful Union in the field of 12.

Mon, 10/14/2019 - 10:29

Declan Schuster's Hong Kong selections and analysis for Wednesday, October 16, 2019

HAPPY VALLEY SELECTIONS
(Wednesday, 16 October, 2019)

Mon, 10/14/2019 - 10:09

Hong Kong Selections for Saturday, October 12, 2019

Brett Davis – Selections

 

R1 – 2-3-9-6

R2 – 13-3-4-6

R3 – 2-8-5-12

R4 – 9-10-12-1

R5 – 1-9-14-11

R6 – 2-9-7-3

R7 – 11-3-8-5

R8 – 11-3-2-9
R9 – 5-6-7-13

R10 – 10-6-2-3

 

Best – R6 N2   Gunnar  

Longshot – R2 N13   Victory In Hand

Best Play – R8   Q/Qp   2,3,11

 

Paul Lally:

R1 3-1-5-2

R2 6-13-7-4

R3 2-8-4-5

R4 2-1-5-9

R5 14-9-12-1

R6 2-1-3-8

R7 11-8-5-3

R8 12-11-3-1

Mon, 10/14/2019 - 10:04

Declan Schuster's Hong Kong selections and analysis for Saturday, October 12, 2019

SHA TIN SELECTIONS
(Saturday, 12 October, 2019)

Sat, 10/12/2019 - 16:04

Pinatubo wraps up perfect season in Dewhurst Stakes

Pinatubo set the bar so high in his last two starts that a two-length victory in one of Europe’s most important juvenile races, the Group 1 Dewhurst, felt like a letdown.

Fri, 10/11/2019 - 15:53

Quadrilateral gets up to win Fillies Mile by a head at Newmarket

Quadrilateral won her stakes debut in Friday’s Group 1 Fillies Mile at Newmarket, England to become the future-book favorite for the Group 1 English 1000 Guineas at the same track in May.

Ridden by Jason Watson, his first Group 1 race, Quadrilateral rallied through the final quarter-mile to win by a head as the 9-4 favorite, edging 7-1 Powerful Breeze. Love, the winner of the Group 1 Moyglare Stud Stakes in Ireland on Sept. 15, finished third, beaten 1 1/2 lengths in the field of nine.