Andrew Le Jeune:

R1: 8-9-1-5

R2: 3-1-2-6

R3: 10-12-4-3

R4: 2-1-5-10

R5: 1-8-5-3

R6: 12-3-2-4

R7: 9-4-3-1

R8: 4-1-6-3

R9: 12-3-14-6

R10: 10-1-6-14

Best: R8 N4 Lakeshore Eagle

Each/way: R9 N12 Amazing Beats

Play: R9 Q/QP 3-12-14

Tom Wood:

R1:      8 – 5 – 11 – 9

R2:      4 – 1 – 2 – 3

R3:      13 – 3 – 8 – 10

R4:      2 – 1 – 3 – 9

R5:      1 – 3 – 2 – 8

R6:      3 – 12 – 2 – 4

R7:      4 – 9 – 1 – 10

Gladiator King, who won the Hutcheson Stakes this past spring at Gulfstream Park, made a winning Dubai debut on Thursday when he captured the Group 3, $200,000 Dubawi Stakes by a neck over Ibn Malik.

Beauty Legacy brings a hefty reputation to his Hong Kong debut in Sunday’s $269,600 Broadwood Handicap at seven furlongs on turf at Sha Tin Racecourse.

In early 2019, Beauty Legacy won the Group 2 Autumn Stakes at seven furlongs and was later third in the Group 1 Australian Guineas and seventh in the All-Star Mile at Flemington Racecourse when racing under the name Hawkshot.

Beauty Legacy had his name changed when he was transferred to Hong Kong, arriving at trainer John Size’s stable in July.

SHA TIN SELECTIONS
(Sunday, January 5, 2019)

Andrew Le Jeune:

R1: 3-2-6-1

R2: 1-10-12-5

R3: 10-3-11-7

R4: 11-4-13-3

R5: 10-2-12-5

R6: 6-3-4-12

R7: 4-7-3-1

R8: 1-13-11-5

R9: 8-1-11-3

R10: 3-1-5-6

Best: R3 N10 Oversubscribed

Each/way: R9 N8 Playa Del Puente

Play: R9 Q/QP 1-8-11

Paul Lally:

R1 2-3-1-6

R2 10-5-6-1

R3 7-6-3-10

R4 11-9-3-1

R5 2-1-8-10

R6 12-4-10-11

R7 7-5-4-1

R8 1-11-2-13

R9 1-6-2-10

R10 5-11-13-2

Andrew Le Jeune:

R1: 8-6-4-5
R2: 12-3-1-7
R3: 5-2-9-6
R4: 3-6-9-4
R5: 11-4-1-2
R6: 3-6-7-11
R7: 8-1-2-7
R8: 8-2-3-9
R9: 14-1-3-2
R10: 4-9-6-14

Best: R8 N8 Lucky More
Each/Way: R3 N5 Total Power
Play: Q/QP R8 2-3-8

Tom Wood:

SELECTIONS:

The word “international” gets thrown around as a marketing tool, a brittle term intended to connote sophistication that often rings hollow. But make no mistake: The Dubai World Cup Carnival, which starts again Thursday at Meydan Racecourse, is truly international. Even before horses ship for the Dubai World Cup card on March 28, stables from jurisdictions as far flung as Sweden, Korea, and Australia will set up shop for some rich winter racing in the desert.

Nearly two years have passed since Seasons Bloom won a Group 1 race in Hong Kong, in the Stewards Cup at a mile at Sha Tin in late January 2018.

Seasons Bloom is winless in six subsequent starts in Group 1 races, including a ninth in the Hong Kong Sprint at Sha Tin on Dec. 8. A lesser race, such as Wednesday’s Group 3 Chinese Club Challenge Cup at seven furlongs at Sha Tin, seems a better fit for the 7-year-old gelding.

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SHA TIN SELECTIONS
(Wednesday, January 1, 2020)

Hong Kong bettors adore Big Party, who will have his group stakes debut in Sunday’s Group 3 Bauhinia Sprint Trophy at five furlongs on turf at Sha Tin Racecourse.

Big Party, trained by Frankie Lor, has been favored in all eight of his starts since his career debut in October 2018, a span that includes four wins. Big Party rebounded from a fifth-place finish in a minor handicap at six furlongs at Sha Tin on Nov. 17 to win a six-furlong minor handicap at Happy Valley Racecourse on Dec. 18, enhancing his credentials for Sunday’s race.