Veracious won her first Group 1 race in her fourth try in Friday’s $250,000 Falmouth Stakes at a mile for fillies and mares at Newmarket Racecourse in England.
A 4-year-old, Veracious (6-1) was at the front under jockey Oisin Murphy throughout the straightaway course and held off a late threat from 10-3 One Master to win by a neck. I Can Fly, the 5-2 favorite, finished third in the field of six, beaten three lengths.
By the time Advertise won the Group 1 Commonwealth Cup for 3-year-old sprinters at Royal Ascot in England on June 21, winning jockey Frankie Dettori was at the center of attention as the leading rider at the famous five-day meeting.
Dettori ended Royal Ascot with seven wins. Advertise was the last of those victories, a day after Dettori rode the first four winners on the program in a valiant effort to sweep the six-race card.
SHA TIN SELECTIONS
(Sunday, July 14, 2019)
Race 1: #4 Good Runners Way, #12 Celebration, #6 Above, #1 Mister Monte
Race 2: #7 Whisky Knight, #6 Richcity Fortune, #2 Never Better, #1 Harbour Century
Race 3: #4 Pearl Champion, #8 Free View, #2 All You Need, #5 Fortunate Runner
Race 4: #5 Super Kin, #3 Monkey Jewellery, #4 Super Eighteen, #7 Blastoise
Race 5: #10 My Winner, #4 Care Free Prince, #3 My Power, #1 Falcon Turbo
Hong Kong has raised purses for three Group 1 races and the Hong Kong Derby for the circuit’s 2019-20 season that begins in September, according to a statement released earlier this week.
The Queen Elizabeth II Cup at 1 1/4 miles in April will be worth approximately $3.19 million, a gain of 4.2 percent, while the Champions Mile has been increased 11 perce to approximately $2.55 million. The Chairman’s Sprint Prize at six furlongs will have a purse of $2.3 million, a hike of 12.5 percent. Those races are run on the same program at Sha Tin Racecourse on a Sunday in late April.
One Master, fifth in the Breeders’ Cup Mile at Churchill Downs last November and winless in two starts this year, is expected to be a slight favorite in Friday’s Group 1 Falmouth Stakes for fillies and mares at a mile at Newmarket Racecourse in England.
One Master is part of a talented team trained by William Haggas for the Falmouth Stakes. The stable also runs Beshaayir, the winner of the Group 2 Lanwades Stud Stakes for fillies and mares at a mile at The Curragh in Ireland on May 25.
Brett Davis – Selections
R1 – 10-1-5-11
R2 – 1-10-6-2
R3 – 9-8-12-3
R4 – 9-2-7-8
R5 – 2-8-5-10
R6 – 3-5-7-1
R7 – 4-6-5-1
R8 – 3-2-9-11
R9 – 10-7-1-5
Best – R5 N2 Enfolding
Longshot – R3 N9 Junzi
Best Play – R6 Tce 1,3,5,7
Paul Lally:
R1 3-4-1-7
R2 1-10-2-6
R3 3-12-11-2
R4 5-8-2-11
R5 9-8-5-2
R6 10-7-1-2
R7 11-1-7-4
R8 2-10-11-12
R9 8-6-3-10
A nine-race program at Happy Valley Racecourse in Hong Kong may determine whether John Size or John Moore emerges as leading trainer for the season and whether leading jockey Zac Purton can break the record for most wins in a single-season.
The 2018-19 season ends at Sha Tin on Sunday. Wednesday’s program is the final day of the season at Happy Valley.
Purton had six wins at Sha Tin on Sunday to give him 164 wins for the season. He is within six wins of equaling Joao Moreira’s record of 170 victories in the season, set in 2016-17.
Too Darn Hot confirmed his status as a brilliant sprinter with a win in Sunday’s Group 1 Prix Jean Prat for 3-year-old colts and fillies at seven furlongs at Deauville, France.
Ridden by Frankie Dettori, Too Darn Hot (4-5) tracked the pace for the first five furlongs before taking the lead with more than a furlong remaining. Too Darn Hot was quickly clear and won by three lengths over 3-1 Space Blues, who was second in the Group 3 Jersey Stakes at Royal Ascot on June 22.
R1 – 9-6-5-1
R2 – 9-4-3-1
R3 – 2-7-4-11
R4 – 3-7-5-11
R5 – 9-10-8-5
R6 – 10-4-6-11
R7 – 11-2-3-13
R8 – 13-3-2-4
R9 – 4-11-1-3
R10 – 12-3-2-6
R11 – 6-7-4-10
Best – R9 N4 Yichun Blitz
Long – R11 N6 Cool Team
Best Play – R7 Q/Qp 2,3,11
Paul Lally:
R1 6-9-1-5
R2 4-1-3-9
R3 2-7-4-5
R4 5-4-10-3
R5 6-5-10-8
R6 4-11-10-6
R7 2-3-11-13
R8 13-3-2-12
R9 4-3-5-1
R10 3-6-8-2
R11 4-11-10-2
