HONG KONG – For the entire 2018-19 Hong Kong racing season, Beauty Generation was literally unbeatable. Eight starts, eight wins, four Group 1’s, a second straight Hong Kong Mile, and an international rating that put him near the top of the world.

R1 – 10-11-3-2
R2 – 6-7-8-9
R3 – 10-12-1-2
R4 – 11-2-4-6
R5 – 7-9-1-8
R6 – 4-2-3-8
R7 – 2-11-8-7
R8 – 10-12-6-5
R9 – 1-6-11-9

Best – R2 n6 Happy Hour
Longshot – R1 No 10 Fire And Gold
Best Play – R5 Quin 7 / 1,8,9

Tom Wood:

by Dick Powell

19 races
7 favorites won – 36.8%
12.42 average field size
$11.74 average win price

HONG KONG – Almond Eye and Beauty Generation were supposed to anchor the 2019 Hong Kong International Races, and while it’s unfair to say Sunday’s four Group 1’s at Sha Tin have been cast adrift and are sinking, the ship definitely has taken on some water.

HAPPY VALLEY SELECTIONS
(Wednesday, 4 December, 2019)

Almond Eye won’t race in the Hong Kong Cup on Dec. 8 at Sha Tin, her connections revealed Saturday.

The standout Japanese filly was set to be the star of the Hong Kong International Races, but her trip was scrapped after she developed a fever and was removed from the quarantine protocol in advance of travel this weekend. The defection is a heavy blow to the HKIR, which now will lean on the Japanese mare Deirdre and a pair of Aidan O’Brien-trained runners from Ireland, Anthony Van Dyck and Magic Wand, to carry the international banner.

Brett Davis – Selections

R1 – 7-1-10-5
R2 – 1-9-11-12
R3 – 1-3-2-7
R4 – 6-11-10-12
R5 – 9-14-6-4
R6 – 2-6-1-5
R7 – 4-7-10-2
R8 – 7-2-11-6
R9 – 4-13-11-14
R10 – 8-9-5-1

Best – R10 n8 Everyone’s Joy
Longshot – R6 n2 Zero Hedge
Best Play – R10 Q/Qp 5,8,9

Paul Lally:

R1 10-1-8-12
R2 1-11-9-12
R3 8-1-3-12
R4 1-6-5-12
R5 9-1-14-2
R6 5-2-1-8
R7 10-9-7-2
R8 2-6-3-7
R9 14-6-11-13
R10 12-5-1-8

They’re on the dirt for the Sunday feature at Sha Tin Racecourse in Hong Kong.

Race 8, the Mody Handicap, is a Class 2 event for horses rated 100-80 carded for 1200 meters (about six furlongs) over the track surface officially referred to as the “all-weather track” but actually composed of dirt.

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SHA TIN SELECTIONS
(Sunday, 1 December, 2019)

R1 – 4-6-7-1
R2 – 1-12-10-5
R3 – 9-12-7-1
R4 – 5-6-8-10
R5 – 8-6-4-10
R6 – 10-6-1-12
R7 – 11-7-12-4
R8 – 11-10-5-1
R9 – 5-9-7-10

Best – R1 n4 La Bomba
Longshot – R3 n9 Young Glory
Best Play – R1 Quin 4/6,7

Andrew Le Jeune:

R1: 1-7-4-6
R2: 1-12-9-10
R3: 1-12-2-3
R4: 4-10-1-8
R5: 4-10-3-2
R6: 6-1-5-10
R7: 7-2-10-12
R8: 11-1-2-3
R9: 10-5-6-7