SHA TIN SELECTIONS
Sunday, July 14, 2019
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Brett Davis
R1: 4-10-1-6
R2: 8-12-7-13
R3: 9-13-7-1
R4: 4-3-5-9
R5: 7-10-2-8
R6: 10-8-11-12
R7: 5-3-1-7
R8: 10-4-7-1
R9: 1-2-14-10
R10: 7-6-2-3
R11: 10-7-4-9
Best Bet – R3: #9 Have Fun Together
Longshot – R6: #10 Bullish Glory
Best Play – R9: Trio 1 / 2,8,10,14
Ten Sovereigns rebounded from a fourth-place finish as the even-money favorite in the Group 1 Commonwealth Cup at Royal Ascot on July 21 to win for the first time this year in Saturday’s Group 1 July Cup against older sprinters at Newmarket Racecourse in England.
Ridden by Ryan Moore, Ten Sovereigns (9-2) led early in the six-furlong race and briefly yielded the advantage to 20-1 Glorious Journey before retaking command in the final furlong.
Ten Sovereigns finished 2 3/4 lengths clear of 3-1 favorite Advertise, who won the Commonwealth Cup.
A perfect season gave Beauty Generation his second consecutive Horse of the Year title in Hong Kong for the 2018-19 season that ends this weekend.
Beauty Generation, a 6-year-old New Zealand-bred gelding, won a record eight races, all at Sha Tin Racecourse, from early October to late April. Trained by John Moore, Beauty Generation won four Group 1 races, including two international races – the Hong Kong Mile in December and the Champions Mile in April.
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
