Saturday’s sixth race at Royal Randwick Racecourse on the outskirts of Sydney, Australia, is officially known as the Group 1 Chipping Norton Stakes. The focus will be entirely on Winx as the immensely popular 8-year-old mare attempts to win her 31st consecutive start.

Winx is trained by Chris Waller and will start as a heavy favorite in the Chipping Norton Stakes at a mile on turf. The race is largely an intramural affair. Waller trains six of the seven entrants. Happy Clapper, a 9-year-old gelding who has won 7 of 29 starts, is trained by Patrick Webster.

Brundtland, one of four Godolphin horses entered, heads a seven-horse field in the Group 3, $300,000 Nad Al Sheba Trophy Stakes, featured race on the Dubai World Cup Carnival card Thursday night at Meydan Racecourse.

The Nad Al Sheba Trophy is carded at about 1 ¾ miles on turf, making it a prep for the two-mile Dubai Gold Cup on the March 30 Dubai World Cup card, and Brundtland’s connections certainly would aspire to that race.

Brett Davis – Selections

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

Best – R5 n5 Clear Choice
Longshot – R3 n10 Besta Luck
Best Play – R6 Q/Qp 4,7,9

Andrew Le Jeune:

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

Gamechangers has displayed steady improvement in recent starts in Hong Kong, and with those results has drawn the attention of bettors.

Trained by John Size, a runaway leader in the standings, Gamechangers won for the first time in the current Hong Kong season in a handicap at Happy Valley Racecourse on Jan. 16. Gamechangers followed with a third-place finish, by a short head, in a similar race at Sha Tin Racecourse on Feb. 7.

HAPPY VALLEY SELECTIONS
(Wednesday February 27, 2019)

SHA TIN SELECTIONS

(Sunday, February, 24)

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Brett Davis

R1: 2-9-4-1

R2: 4-3-5-2

R3: 2-11-10-12

R4: 6-3-4-5

R5: 11-4-1-10

R6: 3-1-6-7

R7: 7-12-5-3

R8: 2-3-4-11

R9: 3-9-5-14

R10: 10-2-7-14

Best Bet – R7: #7 California Archer  

Longshot – R1: #2 Daring Heart

Best Play – R1: Q/Qp 1,2,4,9

Paul Lally

R1: 1-4-6-12

Edgar Prado, the Hall of Fame jockey, was denied a jockey license in Saudi Arabia this week due to regulations in the country that prohibit the licensing of riders over the age of 50, the rider said on Twitter.

Prado, a 51-year-old native of Peru, said Thursday that he was heading back to the U.S. after being rejected for the license. The post included a copy of Saudi Arabian jockey club rules citing the prohibition on jockeys “over the age of 50 years or under the age of 16 years.”

A week after sweeping two Group stakes at Meydan Racecourse, Godolphin and trainer Charlie Appleby won three more on Thursday night at Meydan.

Mythical Magic proved much the best in the Group 2, $250,000 Zabeel Mile, Divine Image just got up in the Group 2, $250,000 UAE Oaks, and Spotify won the Group 3, $200,000 Dubai Millennium Stakes. William Buick rode Mythical Magic and Divine Image, while James Doyle was aboard Spotify.

SHA TIN SELECTIONS

(Sunday, February 24, 2019)

RACE 1: #11 Sunny Orient, #9 Victor Emperor, #6 Never Better, #1 Bingo Hero

RACE 2: #3 Superich, #2 Victory Boys, #4 Time To Celebrate, #6 Epic

RACE 3: #12 Voyage Star, #11 Dor Dor, #1 Diamond Dragon, #13 Red Horse

RACE 4: #3 Chairman Lo, #7 Circuit Three, #5 Beauty Energy, #1 Planet Star

RACE 5: #11 Deal Maker, #1 Chung Wah Spirit, #4 Remarkable, #2 Viva Council

Century Dream, third last out in the Group 1 Queen Elizabeth II Stakes at Ascot and previously fourth in the Arlington Million, is the top-rated entrant Thursday night at Meydan Racecourse as he makes his Dubai debut in the Group 2, $250,000 Zabeel Mile.