Brett Davis:
R1 – 5-4-6-1
R2 – 11-7-5-2
R3 – 8-9-10-11
R4 – 2-1-6-8
R5 – 7-3-6-4
R6 – 8-10-6-3
R7 – 10-7-8-3
R8 – 9-11-4-1
Best – R6 n8 Cinquante Cinq
Longshot – R2 n11 Celebration
Best Play – R5 Q/Qp 3,6,7
:: Hong Kong: Free PPs, picks, and analysis
Andrew Le Jeune:
Two races into his Hong Kong career, Happy Victory may be rounding into the form needed to win Wednesday’s $175,852 Tai Po Handicap at five furlongs on turf at Happy Valley Racecourse.
This will be Happy Victory’s first start at Happy Valley. A 4-year-old Australian-bred colt, Happy Victory was third in his first two starts in Hong Kong – in five-furlong handicaps on the straightaway at Sha Tin on Dec. 29 and Jan. 20.
In the latter race, Happy Victory challenged for the lead with a furlong remaining and faded to finish 2 1/2 lengths behind California Archer.
Beauty Generation’s dominance in Hong Kong continued Sunday with a seventh consecutive win on the circuit in the Group 1 Queen’s Silver Jubilee Cup at Sha Tin Racecourse.
The victory put Beauty Generation on course for a defense of his win in the Group 1 Champions Mile at Sha Tin on April 28, trainer John Moore told Hong Kong publicity. The 2018 Champions Mile was the first win of Beauty Generation’s current winning streak.
Inti won his seventh consecutive race, and Grade 1 debut, in Sunday’s $1.76 million February Stakes at Tokyo Racecourse, earning an automatic berth to the Breeders’ Cup Classic at Santa Anita on Nov. 2.
The February Stakes was one of two races on Sunday’s Tokyo Racecourse card with implications for major races in the United States this year.
SHA TIN SELECTIONS
(Sunday, February 17, 2019)
:: Hong Kong: Free PPs, picks, and analysis
Andrew Le Jeune
R1: 9-3-5-7
R2: 5-2-11-9
R3: 3-6-10-4
R4: 5-11-8-6
R5: 11-3-8-2
R6: 1-5-2-10
R7: 1-5-9-6
R8: 14-10-5-7
R9: 1-10-11-2
R10: 10-6-2-9
Best Bet - R2: #5 King’s Trooper
Longshot - R5: #11 Preciousship
Best Play - Q/QP: R5 3-8-11
Paul Lally
R1: 3 1 9 7
Three $1.25 million races, including two with Group 1 status, highlight a 10-race program at Sha Tin Racecourse in Hong Kong on Sunday.
Beauty Generation, the Hong Kong Horse of the Year for the 2017-18 season, will be heavily favored to win his seventh consecutive race in the Group 1 Queen’s Silver Jubilee Cup at seven furlongs on turf.
Two stakes at Tokyo Racecourse in Japan on Sunday – the Grade 1 February Stakes for older horses and the Hyacinth Stakes for 3-year-olds – could produce runners for two of the biggest races in the United States later this year.
The winner of the $1.76 million February Stakes at a mile will receive a fees-paid berth in the Breeders’ Cup Classic at Santa Anita on Nov. 2, if nominated to the Breeders’ Cup program.
SHA TIN SELECTIONS
(Sunday, February 17, 2019)
RACE 1: #8 Happy Rocky, #7 Garlic Yeah, #3 Clement Legend, #10 Le Panache
RACE 2: #5 King's Trooper, #12 Happy Cooperation, #7 Takingufurther, #13 Bullish Brother
RACE 3: #8 Enjoy Life, #3 Sam's Love, #4 High Rev, #11 Vital Spring
RACE 4: #11 Aerohappiness, #12 Master Albert, #5 Hard Promise, #1 Key Witness
RACE 5: #3 Waikuku, #1 Good Standing #4 Star Shine, #8 King Opie
Godolphin, trainer Charlie Appleby, and jockey William Buick had themselves a night Thursday at Meydan Racecourse in Dubai, where Blue Point and Poetic Charm scored runaway Group 2 stakes victories and the 3-year-old Art Du Vaal set a 1,900-meter turf-course record in a blowout conditions-race win.
