Suave Richard, the winner of the Grade 1 Osaka Hai in April, will have his first start since June in Sunday’s Grade 1 Tenno Sho Stakes at Tokyo Racecourse, a vital prep race for the Grade 1 Japan Cup at the same venue on Nov. 25.

Suave Richard was third in the Grade 1 Yasuda Kinen Stakes at a mile at Tokyo on June 3 and is one of several notable runners in a field of 14 in the $2.59 million Tenno Sho, which is run at 1 1/4 miles on turf.

There are two runnings of the Tenno Sho each year – a spring race at two miles at Hanshin Racecourse in April and Sunday’s race.

Aidan O’Brien has three 2-year-old fillies pre-entered in the $1 million Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf and two 2-year-old colts pre-entered in the $1 million Breeder’s Cup Juvenile Turf. And there are plenty more where those came from.

O’Brien has two more juveniles entered in the Group 1 Criterium de Saint-Cloud on Saturday in France and three, including favored Magna Grecia, in the Group 1 Vertem Futurity Trophy Stakes on Saturday at Doncaster in England.

HAPPY VALLEY SELECTIONS

(Sunday, October 28, 2018)

RACE 1: #10 Clement Legend, #7 Rock The Tree, #6 The Joy Of Giving, #4 Amazing Gold

RACE 2: #4 Universal Go Go, #3 Ishvara, #1 Ten Flames, #6 Marvel Joy

RACE 3: #12 Diamond Legend, #7 Victorious Leader, #10 Good Choice Ahead, #8 Oscar Magic

RACE 4: #11 Chaparral Star, #5 You Have My Word, #7 True Grit, #2 Enjoy Life

Within her astonishing 28-race winning streak, Winx has equaled a remarkable record in Australian racing, winning the Group 1 Cox Plate at Moonee Valley Racecourse in Melbourne each October the last three years.

No horse has attempted to win a fourth Cox Plate. Kingston Town, the only other three-time winner, won the Cox Plate from 1980-82, and had his final start in Australia in late 1982.

The $3.53 million Cox Plate, run at 1 1/2 miles, is Australia’s leading weight-for-age race, and Winx is Australia’s reigning Horse of the Year for a record-equaling third time.

HAPPY VALLEY SELECTIONS

(Wednesday, October 24)

Brett Davis

R1: 5-2-1-11

R2: 8-3-2-5

R3: 1-8-7-3

R4: 2-5-7-11

R5: 2-1-5-9

R6: 11-6-2-3

R7: 11-1-12-10

R8: 4-3-10-12

Best Bet - R5: #2 Beaut Beaut  

Longshot – R1: #5 Triumphant Light

Best Play – R3: Quin   1/ 7,8

Paul Lally

R1: 3-2-1-10

R2: 2-1-5-7

R3: 8-1-4-3

R4 2-12-11-3

R5: 1-2-9-4

R6: 6-3-2-9

R7: 12-1-8-11

Perfect Glory has earned his four-race unbeaten streak. After winning his first three starts in Australia, Perfect Glory won his debut in Hong Kong on Oct. 10, recording an 18-1 upset in a six-furlong handicap at Happy Valley Racecourse.

First-time starters in Hong Kong are infrequent winners. The horses come from vastly different racing circuits, such as Australia, New Zealand, or Europe, and are often racing at night for the first time against tough competition.

HAPPY VALLEY SELECTIONS
(Wednesday October 24, 2018)

Beauty Generation and Hot King Prawn won the co-featured Group 2 races Sunday at Sha Tin, though victory by the former might have stronger major-race implications than the success of the latter.

Best Solution won his fourth consecutive group stakes in the Group 1 Caulfield Cup outside of Melbourne, Australia on Friday to join the list of contenders for the famous Melbourne Cup at Flemington Racecourse on Nov. 6.

The lightly raced colt Fierement won his first graded stakes in Sunday’s Grade 1 Japanese St. Leger at Kyoto Racecourse in his fourth start. He established a record for winning the third leg of Japan’s Triple Crown with the least experience.

Fierement, ridden by Christope Lemaire, finished a nose in front of 5-2 second choice Etario, who was fourth in the Japanese Derby in May.

Fierement was a 13-1 chance in the field of 18.