SHA TIN SELECTIONS

(Sunday, February 4, 2018)

A pair of Group 2 turf races, the Al Rashidiya over 1,800 meters and the Al Fahidi Fort over 1,400 meters, highlight the Thursday card at the Dubai World Cup Carnival at Meydan.

Both races are worth $250,000 and drew solid fields. The Al Rashidiya is race 2, post time 9:05 a.m. Eastern, while the Al Fahidi Fort goes as race 5, post time 11:50.

At the bottom of the ratings might lurk a top contender for the $239,210 Southorn Handicap on Wednesday night at Happy Valley Racecourse in Hong Kong.

At 83, Jing Jing Win is the lowest rated horse among 12 in the main body of the Southorn, but there is reason to believe he has a decent chance in the 1200-meter Class 2 handicap that’s co-featured on an eight-race program.

HAPPY VALLEY SELECTIONS

(Wednesday, January 31, 2018)

RACE 1: #7 Peace Combination, #10 Showing Character, #9 Nashashuk, #11 Lunar Zephyr

RACE 2: #1 Rock The Tree, #7 So Generous, #5 Winaswewish, #2 Savannah Wind

RACE 3: #7 Har Har Heart, #8 Never Better, #2 Golden Sleep, #5 Daring Heart

RACE 4: #3 London Master, #4 Dr Proactive, #2 Love Chunghwa, #5 Starlot

Season’s Bloom, making his second start at the Group 1 level, beat Group 1-debuting Fifty Fifty by a half-length to win the Group 1, $1,279,300 Chairman’s Cup on Sunday at Sha Tin Racecourse in Hong Kong.

Thursday night, like so many nights before it at Meydan Racecourse in Dubai, belonged to Godolphin, which won four of the eight races on the card, including the featured Cape Verdi Stakes with Promising Run, and one division of the UAE 2000 Guineas with the promising first-time dirt runner Gold Town.

If you enjoyed the Group 1 Hong Kong Mile and the Group 1 Hong Kong Cup back on Dec. 10, you really ought to get a charge out of the Group 1, $1,279,300 Stewards’ Cup on Sunday at Sha Tin Racecourse.

The first four finishers from the Hong Kong Mile, headed by victorious Beauty Generation, plus the top two home in the Hong Kong Cup, Time Warp and Werther, are among 13 entrants in a dynamite edition of the Stewards’ Cup.

SHA TIN SELECTIONS

(Sunday, January 28, 2018)

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RACE 1: #3 The Legend, #4 Winner St Paul's, #12 Carry To Win, #14 Bliss Cartel

RACE 2: #7 Happy Rocky, #5 Top Act, #4 Premium Champion, #12 My Blessing

RACE 3: #4 Eighty Eighty, #13 Lucky Lucky, #7 Glittering Armour, #2 Nice Kick

Godolphin-trained horses finished one-two in the first turf stakes of the 2018 Dubai Winter Carnival, with Benbatl beating Emotionless on Jan. 11, and in Promising Run the Dubai powerhouse has another good chance in the second turf stakes of the Carnival, the Group 2, $200,000 Cape Verdi.