Fri, 02/07/2025 - 09:35

Hong Kong Selections for Sunday, February 9, 2025

The Hong Kong Jockey Club
Sha Tin turf racing.

Paul Lally: 
R1 1-7-11-13 
R2 2-7-14-6 
R3 1-3-14-10 
R4 13-9-7-6 
R5 3-1-2-6 
R6 2-6-10-7 
R7 2-7-4-12 
R8 4-3-2-6 
R9 14-8-9-4 
R10 5-4-6-11 
R11 2-3-4-13 
Best Bet R11 N2 Sky Trust 
Longshot R7 N2 Aeris Nova 
Play Race10 QQP 4-5-6 

Thu, 02/06/2025 - 14:50

A maiden may go favored in Inglis Millennium Stakes

For a maiden who has started three times, the Australian filly Price Tag has a growing reputation.

Price Tag has raced only in stakes and has finished third, fourth, and second. The close finishes make Price Tag the early favorite to beat 15 rivals in the $1.25 million Inglis Millennium Stakes at 5 1/2 furlongs for Southern Hemisphere 2-year-olds at Royal Randwick Racecourse in Sydney on Friday evening.

Price Tag, trained by Anthony and Sam Freedman, was the 5-2 favorite in early betting on Thursday.

Thu, 02/06/2025 - 06:55

Luke Middlebrook's Hong Kong Selections and Analysis for Sunday, February 9, 2024

Hong Kong Jockey Club
Sha Tin turf racing.

Sha Tin Selections
(Sunday, February 09, 2025)

Wed, 02/05/2025 - 14:14

Luke Ferraris continues hot mid-season form

The Hong Kong Jockey Club
Luke Ferraris coaxes the best out of Mr Ascendency.

Fresh from Hong Kong Classic Mile (1600m) success last week, Luke Ferraris continued a barnstorming season with victory on Mr Ascendency in the HK$3.12 million Class 2 Tsun Yip Handicap (1650m) at Happy Valley on Wednesday night (5 February).

Triumphant after My Wish’s brilliant win in the HK$13 million Hong Kong Classic Mile for Mark Newnham, Ferraris combined with Ricky Yiu to land the midweek feature aboard Mr Ascendency with a perfectly-timed ride.

Wed, 02/05/2025 - 13:55

Australia: Geegees Mistruth looks to end skid back in Tasmania for Mystic Journey

Unbeaten in her first four starts on the island of Tasmania in Australia in late 2023 and early 2024, Geegees Mistruth did not have the same measure of success later last year in group stakes at tracks in the Melbourne area.

A return to Tasmania, and a start in Thursday’s Group 3 Mystic Journey Stakes at six furlongs at Hobart Racecourse, may reverse a five-race losing streak.

Tue, 02/04/2025 - 11:32

Hong Kong Selections for Wednesday, February 5, 2025

Selections for Wednesday's racing program from Happy Valley.
Wednesday's Happy Valley program features nine races.

Paul Lally:

R1: 8-6-5-1

R2: 3-2-9-1

R3: 1-7-8-10

R4: 2-1-5-8

R5: 5-8-2-7

R6: 2-7-6-3

R7: 4-6-3-2

R8: 10-3-1-6

R9: 8-7-5-9

 

Best Bet: R6 N2 Northern Beast

Longshot: R9 N8 Super Joy N Fun

Play: R8 QQP 1-3-10

 

Tom Wood:

R1:       2-6-1-3

R2:       3-4-9-6

R3:       1-7-4-2

R4:       1-2-5-6

R5:       1-2-5-12

R6:       2-7-1-4

Mon, 02/03/2025 - 08:41

Luke Middlebrook's Hong Kong Selections and Analysis for Wednesday, February 5, 2025

Hong Kong Jockey Club
Racing returns to Happy Valley for Wednesday's program.

Happy Valley Selections
(
Wednesday, February 05, 2025)

Race 1: #2 Super Baby, #1 Smashing Express, #4 Confringo, #8 Podium

Race 2: #3 Inno Century, #9 Super Sixty, #4 Excellent Peers, #7 Solar River

Race 3: #1 Sky Jewellery, #10 Glory B, #6 Great Spirit, #2 Mega Bonus

Race 4: #1 Moments In Time, #6 Flamingo Trillion, #2 Helene Feeling, #8 Red Hare King

Race 5: #1 Circuit Duffy, #2 Golden Rise, #5 Fortune Whiskey, #3 Polaris

Fri, 01/31/2025 - 17:46

My Wish lands Hong Kong Classic Mile for Newnham, Ferraris

The Hong Kong Jockey Club
My Wish gives Luke Ferraris his most important Hong Kong win.

Bristling with emotion, Luke Ferraris has jubilated in My Wish’s HK$13 million Hong Kong Classic Mile (1600m) triumph for trainer Mark Newnham at Sha Tin on Friday (31 January), prompting the young South African to reflect on Sweet Orange’s success in the same race in 2012.

Trained by Ferraris’ father David, Sweet Orange’s victory 13 seasons ago remains one of Ferraris’ most vivid memories from his childhood in Hong Kong.

Fri, 01/31/2025 - 13:39

Saudi Cup: Some of world's best eyeing $20 million race

Sierra Leone wins BC Classic at DMR Nov 2 2024
Barbara D. Livingston
Breeders' Cup Classic winner Sierra Leone is possible for the Saudi Cup, although trainer Chad Brown has not yet made a final decision.

The Saudi Cup, with its $20 million purse, was created, at least in a strictly sporting sense, to bring together the leading middle-distance runners from around the world. While the enterprise hasn’t failed, the race’s last four winners – Senor Buscador, Panthalassa, Emblem Road, and Mishriff – hardly rate as global superstars.

But this winter, three weeks away from the sixth Saudi Cup, the race appears to be conforming to its creators’ vision.

Thu, 01/30/2025 - 14:44

Winning streaks on the line in Southern Cross Stakes at Rosehill Gardens

Three winning streaks are at risk in Friday’s Group 3 Southern Cross Stakes at six furlongs at Rosehill Gardens Racecourse in Sydney, Australia.

Accredited and Disneck have won their last three starts, while Willaidow has won his last two appearances. The trio are part of a field of nine in the Southern Cross Stakes, which is part of a 10-race program that includes two Group 3 races for Southern Hemisphere 2-year-olds.

First post time is 8:30 p.m. Eastern or 5:30 p.m. Pacific. Wagering is available through DRFBets.com.