The first three home in the Group 1 Hong Kong Mile last December – Beauty Only, Helene Paragon, and Joyful Trinity – top a 12-horse field for the Group 2, $512,187 Jockey Club Mile on Sunday at Sha Tin Racecourse.

SHA TIN SELECTIONS

(Sunday, November 19, 2017)

RACE 1: #1 Best Effort, #6 Double Point, #7 Dynamic Lions, #14 Winningli

RACE 2: #1 Great Joy, #3 Crown Avenue, #6 Curling Luxury, #9 Golden Kid

RACE 3: #8 None Other, #6 Noble De Love, #7 Good Days, #14 Godspeed

RACE 4: #4 Ensuring, #9 Gorgeous Again, #10 Ho Ho Feel, #11 Who Dat Singa

RACE 5: #4 Sacred Elixir, #12 Circuit Hassler, #2 Dinozzo, #1 Rocketeer

The 3-year-old filly Enable was named the Cartier Horse of the Year for 2017 in an awards ceremony Tuesday night in London.

Once-started last year at age 2, Enable began her season in minor events at Newbury and Chester, but went on to capture five Group 1 races in a row for trainer John Gosden and owner-breeder Khalid Abdullah, who races as Juddmonte Farms in North America. Enable won the English Oaks and the Irish

HAPPY VALLEY SELECTIONS

Wednesday, November 15, 2017

John Blance
Race 1: 12-1-9-4   
Race 2: 12-9-3-2   
Race 3: 11-3-6-8   
Race 4: 1-8-7-11   
Race 5: 3-1-2-12   
Race 6: 4-9-12-7   
Race 7: 3-2-11-10 
Race 8: 10-2-5-12 
Best Bet - Race 3: Kwaichung Brothers
Longshot - Race 1: Idyllic Wind
Best Play - Race 1: 1/9/12 QQP

Lucky Girl, for starters, is not a girl but a 6-year-old gelding who has made 25 starts in Hong Kong over the last three racing seasons there. All his races had come at Sha Tin until his most recent start, on Oct. 25, when his connections finally tried him at Happy Valley. Better late than never, perhaps.

HAPPY VALLEY SELECTIONS

(Wednesday, November 15, 2017)

RACE 1: #5 Raichu, #1 Lyric Ace, #10 Kim Glory, #9 Idyllic Wind

RACE 2: #6 Goldington Horn, #3 Gobi Storm, #2 Smart Salute, #12 Spicy Double

RACE 3: #3 Phantom Falcon, #8 Planet Star, #11 Kwaichung Brothers, #2 Gallant Return

RACE 4: #3 Perfect Choice, #8 Letsgofree, #7 Never Better, #11 Daring Heart

SHA TIN SELECTIONS

(Saturday, November 11, 2017)

Andrew Le Jeune
Race 1: 9-12-2-3
Race 2: 13-5-11-1
Race 3: 3-14-10-6
Race 4: 8-2-3-12
Race 5: 1-5-7-9
Race 6: 3-4-5-7
Race 7: 7-3-5-6
Race 8: 3-12-1-8
Race 9: 2-1-3-14
Race 10: 5-2-10-3
Best Bet - Race 5: #1 Lucky Time
Longshot - Race 6: #4 Back In Black
Best Play - Race 6: Q/QP 3-4-5

Booming Delight is the highweight and likely favorite on Saturday in Hong Kong in the featured $320,515 Panasonic Cup, the seventh of 10 races at Sha Tin.

SHA TIN SELECTIONS

(Saturday, November 11, 2017)

RACE 1: #7 Actuariat, #9 Gold Talent, #13 Happy Century, #3 Real Deal

RACE 2: #5 Gouten Of Garo, #11 Hot Hot Pepper, #13 Tourbillon King, #9 Cheerfuljet

RACE 3: #6 Hit A Home Run, #3 Ever Laugh, #14 Indigenous Star, #10 Master Bernini

RACE 4: #9 Numero Uno, #1 Right Honourable, #3 Beauty Day, #2 Sun Touch

Youth prevailed in Tuesday’s Group 1 Melbourne Cup at Flemington Racecourse in Australia. Rekindling, the only 3-year-old in the field, won by a half-length over Johannes Vermeer for trainer Joseph O’Brien, 24.

Johannes Vermeer is trained by O’Brien’s father, Aidan. Max Dynamite, trained by Willie Mullins, finished third in the field of 24, giving Irish-trained runners a sweep of the trifecta in the $4.6 million handicap race at two miles on turf.