Mon, 06/12/2017 - 11:01

Andrew Hawkins' Hong Kong selections and analysis for Wednesday, June 14, 2017

HAPPY VALLEY SELECTIONS

(Wednesday, June 14, 2017)

 

RACE 1: #1 Industrialist Way, #3 Happy And Healthy, #5 Destin, #9 Clever Spirit

RACE 2: #2 Great Joy, #9 My Blessing, #8 G-One Union, #3 Spinning Dancer

RACE 3: #7 Generous Bobo, #9 Showing Character, #3 None Other, #6 Nice Fandango

RACE 4: #8 No Money No Talk, #1 Premiere, #3 Happy Cooperation, #5 Mr Right

Sat, 06/10/2017 - 11:26

Beat the Clock looks tough in Hong Kong University Alumni Handicap

Beat the Clock has done little wrong in a seven-start career that began last November, and even while stepping up in class, he looks like the right horse for the featured Hong Kong University Alumni Handicap on Sunday at Sha Tin Racecourse in Hong Kong.

Race 7 of 10, the Sunday feature is worth about $224,000, will be contested at 1,400 meters (about seven furlongs), and is open to horses rated between 80 and 100.

Sat, 06/10/2017 - 10:45

Hong Kong selections for Sunday, June 11, 2017

SHA TIN SELECTIONS

(Sunday, June 11)

 

Brett Davis

Race 1: 3-12-8-6

Race 2: 1-7-12-9

Race 3: 2-3-4-7

Race 4: 9-11-10-3

Race 5: 2-1-3-9

Race 6: 5-11-3-10

Race 7: 5-2-3-4

Race 8: 10-11-9-1

Race 9: 9-5-12-6

Race 10: 5-14-13-9

Best Bet - Race 9: #9 Pretty Bauhinia  

Longshot - Race 8: #9 Elite Spirit

Best Play - Race 2: Q/QP 1,7,12 

 

Paul Lally

Race 1: 3-12-10-6

Race 2: 1-2-5-9

Thu, 06/08/2017 - 22:14

Andrew Hawkins' Hong Kong selections and analysis for Sunday, June 11, 2017

SHA TIN SELECTIONS

(Sunday, June 11, 2017)

 

RACE 1: #3 Encore Boy, #12 Lunar Zephyr, #6 Ocean Elite, #10 Tourbillon King

RACE 2: #1 Actuariat, #5 Fortune Brothers, #9 Snowhooves, #12 Noble Buddies

RACE 3: #3 Silly Buddies, #7 Respect, #9 Giddy Giddy, #8 Corre Rapido

RACE 4: #2 Industrialist Way, #9 Garlic Yeah, #11 Audacity, #3 Best Reward

Tue, 06/06/2017 - 10:27

Hong Kong selections for Wednesday, June 7, 2017

HAPPY VALLEY 

(Wednesday, June 7, 2017)

 

Paul Lally

Race 1: 1-3-4-2

Mon, 06/05/2017 - 12:52

Dragon General has right rider for Wong Nai Chung Gap Handicap

Dragon General will be ridden by the hot rider in Hong Kong in Wednesday’s $224,592 Wong Nai Chung Gap Handicap for turf sprinters at Happy Valley Racecourse.

On Sunday, jockey Umberto Rispoli recorded the second four-win day of his career in Hong Kong at Sha Tin Racecourse, benefiting by the absence of top jockeys Joao Moreira and Zac Purton, who were in Japan. Those riders are in action at Happy Valley on Wednesday, but Rispoli and Dragon General have a history that makes the 5-year-old gelding a contender in the 12-horse field.

Mon, 06/05/2017 - 10:31

Andrew Hawkins' Hong Kong selections and analysis for Wednesday, June 7, 2017

HAPPY VALLEY SELECTIONS

(Wednesday, June 7, 2017)

 

RACE 1: #7 Winningli, #4 Unique Joyful, #2 Glory Star, #1 Gentry

RACE 2: #9 Bliss Cartel, #7 Seven Luck, #3 Idyllic Wind, #11 Great Speed

RACE 3: #3 Planet Star, #8 Torney, #11 Sky Treasure, #12 Salsa Brothers

RACE 4: #5 Contribution, #9 Raging Bull, #8 Midnite Promise, #4 Excellence

RACE 5: #1 Litterateur, #11 King's Man, #5 Happy Contender, #10 King Of Mongolia

Sun, 06/04/2017 - 16:17

Brametot narrowly prevails as French Derby favorite

Brametot, the winner of the Group 1 French 2000 Guineas last month, confirmed his status as France’s leading 3-year-old with an impressive winning rally in the final quarter-mile of Sunday’s Group 1 French Derby at Chantilly Racecourse.

Ridden by Cristian Demuro, Brametot closed from last to catch 7-1 Waldgeist and win by a short head. Recoletos, a Group 2 winner in May, finished third at 4-1. Formally known as the Prix du Jockey Club, the French Derby was worth approximately $1,690,200.

Sun, 06/04/2017 - 15:14

Satono Aladdin's upset earns him berth in BC Mile

Satono Aladdin, an 11-1 outsider, rallied from off the pace to score an upset win in Sunday’s Grade 1 Yasuda Kinen for turf milers at Tokyo Racecourse, earning an automatic berth to the Breeders’ Cup Mile at Del Mar on Nov. 4.

It was not immediately clear whether Satono Aladdin would be sent to California this fall. In post-race comments, trainer Yasutoshi Ikee said overseas options “are there to be discussed with the owners.”

Sat, 06/03/2017 - 14:42

Wings of Eagles pulls off a shocker in Epsom Derby

Aidan O’Brien winning the Epsom Derby? No surprise.

Aidan O’Brien winning the Epsom Derby on Saturday at Epsom Downs with a horse named Wings of Eagles ridden by a jockey named Padraig Beggy? Big surprise.

Wings of Eagles was a 40-1 shot in England and paid $113.20 in U.S. betting after coming from second to last in an 18-horse field under the obscure Beggy to cut down his far more heralded stablemate Cliffs of Moher in the final strides.