SHA TIN SELECTIONS
(Saturday, May 13)
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Brett Davis
Race 1: 9-4-7-3
Race 2: 10-2-3-11
Race 3: 3-5-2-4
Race 4: 4-5-3-11
Race 5: 9-3-1-4
Race 6: 1-8-9-5
Race 7: 1-4-13-11
Race 8: 11-1-5-4
Race 9: 3-1-7-8
Race 10: 10-3-13-4
Best Bet - Race 9: #3 Friends Of Nanjing
Senga is the favorite Saturday at Deauville in the Group 1 French 1000 Guineas, but the 18-horse field of 3-year-old fillies set to contest a straight-course mile appears to be a mass of still-unformed talent yet to take firm shape.
Senga, a Flaxman Holdings homebred, at least is proven at the Group level, and if she continues improving, she stands a solid chance for trainer Pascal Bary and jockey Stephane Pasquier.
California Whip, the Kentucky-bred who starts in Sunday’s $320,948 Macwhinnie Cup at Sha Tin Racecourse in Hong Kong, has already been around the world, or at least three continents.
California Whip was sold as a weanling at Keeneland for $250,000 in 2013 and began his career in England in 2015. He won a maiden race at 2 and was third last summer in the Britannia Handicap at Royal Ascot, his final start in England.
SHA TIN SELECTIONS
(Saturday, May 13, 2017)
RACE 1: #9 Hot King Prawn, #4 Lucky Master, #7 Amusing City, #1 A Shin Hoof
RACE 2: #3 Merrygowin, #7 G-One Union, #2 Hard Ball Get, #1 Charity Kingdom
RACE 3: #5 California Whip, #3 Winner's Way, #7 Pablosky, #2 Lucky Year
RACE 4: #8 Forever Posh, #11 Five Stars Agent, #2 Super Talent, #10 Crown Avenue
RACE 5: #3 Encore Boy, #7 Ivictory, #4 Strathclyde, #9 Nice Fandango
Brett Davis - Selections
R1 - 8-1-6-5
R2 - 10-1-6-3
R3 - 2-3-9-11
R4 - 6-11-10-7
R5 - 8-3-5-6
R6 - 4-12-8-9
R7 - 6-5-12-3
R8 - 7-4-8-2
Best - R7 N6 Friends Of Ka Ying Racing well and likely to appreciate the rise to 1800m.
Longshot - R1 N8 Seven Luck
Best Play - R1 Q/QP 1,6,8
Paul Lally:
R1 1-4-8-3
R2 3-6-11-1
R3 2-3-4-5
R4 11-9-6-10
R5 4-12-6-11
R6 8-4-10-9
R7 5-1-6-3
R8 5-7-6-8
Recoletos won his stakes debut and third consecutive start in Monday’s Group 2 Prix Greffulhe for 3-year-old colts and fillies at Saint-Cloud Racecourse in Paris. The win is expected to lead to a start in the Group 1 French Derby at Chantilly on June 4.
Ridden by Olivier Peslier, Recoletos closed from fourth in a field of five to win the $143,247 Prix Greffulhe at 1 1/4 miles on turf by 2 1/4 lengths over Waldgeist, the 11-10 favorite.
The 3-year-old filly Winter won the English 1000 Guineas by two lengths over her stablemate Rhododendron on Sunday at Newmarket Racecourse.
Winter gave trainer Aidan O’Brien a sweep of the two English Guineas races this weekend after Churchill had won the 2000 Guineas on Saturday. O’Brien ran one-two in Sunday’s race as Rhododendron finished second, meaning O’Brien-trained fillies have taken five of the six top placings in the race the last two years following O’Brien’s sweep of the top three spots in 2016.
SHA TIN SELECTIONS
(Sunday, May 7)
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Brett Davis
Race 1: 1-4-10-12
Race 2: 1-8-6-4
Race 3: 2-5-9-1
Race 4: 8-12-5-11
Race 5: 7-11-4-8
Race 6: 1-2-3-13
Race 7: 4-1-3-2
Race 8: 3-2-4-10
Race 9: 1-13-2-5
Race 10: 8-7-3-5
Churchill made the most of a perfect trip under Ryan Moore to give trainer Aidan O’Brien his eighth win in the English 2000 Guineas on Saturday at Newmarket, as the connections of the second- and third-place finishers, Barney Roy and Al Wukair, were left wondering what might have been.