R1 - 3-8-1-9
R2 - 1-4-3-9
R3 - 10-3-9-11
R4 - 2-6-3-9
R5 - 2-1-10-7
R6 - 3-4-6-2
R7 - 1-2-4-7
R8 - 3-11-2-5

Best - R8 N3 Convicible
Longshot - R1 n8 Optimism
Best Play - R1 Q/QP 1,3,8

John Blance

R1) 3-4-2-8
R2) 8-10-4-3
R3) 11-10-9-12
R4) 6-3-10-12
R5) 1-6-2-7
R6) 3-6-1-9
R7) 4-1-7-9
R8) 1-3-2-11

Best: R7 No. 4 Circuit King
Longshot: R2 N8 Enchanted Feeling

Andrew Le Jeune - Selections

The soccer star Diego Costa and the racehorse Diego Kosta have been winners this spring.

Diego Costa plays for Chelsea of London in the English Premier League. Chelsea was the champion of the 2016-17 season that ended Sunday.

Half a world away, Diego Kosta is doing his part to keep up winning ways at Hong Kong’s racecourses. Diego Kosta won for the first time in his seventh start during the current Hong Kong season in a five-furlong handicap on turf at Happy Valley on May 3.

HAPPY VALLEY SELECTIONS

(Wednesday, May 24, 2017)

RACE 1: #1 Born To Race, #3 Aeroluminance, #12 Perfect Timing, #9 Telecom Boom

RACE 2: #10 Sky Treasure, #4 Bond Elegance, #2 Carefree Let Go, #8 Enchanted Feeling

RACE 3: #11 Clever Spirit, #10 Confucius Spirit, #5 Multigogo, #3 Wild Boy

RACE 4: #6 Contribution, #11 Polymer Luck, #7 Raging Bull, #3 Go Go Win

SHA TIN SELECTIONS

(Sunday, May 21)

Brett Davis 

Race 1: 3-4-9-6

Race 2: 5-2-6-12

Race 3: 2-13-4-9

Race 4: 8-3-1-2

Race 5: 2-3-5-9

Race 6: 6-8-3-5

Race 7: 10-2-8-5

Race 8: 1-3-11-9

Race 9: 12-9-14-2

Race 10: 6-2-1-7

Best Bet - Race 1: #3 Jumbo Luck  

Longshot - Race 9: #12 Smiling Charm

Best Play - Race 9: Q/QP   9,12,14

Andrew Le Jeune

Race 1: 3-4-2-6

Race 2: 6-5-1-7

Reine Minoru was a 40-1 outsider when she won the Grade 1 Japanese 1000 Guineas at Hanshin Racecourse on April 9, beating a field that included Soul Stirring, the champion 2-year-old filly of 2016 in Japan.

Reine Minoru and Soul Stirring meet again in Sunday’s Grade 1 Japanese Oaks for 3-year-old fillies at 1 1/2 miles on turf at Tokyo Racecourse. Reine Minoru can prove that her win in the 1000 Guineas was not a fluke. Soul Stirring must show she is as good in major stakes this year as she was in 2016, when she won the Grade 1 Hanshin Juvenile Fillies to secure the championship.

A victory in a one-mile handicap on April 30 will make Eastern Express an attractive proposition for bettors in Sunday’s $224,883 Lotus Handicap at Sha Tin Racecourse in Hong Kong. The presence of leading rider Joao Moreira only strengthens the Irish-bred gelding’s credentials.

Eastern Express will carry top weight of 133 pounds in the Lotus Handicap, the last of 10 races. Wagering is available on DRFBets.com.

Ribchester is the deserving favorite Saturday at Newbury in the first major one-mile race of the European season, the Group 1 J.T. Lockinge Stakes.

The Lockinge is run down a straight course and is considered a somewhat testing mile. The ground at Newbury was rated good-to-soft as of Thursday, with eight horses set to oppose Ribchester, whose prime rivals appear to be Galileo Gold, Lightning Spear, and Somehow.

SHA TIN SELECTIONS

(Sunday, May 21, 2017)

RACE 1: #12 The Full Bloom, #5 Sunny Orient, #3 Jumbo Luck, #4 London City

RACE 2: #6 Winner St Paul's, #5 Fortune Brothers, #9 Snowhooves, #1 Giddy Giddy

RACE 3: #2 Endearing, #6 Spring Win, #3 Harbour Nova, #7 Accession Years

RACE 4: #1 Fancy Music, #3 Gorgeous Again, #8 Cool Brothers, #10 Premium Champion

Brett Davis - Selections

R1 9-3-2-8
R2 7-5-2-9
R3 3-9-2-5
R4 1-8-6-2
R5 2-3-12-11
R6 2-1-10-8
R7 7-2-4-6
R8 12-6-2-3

Best - R2 N7 Always Wongchoy
Longshot - R4 N1 Amazing Gold
Best Play - R4 Q/QP 1,6,8

Paul Lally:

R1 3-8-9-10
R2 1-5-7-2
R3 5-8-3-9
R4 7-2-12-5
R5 11-3-4-2
R6 1-8-9-4
R7 4-7-1-2
R8 2-12-5-14

Best Bet R5 N11 Victory Machine
Longshot R6 N8 Sight Seeing
QQP-Race7 1-4-7

Soundness issues have prevented JetWings from a full campaign in Hong Kong in recent months. When JetWings does appear in the entries, the 5-year-old commands attention.

Wednesday at Happy Valley Racecourse, JetWings will have his third start of the season in the $224,696 France Galop Cup Handicap at six furlongs on turf. This will be his first start since a win in a minor handicap at Happy Valley on March 15. JetWings was entered in a handicap on April 26, but was withdrawn because of lameness in his left foreleg.