Three turf handicaps – two at six furlongs and one at about a mile – are the leading races on an eight-race program at Happy Valley Racecourse in Hong Kong on Wednesday. Each of the races, the last three on the program, were oversubscribed with 12-horse fields and also-eligible lists.
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Winx, Australia’s leading horse, was the cozy winner of Saturday’s Group 1 George Main Stakes at a mile on turf at Royal Randwick Racecourse outside of Sydney. The $373,300 George Main Stakes was the 11th consecutive win for Winx.
Ridden by Hugh Bowman, Winx (1-11) closed from the back of a field of six to take the lead with a wide rally with more than a furlong remaining. Winx stretched her advantage to 1 1/4 lengths over 13-1 Hauraki in the final sixteenth.
Bad Boy ended the 2015-16 Hong Kong season with wins in two of his last three starts in April and June. The success has left prominent trainer John Moore hopeful that the 4-year-old Australian-bred Bad Boy can excel in higher-class races, including group-level stakes, in the coming months.
On Sunday at Sha Tin, Bad Boy will have his first start of the new season in the $225,567 Yeung UK Handicap at five furlongs on turf. Bad Boy is part of a field of 14 and needs the race, Moore insists.
SHA TIN SELECTIONS
(Sunday, Sept. 18, 2016)
RACE 1: #1 Dragon Bachelor, #5 Jimson The Famous, #12 Mighty Wongchoy, #3 Winaswewish
RACE 2: #4 Jing Jing Win, #10 Winning Boy, #2 Bossiee, #9 Manful Star
RACE 3: #4 Dashing Super, #5 Hearts Keeper, #3 Diamond Friends, #2 Electronic Phoenix
RACE 4: #2 Bear Chum, #5 Wonderful Chaser, #14 Happy Sound, #3 Gracydad
An O’Brien-trained filly won Sunday’s $392,400 Moyglare Stud Stakes at The Curragh in Ireland, but not as expected.
Joseph O’Brien, son of leading trainer Aidan O’Brien, won the first Group 1 of his career as a trainer when 25-1 Intricately finished a nose in front of the Aidan O’Brien-trained Hydrangea, a 7-1 shot who set the pace.
Intricately was ridden by 18-year-old Donnacha O’Brien, another son of Aidan O’Brien, who has been riding for two years and had his first Group 1 win in the seven-furlong race.
The Japanese 3-year-old Makahiki won France's Group 2 Prix Niel on Sunday at Chantilly, taking a solid step toward his major goal this fall, the Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe on Oct. 2.
The Niel, Makahiki’s first start since May and a clear prep for the Arc, had the colt surely not at his best, but he was able to get home by a neck over Midterm, another talented colt unraced since May. Midterm finished a nose in front of third-place Doha Dream.
Astern, an Australian-bred colt by Medaglia d’Oro, won the first Group 1 race of his career in Saturday’s $767,200 Golden Rose Stakes for 3-year-olds at Rosehill Gardens Racecourse near Sydney, Australia.
Astern, the 2-1 favorite, raced well off the pace in a field of 14 before taking the lead with a furlong remaining. Ridden by James McDonald, Astern won by 2 1/4 lengths over the filly Omei Sword.