SHA TIN SELECTIONS
(Sunday, March 12, 2017)
RACE 1: #2 Equity Doctrine, #3 Speedy Wally, #4 Five Stars Agent, #5 Jimson The Famous
RACE 2: #2 Vital Spring, #4 Torney, #1 Shamal, #7 Packing Starcraft
RACE 3: #4 Destin, #1 Care Free Prince, #7 Meisterstueck, #13 Fine With Me
RACE 4: #1 Penang Hall, #9 Penny Lane, #13 G-One Lover, #5 Team Sweet
RACE 5: #1 Fancy Music, #9 Garlic Yeah, #3 Premium Champion, #4 Blazing Pass
Andrew Le Jeune:
R1: 7-2-3-10
R2: 2-3-8-7
R3: 1-3-7-6
R4: 4-2-7-1
R5: 3-10-1-8
R6: 5-4-2-6
R7: 4-7-6-3
R8: 3-5-9-2
Best: R2 N2 Beauty Connection
Long: R8 N5 Lucky Day
Play: Q/QP R8 3-5-9
Paul Lally:
R1 7-3-8-11
R2 6-2-3-5
R3 7-5-3-1
R4 4-2-9-3
R5 4-8-10-3
R6 12-5-1-11
R7 7-3-4-6
R8 3-9-2-8
Best Bet R7 N7 Happy Rocky
Longshot r2 N6 lunar zephyr
Best play qqp R7 3x4x7
Jockey Joao Moreira won eight races on Sunday’s 11-race program at Sha Tin Racecourse in Hong Kong, a record for a single program in Hong Kong. Moreira had 10 mounts on the program.
The previous mark of six wins on a single program in Hong Kong was shared by Brett Prebble, Douglas Whyte, and Moreira.
“I really don’t have words to describe it,” Moreira told Hong Kong publicity. “It’s amazing. I didn’t expect it to happen, to be honest. To ride eight winners in a day here in Hong Kong is more than special.”
It had been a long, long time since Long River won a race, but the 7-year-old American expatriate, perhaps with an assist from a speed-favoring racing surface, finally broke through Saturday at Meydan in the Group 1, $400,000 al Maktoum Challenge Round 3.
Brett Davis:
R1 - 3-1-5-7
R2 - 4-3-1-11
R3 - 5-2-4-3
R4 - 6-9-2-10
R5 - 4-1-7-11
R6 - 4-7-8-1
R7 - 5-8-7-12
R8 - 7-5-6-8
R9 - 2-14-5-3
R10 - 4-8-2-13
R11 - 4-9-6-10
Best - R1 n3 Sharpmind
Longshot - R7 n12 Sparta
Best Play - R1 Tce 1,3,5,7
Paul Lally – Selections
Arrogate might be taking a spin around the Santa Anita track or a nap in his stall Saturday morning when Round 3 of the Al Maktoum Challenge is contested at Meydan Racecourse in Dubai.
The Group 1, $400,000 dirt race at about 1 1/4 miles is the final local prep for the $10 million Dubai World Cup on March 25, but it is highly unlikely that anything that happens in the Super Saturday feature will turn a hair on the World Cup favorite waiting across the world in California.
The world-class sprinter Peniaphobia is a five-time stakes winner in Hong Kong and was second and third in the $1 million Al Quoz Sprint in Dubai in March the last two years.
This March, the focus is on domestic races. On Sunday, Peniaphobia starts as the 133-pound highweight in the $322,069 Friendship Bridge Handicap at five furlongs on turf at Sha Tin Racecourse in Hong Kong.
