Fri, 10/11/2024 - 11:00

Hong Kong Selections for Sunday, October 13, 2024

The Hong Kong Jockey Club
Sha Tin Racing.

Paul Lally: 
R1: 9-6-7-1 
R2: 5-8-2-1 
R3: 1-6-7-2 
R4: 12-3-8-6 
R5: 9-7-3-1 
R6: 2-5-14-4 
R7: 8-4-1-2 
R8: 7-10-1-2 
R9: 7-5-2-13 
R10: 6-5-12-8 
Best Bet: R2 N5 Savvy Brilliant 
Longshot: R5 N9 Loving Vibes 
Play: R6 QQP 2-5-14 

Fri, 10/11/2024 - 10:46

DRF's Horse Racing Playbook for Friday, October 11, 2024

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First post for Keeneland racing is scheduled for 1:00 p.m. ET on Friday.

Daily Racing Form has served as the most trusted source of news and information about the sport since 1894, and moving forward we have decided to provide a free daily playbook – something that both hardcore horseplayers and casual observers can reference to get informed of each day’s action.

Thu, 10/10/2024 - 14:51

Broadsiding, Mr. Brightside odds-on in respective Group 1 stakes at Caulfield

Broadsiding and Mr. Brightside will be odds-on favorites to win lucrative Group 1 races at Caulfield Racecourse in Melbourne, Australia, on Friday evening in what could be preview of a potential first meeting of the pair in several months.

Broadsiding was 1-2 in early betting on Thursday to win the $2.01 million Caulfield Guineas for Southern Hemisphere 3-year-olds at a mile. Owned by Godolphin Racing and trained by James Cummings, Broadsiding has won 5 of 8 starts, including three Group 1 races at seven furlongs and a mile.

Thu, 10/10/2024 - 14:00

The Lion In Winter favored to stay unbeaten in Group 1 Dewhurst

The Lion In Winter, who last saw racing action this summer, can stake a claim as the best 2-year-old in Europe this fall if he runs to heavy favoritism Saturday at Newmarket in the Group 1 Dewhurst Stakes.

The Dewhurst, run down a straight course over seven furlongs, drew six entrants, and Seagulls Eleven, trained by Hugo Palmer, is the only one of them who doesn’t spend his days and nights in the training yard of Charlie Appleby in England or Aidan O’Brien in Ireland.

Thu, 10/10/2024 - 10:28

Zac Purton chases fifth G2 Sha Tin Trophy on Beauty Eternal

The Hong Kong Jockey Club
Beauty Eternal wins the G1 FWD Champions Mile (1600m).

By Leo Schlink

Bidding for a record-extending fifth win in the HK$5.35 million G2 Sha Tin Trophy Handicap (1600m) at Sha Tin on Sunday (13 October), Zac Purton hopes Beauty Eternal’s class will prove decisive against quality opposition headed by fellow Group 1 winner Voyage Bubble and Galaxy Patch.

Thu, 10/10/2024 - 10:21

David Eustace wins his first race in Hong Kong, Zac Purton slots a treble

The Hong Kong Jockey Club
David Eustace celebrates his first win in Hong Kong.

By Leo Schlink

David Eustace notched his first win as trainer in his own right when Swift Ascend gave the young British horseman milestone success in first section of the Class 4 Harbour View Handicap (1200m) at Happy Valley on Wednesday night (9 October).

Thu, 10/10/2024 - 10:16

Luke Middlebrook's Hong Kong Selections and Analysis for Sunday, October 13, 2024

Hong Kong Jockey Club
Hong Kong's 88-day 2019-20 season opens with a 10-race card at Sha Tin Racecourse.

Sha Tin Selections
(Sunday, October 13, 2024)

Thu, 10/10/2024 - 10:09

Rosehill: A six-pack of stakes races

Steve Hart
Friday night's AU$2 million Hill Stakes has attracted the 3rd- and 4th-placed finishers in last week's G1 Epsom Handicap.

By Michael Wrona

A six-pack of stakes races will pop this Friday night at Rosehill, as the AU$87 million "Sydney Everest Carnival" draws closer to its showpiece event. Blockbuster developments have seen the field – and critical riding assignments – finalized for next week's The Everest, the world's richest turf race. Rosehill's first post this Friday night is 9:35 p.m. Eastern / 6:35 Pacific. Enjoy live on skyracingworld.com and FanDuel TV. 

Wed, 10/09/2024 - 16:12

England: O'Brien trio takes on favored Appleby runner in Fillies' Mile

The usual suspects in the Group 1 Fillies’ Mile for 2-year-olds Friday at Newmarket? Yep. Aidan O’Brien trains three of the seven entrants, topped by Dreamy, while Charlie Appleby sends out the Godolphin homebred Desert Flower, heavily favored Wednesday with English bookmakers.

Dreamy in antepost wagering was a distant co-second choice with Tabiti, a Juddmonte Farms homebred trained by Ralph Beckett and ridden by Rossa Ryan, the same connections that took down the Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe on Sunday with Bluestocking.

Tue, 10/08/2024 - 09:36

Super Joy N Fun chases back-to-back wins under lights

The Hong Kong Jockey Club
Super Joy N Fun defeats Reward Smile.

By Declan Schuster

A quality Class 3 dash winds up Happy Valley’s eight-race fixture on Wednesday night (9 October), where Super Joy N Fun (128lb) and Reward Smile (135lb) face off again along with 10 others in the HK$1.86 million Pottinger Handicap (1200m).

First and second, respectively, last month over the course and distance, Super Joy N Fun denied a fast-closing Reward Smile by a neck. Aided with gate five that evening, Super Joy N Fun instead steps away from the widest of 12 barriers under jockey Jerry Chau tomorrow night.