The future-book favorite for Saturday’s Group 1 South Australian Derby at Morphettville Racecourse in Adelaide was stuck on the also-eligible list as of Wednesday.

Accidental Bid, trained by Ciaron Maher, was 2-1, but is the first alternate. He will draw into the field should there be a scratch among the 16 runners entered in the $712,700 South Australian Derby at about 1 9/16 miles.

Accidental Bid has had a different career for a 3-year-old starting in a major stakes in the Southern Hemisphere autumn.

by Declan Schuster

After another phenomenal win on FWD Champions Day (Sunday, 26 April), Ka Ying Rising will now spell as trainer David Hayes rests the world’s best sprinter before plotting a path towards Sydney, Australia for the G1 The Everest (1200m).

The nine-time Group 1 winner secured a record-extending 20th consecutive win, again lowering his own 1200m Sha Tin turf course record to 1m 07.10s in the HK$24 million G1 Chairman’s Sprint Prize (1200m) and returning a peak local rating of 142. 

Race 1: #4 Dashing Maurison, #7 Perfect Pairing, #3 Splendid Force, #8 Perfect Peach
Race 2: #9 King Glorioso, #4 Honest Witness, #3 Everstar, #1 Cheaha
Race 3: #9 Star Brose, #3 Serangoon, #2 Noble Pursuit, #11 Romantic Fantasy
Race 4: #5 Ace Power, #1 Crossborderdude, #3 Find My Love, #7 Starry Show
Race 5: #9 Legend Star, #8 Gameplayer Elite, #5 Thunder Prince, #2 Superb King
Race 6: #3 Beauty Viva, #10 Vivacious Win, #2 Romantic Laos, #12 Winning Data

Ryan Moore’s World Pool blog: Champions Day

I’m not riding on Champions Day in Hong Kong but the three Group 1s look like great races and it will be fascinating to see two of the world’s best horses, Ka Ying Rising and Romantic Warrior, in action.

Sha Tin | Race 5: G1 Chairman’s Sprint Prize

Barring him falling over, nothing will beat Ka Ying Rising.

He’s been impressive on every one of his starts and broke another track record last time. He looks a better horse every time I see him.

Paul Lally:
R1 9-11-13-1
R2 1-9-10-6
R3 2-1-13-9
R4 3-13-7-12
R5 1-3-2-4
R6 5-13-8-4
R7 1-14-4-5
R8 11-7-10-1
R9 2-4-1-7
R10 9-3-5-1
R11 11-5-12-8

Best Bet R6 N5 Cool Boy
Longshot R8 N11 California Waves
Play R11 5-11-12

Mark McNamara:
R1: 2.11.13.5
R2: 14.1.6.2.
R3: 2.6.1.13
R4: 9.3.5.13
R5: 1.3.2.5
R6: 4.5.6.3
R7: 2.1.4.5
R8: 5.4.3.1
R9: 2.1.4.8
R10: 3.1.5.10
R11: 11.5.8.9

Sha Tin Selections
(Sunday, April 26, 2026)

Paul Lally:

R1 8-2-6-10

R2 6-8-1-7

R3 4-11-5-1

R4 6-3-1-9

R5 5-1-12-7

R6 8-4-3-6

R7 4-1-10-2

R8 3-11-8-9

R9 1-6-12-2

Best Bet R4 N6 Vigor Eye

Longshot R5 N5 Turbo Jeffries

Play R9 QQP 1-6-12

Tom Wood:

R1:       8-6-2-7

R2:       2-8-4-7

R3:       5-4-1-8

R4:       9-6-7-1

R5:       11-8-9-12

R6:       4-8-10-6

by Dick Powell

The FWD Champions Day will be held on Sunday, April 26 at Sha Tin Racecourse. The three Group 1 stakes races attracted the usual stellar international fields despite the strength of the home team. As nearly all of the top races run around the world, they are part of the World Pool with betting commingled from 27 countries. 

Race 1: #7 Turf Phoenix, #6 Happy Boys, #8 Team Happy, #2 Giddy Up
Race 2: #2 Soaring Bronco, #8 Verbier, #6 Double Bingo, #7 Podium
Race 3: #8 To Infinity, #3 Vermilion Tempest, #4 Fortune Star, #5 Shooting To Top
Race 4: #6 Vigor Eye, #1 Young Arrow, #7 Flying Sniper, #10 Yeux De Lifeline
Race 5: #11 Thunder Prince, #8 Little Monster, #12 Winning Champion, #4 Winning Money
Race 6: #8 Jumbo Blessing, #4 Beauty Show, #1 Healthy Healthy, #6 Grand Nova