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Strong home team leaves slim pickings for overseas runners

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Strong home team leaves slim pickings for overseas runners. Hong Kong Jockey Club ranks in the world’s top ten for charitable donations. Three of the four contests that form the Hongkong International Races are the most valuable races on turf over distances over a mile and a half. Japan won the latest renewal of this race. The Vase is weak spot for locals. Stone Age, one of two runners for Ballydoyle, failed to win the Vases. Win Marilyn won. She was produced from well off the pace to gain the Group 1 victory. It was the third time in its history that it has been won by a Japanese horse.

Strong home team leaves slim pickings for overseas runners. Recommended bets are advised to over-18s. National Gambling Helpline is on 0808 8020 133.

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