Weekend Lineup Presented By Hialeah Park NHC Qualifier: Hong Kong International Races
This weekend's horse racing action is highlighted by a quartet of Grade 1 turf races in Hong Kong. Stateside, the stakes action includes the G2 Los Alamitos Futurity and the Mr. Prospector on Saturday. Arkansas Derby winner Super Stock returns in Oaklawn's $150,000 Poinsettia Stakes on Sunday.
Grand Luwegee won the Louisiana Champions Day Classic Stakes at Fair Grounds last year. Mr. Prospector is seeking to win his first stakes in a steady 23-race career. Wind of Change is coming off a second-place finish in an optional claiming allowance in his debut at Gulfstream Park. Officiating is the horse that made a strong middle move on Tapeta before fading in the Showing Up. . The Dale Romans-trained son of Tiznow captured a seven-furlong optional claimer at Keeneland. Dennis' Moment won an ungraded un graded unmodified claiming at Monmouth in May.
This weekend's racing starts at 1:00 a.m. at G1 Hong Kong Vase at Sha Tin. Pyledriver is highest rated horse in the field with international rating of 121. Mogul returns to defend his title and leads a three-pronged attack on International Day at Sha tin. Danon Smash is defending his G2 Hongkong Sprint title. Golden Sixty is the Horse of the Year in HongKong. He will step away from barrier two in Sunday's G3 Hong Kong Mile. Loves Only You is a champion mare with an endearingly fetching name.
