chaumi
Rookie
Been watching racing in Hong Kong for a couple of years now, plenty of good-priced winners up to 80-1 had and to be had. Sire interest plays a big part for me, as usual. The formats, race days, spread of good class races, and the general race classes are all easily understood once you get your head around them.
Plenty of unknowns in form (and trainers/jockeys till you get to know them), so it often calls for an appropriate lowish-stakes effort. But some regularly interesting good-class racing throughout the year mixed in with standard-class days/events
And this (live) pre-race analysis and race commentary helps, I wish we had stuff like this giving enhanced pre-race thoughts on fitness levels, appearance, gait etc, for our races...(we could have Jinnyj doing the conformation analysis)...
https://www.thoroughbrednews.com.au...g-kongs-meetings-137428?section=livestreaming
Sadly no Exchange markets available, but most bookies cover the meetings.
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There's one going today that's screaming 'not out of the first three and an excellent winning chance' at a wildly enticing 8-1 in the overall context of this race.
The horse in question is Fallon, running in the Happy Valley 2.50, a class 3 handicap.
Fallon will handle this 9f distance (has won over it before), and has proven he can carry the weight (top weight today). Still only 5, and this is 'only' a 118k race (ran well over a mile LTO in a 180k class 2 event).
The jockey today will know exactly what to do. Should be anchored last or near last, and come down the outside from last to first in the last furlong and a half. Always exciting stuff, when it works (he did it first at 80-1 in a race Dec 23, nailing it right on the line).
Plenty of the rest of the field look exposed. Perhaps the 3YO Talents Trump (50-1 or thereabouts) might have something. Those at the top of the market obviously look fairly strong.
Fallon can throw in the odd bad run, let's hope it's not one of those today. He'll win again, whatever happens here.
Plenty of unknowns in form (and trainers/jockeys till you get to know them), so it often calls for an appropriate lowish-stakes effort. But some regularly interesting good-class racing throughout the year mixed in with standard-class days/events
And this (live) pre-race analysis and race commentary helps, I wish we had stuff like this giving enhanced pre-race thoughts on fitness levels, appearance, gait etc, for our races...(we could have Jinnyj doing the conformation analysis)...
https://www.thoroughbrednews.com.au...g-kongs-meetings-137428?section=livestreaming
Sadly no Exchange markets available, but most bookies cover the meetings.
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There's one going today that's screaming 'not out of the first three and an excellent winning chance' at a wildly enticing 8-1 in the overall context of this race.
The horse in question is Fallon, running in the Happy Valley 2.50, a class 3 handicap.
Fallon will handle this 9f distance (has won over it before), and has proven he can carry the weight (top weight today). Still only 5, and this is 'only' a 118k race (ran well over a mile LTO in a 180k class 2 event).
The jockey today will know exactly what to do. Should be anchored last or near last, and come down the outside from last to first in the last furlong and a half. Always exciting stuff, when it works (he did it first at 80-1 in a race Dec 23, nailing it right on the line).
Plenty of the rest of the field look exposed. Perhaps the 3YO Talents Trump (50-1 or thereabouts) might have something. Those at the top of the market obviously look fairly strong.
Fallon can throw in the odd bad run, let's hope it's not one of those today. He'll win again, whatever happens here.
