Hong Kong horse racing betting tips: Danny’s Green to Dispatch rivals from ideal inside draw
THIS is the time of the year when horses that have been campaigned throughout the season begin to lose their body weight and form, and one or two shocks can surface.
Bearing that in mind, it could pay to take a chance with the Danny Shum-trained GREEN DISPATCH who lines up in the 1.15pm over 1m1f.
This son of War Front arrived in Hong Kong back in 2016 after a successful campaign in France having won six of his 10 races, as well as finishing third in the Group One French Derby behind New Bay.
Initially given a lofty rating of 91, there were high expectations, but they never materialised.
Despite winning a couple of times, a series of health issues and injuries has curtailed his career and it has taken all of Shum’s patience to get him back on track.
This season he was never sighted in his first handful of races until at Sha Tin late last month when he gave his first glimmer of hope.
Having been up with the pace from the off and leading briefly at the two furlong marker, he then weakened in the closing stages to finish a respectable seventh.
Now lining up off a lowly rating of 52 in a Class Four against horses who have been on the go all season, he looks worth another try.
Having been given an extra gallop last Sunday, the omens suggest he will be in top form for this contest.
With the inside draw a major plus allowing him to be up with the early speed from the off, he is capable of making a winning dash for the line.
POINTERS
Green Dispatch e/w
1.15pm Happy Valley