2015 Hong Kong Vase Betting Tips PT 2

He finished dead last in his last outing - a listed contest at Sha Tin and he was absolutely tepid on the board that day with a 70/1 price tag. It’s tough to know where the form is going to come from but he has won the race in the past - ironically enough it was in this exact race.

Free Eagle is out for this one and the son of High Chaparral has been off the track since a sixth place finish in the Arc De Triomphe. He’s been up against Golden Horn in both of his last two but made a big impression when out-duelling The Grey Gatsby at Royal Ascot in the Group 1 Prince of Wales’ Stakes when sent off as the 5/2 betting favourite for that one. 

He is getting some solid support in the ante post markets as he trades around a 5/1 margin but it will be interesting to see how the locals approach him in the domestic pari-mutuel markets and also worth noting how he actually trains up to the race in the build-up to it. 

Cirrus Des Aigles is another high-quality international superstar who knows a thing or two about running in Sha Tin. He will be looking to snap a four race losing streak since getting the better of Al Kazeem at Longchamp back in early May. He was absolutely well-beaten by Golden Horn at Leopardstown in the Irish Chapmions Stakes - finishing dead last in that race.

He showed some improvement last time out at Saint Cloud when switching to Frankie Dettori in the irons from Christophe Soumillon but was stills seven lengths away from Vazirabad and off the board at fourth place. 

Cirrus Des Aigles definitely needs to find form here but so do many others in the race and there will probably be a few willing to have a bash on him at a very solid price that hovers around a 10/1 margin at the time of this writing. Should he readjust to the Sha Tin surface then he could really be a force to be reckoned with in the 2015 Hong Kong Vase.