There is something to be gained from these Barrier trials, especially in the early season, as they can be an excellent guide to those horses

Here you will find the ratings for the last 2 meetings at Happy Valley.

This is a very competitive card but there were 2 races that I thought I could find an angle into.

This will be a very brief post as I have not had the opportunity to perform a great deal of analysis on todays racing at Sha Tin with the...

I have updated todays results to give the speed ratings for the winners and the time comparisons for each race.

Yellowfin was the only winner to dip below the standard time, but perhaps the more impressive performance came from Green N White.

We saw some good performances and times towards the end of the card, most notably from Dancing Code and Helene Feeling.

The majority of the runners on the card have either made their seasonal return or been seen in a Barrier trial.

He is a nice type, but I do wonder if the benefit of early season fitness has helped him to get an edge on his rivals.

Given the weight carried and the way those races panned out, I think we can upgrade the form of both and they should get another opportunity

If the pair meet again, I would still make Lucky Sweynesse a 1.2 favorite to get his head in front.

Lucky Sweynesse is likely to stalk the pace, but I wanted to find a horse who will be ridden to pick up the pieces instead.

He shaped like a horse who was back to his best and the time would suggest that he is close to peak fitness, which bodes well.

There is always some guesswork when assessing a horse before its debut, but I think this horse is going to make a very promising start.

We began the countdown to the new season in Hong Kong by looking at the Barrier trials run at Conghua, but now we move on to Sha Tin.

Watching the Barrier trials, especially during the closed season, can offer a significant edge in the early weeks of the new campaign.