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Mercurial prevails in Telegraph
Sam Spratt teamed up with arguably New Zealand’s most improved racehorse to land a boilover victory in yesterday’s Telegraph Stakes (Gr 1, 1200m) at Trentham – her third time triumphing in a meeting that once came close to claiming her life. Yesterday’s heroics aboard Mercurial (Burgundy) came some 21 years after Spratt suffered severe head... Read More
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Injury rules Without A Fight out of autumn
This year’s Melbourne Cup (Gr 1, 3200m) and Caulfield Cup (Gr 1, 2400m) hero Without A Fight (Teofilo) has been ruled out of the autumn after sustaining a tendon injury. Anthony and Sam Freedman revealed the news yesterday evening, confirming that the six-year-old son of Teofilo (Galileo) will now head for rehabilitation during an extended... Read More
Fabre works his magic with Junko in Vase
Having saddled Flintshire (Dansili) to land the Hong Kong Vase (Gr 1, 2400m) back in 2014, his last success at the meeting, legendary French trainer Andre Fabre was again celebrating in the winner’s enclosure at the HKIR as Junko (Intello) produced a stellar performance to secure the 2400-metre Group 1 yesterday. A homebred for Wertheimer... Read More
Romantic Warrior toughs it out in Hong Kong Cup
James McDonald labelled yesterday’s Hong Kong Cup hero Romantic Warrior (Acclamation) as the ‘toughest horse I have ever sat on’, as the Danny Shum-trained son of Acclamation (Royal Applause) backed up his last-start Cox Plate (Gr 1, 2040m) victory with yet another gutsy success. Jumping from barrier seven, Romantic Warrior settled in midfield behind leader... Read More
Lucky Sweynesse lights up Sha Tin with rousing Hong Kong Sprint success
Atonement was the word Zac Purton used in a press conference earlier this week to describe the goal for Lucky Sweynesse (Sweynesse) in this year’s Hong Kong Sprint (Gr 1, 1200m), and the pair proved all class to land the 1200-metre dash and banish any bad memories from last year’s renewal. Having been all the... Read More
SUBLIME SIXTY
Local hero Vincent Ho capped off an unforgettable week with a dream success aboard Hong Kong legend Golden Sixty (Medaglia D’Oro) in yesterday’s Hong Kong Mile (Gr 1, 1600m) at the Hong Kong International Races (HKIR) meeting at Sha Tin. In a performance for the ages, Hong Kong’s reigning champion racehorse defied not only a... Read More