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Romantic Warrior creates history with third G1 LONGINES Hong Kong Cup triumph
In the end, history was achieved in the most impressive way imaginable.
The Hong Kong Jockey ClubDec 08, 2024
In the end, history was achieved in the most impressive way imaginable.
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Giavellotto produced an irresistible surge up the Sha Tin straight to stamp his authority on the G1 LONGINES Hong Kong Vase (2400m) under Oisin Murphy at Sha Tin on Sunday (8 December), ending a 12-year drought for British-based trainers at this meeting, dating back to the Ed Dunlop-trained Red Cadeaux in 2012.
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May Day Ready, second in the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf at Del Mar on Nov. 1, has a tough outside post in her attempt to make history as the first foreign-based winner of the Grade 1 Hanshin Juvenile Fillies on turf at Kyoto Racecourse in Japan on Sunday.
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It has been the HK$24 million G1 LONGINES Hong Kong Vase (2400m) that has proved the most fruitful opportunity at Sha Tin so far for Aidan O’Brien, who hopes the switch to a race he has won three times before will be an aid to the popular Luxembourg.
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Andre Fabre struck with his very first International Races runner in Hong Kong when Borgia and Olivier Peslier scraped the paint on their way to success in the 1999 LONGINES Hong Kong Vase (2400m), and it is the longest of the four Group 1s on the card which has remained the French training maestro’s touchstone at Sha Tin.
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Hong Kong Selections for the Hong Kong International Races program on Sunday, December 8, 2024 at Sha Tin.
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Hong Kong racing has lacked standout performers recently. Golden Sixty is retired. Romantic Warrior carries the flag not only as Hong Kong's best, but as Hong Kong's only horse anywhere near the top of international ratings. The jurisdiction could use a rising star – and has one named Ka Ying Rising.
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Romantic Warrior already belongs in the pantheon of Hong Kong-based racehorses, a 16-time winner from 21 starts, half those victories at the Group 1 level, two of them abroad, in the Cox Plate in Australia and the Yasuda Kinen in Japan. Sunday at Sha Tin Racecourse, Romantic Warrior can do something no horse based in Hong Kong or anywhere else has done – win the Hong Kong Cup for a third time.
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Trainer Ricky Yiu is hoping to go one better with stable flagbearer Voyage Bubble in the HK$36 million G1 LONGINES Hong Kong Mile (1600m) on Sunday, 8 December at Sha Tin after the galloper finished second behind former champion Golden Sixty in 2023.
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David Hayes’ outstanding sprinter Ka Ying Rising must overcome a challenging outside barrier in Sunday’s (8 December) HK$26 million G1 LONGINES Hong Kong Sprint (1200m) at Sha Tin if he is to continue to push his claim as potentially the world’s best speedster.