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Hong Kong trainer Frankie Lor won his first Group 1 race Sunday at Sha Tin Racecourse when Mr. Stunning took the Hong Kong Sprint. Two hours later, he won his second when Glorious Forever won the Hong Kong Cup.
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Beauty Generation’s saucer-shaped feet have given him trouble this autumn. In the Group 1, $3.2 million Hong Kong Mile on Sunday at Sha Tin Racecourse, he ran a good field right off their feet.
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Mr. Stunning won the Group 1, $2.56 million Hong Kong Sprint in 2017 for trainer John Size, and he won it again Sunday for Size’s former assistant, trainer Frankie Lor.
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Tony Cruz said all the way through the 4-year-old Championship Series last Hong Kong racing season that Exultant needed at least 1 1/4 miles to show his best. The horse bore out his trainer’s opinion Sunday at Sha Tin Racecourse, staying gamely to nip the Japanese filly Lys Gracieux and becoming just the second Hong Kong-based winner of the Group 1, $2.56 million Hong Kong Vase.
It’s true there are no American horses here for the Hong Kong International Races on Sunday, but there are a couple of Americans here with their horse.
Hong Kong selections for Sunday, December 9, 2018 - Hong Kong Cup card at Sha Tin
There's still a lingering air of doubt about Beauty Generation as the gelding attempts to win the $3.2 million Hong Kong Mile for the second year in a row on Sunday.
Andrew Hawkins' Hong Kong selections and analysis for Sunday, December 9, 2018 - Hong Kong Cup Day at Sha Tin
The name suits him – Beauty Generation. Not that the gelding, bred in New Zealand and campaigned in Australia before being purchased and sent here to Hong Kong, radiates beauty.
Christophe Lemaire is in Hong Kong this week for the first time in five years. His position in the racing world is unique. A successful and established rider in France, Lemaire has become Japan's top jockey.
