Classic Emperor is back in Hong Kong and on his preferred surface in Wednesday’s $236,981 Victoria Racing Club Trophy at about a mile and 50 yards on the dirt course at Sha Tin.
Racing for the first time since a romping victory in the Champion Stakes last October, Cracksman won the Group 1 Prix Ganay on Sunday at the new Longchamp by four lengths.
Rainbow Line, the Grade 2 winner of a turf marathon in Japan in March, won the first Grade 1 race in Sunday’s spring running of the $2.66 million Tenno Sho at Kyoto Racecourse in Japan, but was vanned off after the race when he showed signs of lameness in a foreleg.
John Size, well on his way to his 10th Hong Kong training title since 2001, has cornered the market on sprinters.
The 2017-18 Hong Kong season is winding down at the wrong time for Pakistan Star, who won Sunday’s Group 1 Queen Elizabeth II Cup at Sha Tin Racecourse.
Beauty Generation completed a sweep of Hong Kong’s two leading mile races with a win in Sunday’s Champions Mile at Sha Tin. His victory on Sunday, and in the Hong Kong Mile on the prestigious international program last December, may lead to a Horse of the Year title.
Pakistan Star won the most important race of his career in Sunday’s Group 1 Queen Elizabeth II Cup at Sha Tin Racecourse.
Ivictory won his group stakes debut in Sunday’s Group 1 Chairman’s Sprint Prize at Sha Tin Racecourse over the proven stakes winners Mr Stunning and Beat the Clock.
Beauty Generation, the 4-5 favorite, won his third Group 1 race in his last five starts in the $2.294 million Champions Mile on turf at Sha Tin on Sunday.
Al Ain, the Japanese Grade 1 winner, had a somewhat routine training session at Sha Tin Racecourse in Hong Kong on Saturday. After his antics on Thursday, a quiet day was considered progress in his preparation for Sunday’s Group 1 Queen Elizabeth II Cup.
