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.
About 12 hours after he was withdrawn from the Group 1 Al Quoz Sprint at Meydan Racecourse on March 31 because of blood in a nostril, Blue Point was back in action at trainer Charlie Appleby’s base in Dubai.
Addeybb appears to be emerging as one of the better milers in Europe after winning his stakes debut, the Group 2 Sandown Mile at Sandown Park, by 2 3/4 lengths Friday.
