The legend of Ka Ying Rising continues to grow. On Sunday at Sha Tin Racecourse in Hong Kong, Ka Ying Rising won his 16th consecutive race in the Group 1 Hong Kong Sprint. The victory did not require a major effort. Ridden by Zac Purton, Ka Ying Rising took the lead shortly after the start of the six-furlong race and was never troubled, winning by 3 3/4 lengths over 112-1 Raging Blizzard. Fast Network (39-1) finished third. Ka Ying Rising, who paid a mere $2.10 in American pools, was timed in 1:07.70 without being urged by Purton in the final sixteenth. Ka Ying Rising started from the inside post in a field of 13 in the $3.59 million Hong Kong Sprint. “He is just in a league of his own now,” Purton told Hong Kong publicity. “Not having to do that extra work into the (turn) from a wide gate to try and get forward, probably helped him.” :: Hong Kong: Free PPs, picks, analysis, replays, and live streaming Ka Ying Rising’s winning streak began in February 2024, and includes the 2024 Hong Kong Sprint, the eighth victory in the sequence. With Sunday’s win, Ka Ying Rising has equaled the winning streak of the Hong Kong-based Golden Sixty from September 2019 to December 2021, and places Ka Ying Rising one win behind the region’s all-time record holder for consecutive wins in Silent Witness, who was unbeaten in his first 17 starts at Sha Tin from December 2002 to late April 2005. A 5-year-old New Zealand-bred gelding by Shamexpress, Ka Ying Rising has won 17 of 19 starts. In October, Ka Ying Rising won the Group 1, $13.09 million Everest Stakes at Royal Randwick Racecourse in Sydney, Australia. The Everest Stakes, the world’s richest sprint, is Ka Ying Rising’s only start away from Sha Tin. Trainer David Hayes indicated that Ka Ying Rising will race in Hong Kong in early 2026 and that a return trip to the Everest Stakes next October is a possibility. The trainer expects the winning streak to continue. “He is a lot heavier and stronger now, so physically he is really improving and it is showing on the track,” Hayes said. In the race preceding the Hong Kong Sprint, the French star Sosie won his first international race in the Group 1 Hong Kong Vase at 1 1/2 miles. Ridden confidently by Maxime Guyon, Sosie ($5.40) raced wide for much of the trip, took the lead with more than a quarter-mile remaining, and maintained his advantage to win by three-quarters of a length over 3-1 Giavellotto, the winner of the 2024 Hong Kong Vase. “This horse can really sustain his run, and he is such a hard horse to pass,” Guyon said. “He is so easy to put anywhere in a race. “This was the first time he’d travelled across continents, and yet he’s been relaxed every morning this week. He’s looked amazing.” Goliath (19-1) finished third by 1 1/4 lengths in his first start since an 11th-place finish in a field of 13 in the Breeders’ Cup Turf at Del Mar on Nov. 1. Sosie, a 4-year-old colt by Sea the Stars, won the fourth Group 1 race of his career, all since summer 2024, in the $3.34 million Hong Kong Vase. Sunday’s win gave 80-year-old trainer Andre Fabre a record fourth win in the Hong Kong Vase. Sosie and Giavellotto were third and fourth in the Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe at Longchamp Racecourse in Paris on Oct. 5. Purton, the leading rider in Hong Kong, rode the local star Voyage Bubble to a win in Sunday’s Group 1 Hong Kong Mile, the 7-year-old gelding’s second consecutive victory in the race. Voyage Bubble ($7.20) stalked pacesetter Pray for Mir, who raced well off the rail. Voyage Bubble was within a length of the lead with three furlongs remaining and was vigorously ridden through the stretch to win by a half-length over 6-1 Soul Rush. “I think he just showed what type of horse he is,” Purton said. “He’s not the horse who is going to give you a ‘wow’ performance, but he’s got such a big heart that he’s always up for the fight.” Red Lion (51-1) finished third in the field of 14, the largest of the four Group 1 races at Sha Tin on Sunday. The $4.62 million Hong Kong Mile was the first win for Voyage Bubble since the Group 1 Standard Charter Champions and Chater Cup at 1 1/2 miles at Sha Tin in May. Voyage Bubble, trained by Ricky Yiu, was second to Romantic Warrior in the Group 2 Jockey Club Cup at 1 1/4 miles on Nov. 23. Romantic Warrior won the Group 1 Hong Kong Cup at 1 1/4 miles on Sunday. :: Want to learn more about handicapping and wagering? Check out DRF's Handicapping 101 and Wagering 101 pages.