Loves Only You works for Hong Kong Cup

Loves Only You, game winner of the Breeders’ Cup Filly and Mare Turf on Nov. 6 at Del Mar, worked a half-mile in 53 seconds on the main track at Del Mar on Wednesday in preparation for a start in the Group 1 Hong Kong Cup at 1 1/4 miles at Sha Tin Racecourse in Hong Kong on Dec. 12.

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Loves Only You, trained by Yoshito Yahagi, won the Group 1 Queen Elizabeth II Cup at 1 1/4 miles at Sha Tin in April. The BC Filly and Mare Turf was Loves Only You’s first start in the United States. A 5-year-old Japanese-bred mare, Loves Only You had her first workout since the Filly and Mare Turf on Wednesday.

By remaining at Del Mar, Loves Only You can be sent directly to Hong Kong without going through a week-long quarantine process.

Vin de Garde, a 5-year-old Japanese-bred horse who was 12th of 14 in the BC Mile, worked three furlongs in 37.40 seconds in advance of a scheduled start in the Group 1 Hong Kong Mile on Dec. 12 at Sha Tin.