Past The Wire Search
December 18, 2020
By Declan Schuster
This Sunday (20 December) at Sha Tin, two-time champion trainer David Hayes will unveil smart four-year-old Conqueror, who is looking to lay out his BMW Hong Kong Derby (2000m) credentials in the Class 2 Bellflower Handicap (1400m).
The Fastnet Rock gelding was runner-up to subsequent two-time G1 winner Probabeel in the Listed Karaka Million Three-Year-Old Classic (1600m) at Ellerslie Racecourse in New Zealand, with that horse subsequently winning two G1s, the Surround Stakes (1400m) and Epsom Handicap (1600m) among her next eight starts, which included a G1 W.S Cox Plate (2040m) berth.