Hongkong Great could be set for overseas campaign after record-breaking win by Leo Schlink Hongkong Great Image: HKJC
Danny Shum will consider overseas targets for Hongkong Great after the lightly-raced galloper smashed Sha Tin’s 1650m dirt track record to provide Zac Purton with a timely treble on Saturday (8 May).
Rated perfectly in the lead by Purton, Hongkong Great clocked 1m 36.15s on the dirt surface to lower the classy Gun Pit’s mark of 1m 36.34s, set in 2015, in cruising to a gaping victory in the Class 2 Carnation Handicap (1650m, dirt).
While COVID-19 remains the largest impediment to Shum’s ambitions, he has little doubt the Lookin At Lucky gelding can acquit himself strongly regardless of where the horse travels.