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Rags to riches: Bargain buy Queenslander sold to Hong Kong I’ve Bean There in action. Picture: Grant Peters–Trackside Photography. Comments
Trainer Stuart Kendrick and his family have completed a rags to riches story with I’ve Bean There, selling the two-year-old originally purchased for just $13,000 to Hong Kong for a $900,000 bonanza.
I’ve Bean There looked like he was set to be a spring player in Australia, finishing fourth in the Group 1 Champagne Stakes (1600m) which was won by Captivant at Randwick in April.
I’ve Bean There was only two lengths off the winner and only a neck behind third-placed Converge who went on to win the Group 1 JJ Atkins during the Queensland winter carnival.’
TRAINER Danny Shum can end the day on a high when he saddles highly progressive
CHARITY FUN in the feature race of the day, the £200,000 Cedar Handicap (3:50pm) over 1m1f.
Hong Kong Derby aspirations were held for this son of War Command after he put clear daylight between himself and his rivals at the Valley in February but was then subsequently blotting his copybook when over-racing at Sha Tin 11 days later.
That probably came as a blessing in disguise for Shum, who was able to back off the four-year-old and then get him ready for a competitive ten-furlong handicap at the end of last month.
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Sky Darci, Tourbillon Diamond and Panfield shine in BMW Hong Kong Derby hitouts
Sky Darci, Tourbillon Diamond and Panfield shine in BMW Hong Kong Derby hitouts by Leo Schlink - HKJC Chad Schofield is back in the saddle Image: Getty
Caspar Fownes is confident Sky Darci is on target for a stellar BMW Hong Kong Derby (2000m) performance after the gelding breezed through a vital 1200m barrier trial on the dirt at Sha Tin on Friday morning (12 March) ahead of next week’s Classic.
The top-rated entry for the HK$24 million contest on Sunday 21 March, Sky Darci was allowed to balance up before streaming to the line impressively for Joao Moreira behind David Hayes’ talented Packing Award and Goldie Flanker this morning.