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The Hong Kong Jockey Club purchased four eye-catching colts at the recent Inglis Melbourne Premier Yearling Sale for a total outlay of AU$1.37 million (approx. HK$8.305 million).
The Club’s highest-priced purchase was Lot 525 for AU$550,000, a good-looking son of Deep Field who has been making waves in Hong Kong as the sire of 14 winners this season, including speedsters Winning Dreamer, Sky Field and Winner Method.
Recently, Deep Field notched his first G1 as a sire with Portland Sky who scored a dead-heat victory in the G1 Oakleigh Plate and before this he broke the record of individual winners for a second-season sire in Australia, a record previously held by his own sire Northern Meteor.
Hong Kong Racing Tips: Size looks to have another Ace up his sleeve
John Size is closing in on the lead in the trainers championship.
IT COULD pay to jump on the John Size bandwagon when the 11-time Champion Trainer sends a handful of raiders to Happy Valley on Wednesday.
Records show the ‘master trainer’ saddled an incredible 14 winners last month, including 11 from his last 32 runners.
He is now breathing down the neck of championship leader Caspar Fownes, currently leading by two, and is capable of being outright leader by the weekend, especially with Sha Tin races to come on Saturday.
Like Father, Like Son: Danon Smash Takes Hong Kong Sprint For Japan Sponsored by:
Danon Smash and Ryan Moore winning the Kong Kong Sprint at Sha Tin
Danon Smash followed in the footsteps of his sire Lord Kanaloa with a thrilling victory for Japan on Sunday in the G1 Longines Hong Kong Sprint (1200 meters) at Sha Tin, their third in the HK$22 million contest s 21-year history.
“It is a very pleasing moment that Lord Kanaloa and Danon Smash, sire and son could achieve their Hong Kong wins – it s a happy moment,” said a representative for trainer Takayuki Yasuda.
Lord Kanaloa landed Sha Tin s premier dash twice in 2012 and 2013, and was also trained by Yasuda, and Danon Smash joined the honor roll with a gritty success under Ryan Moore, who one race prior, secured the G1 Hong Kong Vase (2400m) aboard Mogul.
Danon Smash follows Lord Kanaloa s footsteps with Hong Kong glory
Danon Smash follows Lord Kanaloa s footsteps with Hong Kong glory by Declan Schuster - HKJC Ryan Moore aboard Danon Smash Image: HKJC
Danon Smash followed in the footsteps of his sire Lord Kanaloa with a thrilling victory for Japan in the 2020 G1 LONGINES Hong Kong Sprint (1200m), their third in the HK$22 million contest’s 21-year history.
“It is a very pleasing moment that Lord Kanaloa and Danon Smash, sire and son could achieve their Hong Kong wins – it’s a happy moment,” Mr. Chaki, trainer Takayuki Yasuda’s representative.
Classique Legend ready to go for Hong Kong Sprint Classique Legend takes it in at Sha Tin. Source: HKJC
The Longines Hong Kong Sprint (1200m) preparation - both flawed and challenging - is complete, but Caspar Fownes won’t know the success of the operation until Classique Legend shapes to unleash his scorching late sprint at Sha Tin on Sunday.
Classique Legend arrived in Hong Kong on 11 November, presenting Fownes with a string of hurdles, not least horse health and form, before undergoing an unorthodox build-up to the HK$22 million sprint.
To face Japanese speedsters Danon Smash and Tower Of London over 1200m, as well as the best Hong Kong has to offer, the former Australian seems destined for a baptism of fire under Vincent Ho.