By Alan Carasso
One of the surprise packages of the current racing season in Hong Kong has been Beauty Generation (NZ) (Road to Rock {Aus}), and the hard-knocking gelding added Sunday's G1 Champions Mile to his previous victories in the G1 Longines Hong Kong Mile and the G1 Queen's Silver Jubilee Cup (1400m). In scoring by a deceptively easy one-length margin. Within the context of Time Warp's subpar performance in the QE II Cup, the former Anthony Cummings galloper has tossed his hat into the ring for local Horse of the Year honors. A bit slow to muster from gate one, Beauty Generation gradually worked his way to the front and, as has been his custom this season, galloped his rivals into the ground. He joins the likes of Good Ba Ba, Able Friend (Aus) and Maurice (Jpn) to complete the Hong Kong Mile/Champions Mile double.
“I'm not sure I'd put him in the same group as those horses, but he is a good horse and he has done everything right,” trainer John Moore, now a seven-time Champions Mile winner, told HKJC's Andrew Hawkins. “If he is able to get to the front, he is a real grinder at the very highest level. What more can he do than win races? He's not brilliant like Able Friend, but he's a top horse in his own way.”
WATCH: Beauty Generation too strong in the Champions Mile
Pedigree Notes:
Beauty Generation is out of a half-sister to SW & MGSP Victory Trump (Aus) (Euclase {Aus}) and to SW & GSP Savage Attack (Aus) (Made of Gold). He has a 2-year-old half-brother by Echoes of Heaven (Aus) and a weanling half-sister by Tavistock (NZ). Stylish Bel was most recently covered by Tarzino (NZ).
Sunday, Sha Tin, Hong Kong
CHAMPIONS MILE-G1, HK$18,000,000 (£1,647,735/€1,894,561/A$3,035,686/US$2,294,091), Sha Tin, 4-29, 3yo/up, 1600mT, 1:34.31, gd.
1–BEAUTY GENERATION (NZ), 126, g, 5, by Road to Rock (Aus)
1st Dam: Stylish Bel (Aus), by Bel Esprit (Aus)
2nd Dam: Stylish Victory (Aus), by Durham Ranger
3rd Dam: Romantic Peace (Aus), by Mikado (Aus)
(NZ$60,000 Ylg '14 NZBSEL). O-Patrick Kwok Ho Chuen; B-Nearco Stud Ltd; T-John Moore; J-Zac Purton; HK$10,260,000. Lifetime Record: G1SP-Aus, 22-9-3-4, HK$41,930,720. *Formerly Montaigne (NZ). Click for the eNicks report & five-cross pedigree. Werk Nick Rating: A+++ *Triple Plus*.[bullet ad=”irt-shell”]2–Western Express (Aus), 126, g, 5, Encosta de Lago (Aus)–Alsatia (Aus), by Marauding (NZ). (A$80,000 Ylg '14 INGMEL). O-Larry Yung Chi Kin; B-F Peisah (NSW); T-John Size; HK$3,960,000.[bullet ad=”irt-shell”]3–Southern Legend (Aus), 126, g, 5, Not a Single Doubt (Aus)–Donna's Appeal (Aus), by Carnegie (Ire). (A$280,000 Ylg '14 INGEAS). O-Boniface Ho Ka Kui; B-Corumbene Stud (NSW); T-Caspar Fownes; HK$1,800,000.[bullet ad=”irt-shell”]Margins: 1, 3/4, NO. Odds: 9-10, 20-1, 15-1.
Also Ran: Beauty Only (Ire), Singapore Sling (SAf), Pingwu Spark (NZ), Seasons Bloom (Aus), Blizzard (Aus). Scratched: Helene Paragon (Fr).
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