By Alan Carasso & Adam Houghton
Sunday's Longines Hong Kong International Races meeting at Sha Tin Racecourse attracted each of its four defending champions from 2024, and when the dust had settled on the event, three of those four–Romantic Warrior (Acclamation), Ka Ying Rising (Shamexpress) and Voyage Bubble (Deep Field)–successfully repeated, each spectacularly in their own way. The fourth of them, Giavellotto (Mastercraftsman), was forced to settle for a gallant second to G1 Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe third Sosie (Sea The Stars).
“To see a horse in Romantic Warrior winning for the fourth time–it's never happened in history–in the Longines Hong Kong Cup and in emphatic style is amazing and he is now on HK$240 million in prizemoney and Danny Shum and James McDonald are incredible team with this champion horse,” said Hong Kong Jockey Club CEO Winfried Engelbrecht-Bresges.
“For us, it is extremely satisfying to see with a population of 1350 horses, which is 0.7% of the world's horse population, that we have horses of this class. I would also like to congratulate our three trainers for their outstanding training performance. It is gratifying to see two-home grown talents able to be successful on the highest level.”
Romantic Warrior, acquired by Mick Kinane on behalf of the Hong Kong Jockey Club for 300,000gns at the Tattersalls October Sale back in 2019, was already making history 12 months ago when easily accounting for Japan's Liberty Island (Duramente) to become the first three-time winner of the jurisdiction's richest race. In besting Japanese raider Bellagio Opera (Lord Kanaloa) in the last of the four features on Sunday, he joined a most elite contemporary collection of legends of the turf to have won the same top-level race on four occasions. That group includes the likes of Manikato in Australia (Futurity Stakes, 1979-1981, 1983), Irish St Leger hero Vinnie Roe (2001-2004), Goldikova (Prix Rothschild, 2008-2011) and Winx (2015-2018 Cox Plate). Romantic Warrior has now saluted 11 times at Group 1 level at home, Australia (Cox Plate), Japan (Yasuda Kinen) and Dubai (Jebel Hatta) and he was second in that race for the ages against future GI Breeders' Cup Classic winner Forever Young in the G1 Saudi Cup in February.
In the HK$28-million G1 Longines Hong Kong Sprint, the somehow-underrated Ka Ying Rising dished out yet another breathtaking performance for his 16th win on the trot, equaling the record of Golden Sixty (Medaglia d'Oro) and drawing within one of the all-time Hong Kong record owned by fellow sprinter Silent Witness (El Moxie). It's horse racing and nothing can ever be taken for granted, but it's difficult to pinpoint exactly what a perhaps still-unfurnished Ka Ying Rising can do in the future.
“I call it poetry in motion, I call it the best horse I have ever seen, at least in the sprinting distances,” the Club's chief executive opined. “He's not from this planet–the way he dominated from the gate and left other world-class horses trailing in his shadow was simply extraordinary.”
Voyage Bubble is the third highest-rated runner in Hong Kong, but very much resides deep in the shadows of two of the best horses to ever grace the local racing scene. More workmanlike than brilliant over the course of his career, the 7-year-old called upon all his class Sunday, battling back inside of Soul Rush (Rulership) when Sunday's HK$36-million G1 Longines Hong Kong Mile looked all but lost to reprise last year's 1-2 finish. Only the second to complete Hong Kong's older-horse Triple Crown last season, Voyage Bubble now has–like Ka Ying Rising–over US$15 million in the bank.
Sosie was giving France a 12th victory in the HKIR lid-lifter, a sit-sprint renewal of the HK$26-million G1 Longines Hong Kong Vase, outbattling defending champion Giavellotto (Mastercraftsman) to his outside and a rail-rallying Goliath (Adlerflug) in the run to the judge. Trainer Andre Fabre was breaking a log-jam with Aidan O'Brien in winning the Vase for the fourth time, while Maxime Guyon had the winning steer for the third time, all for the 80-year-old French maestro.
“We believe this was one of the greatest days of Hong Kong racing,” added Hong Kong Jockey Club CEO Winfried Engelbrecht-Bresges.
Phenomenal Four For the 'Warrior'
Romantic Warrior returned to Hong Kong after his narrow defeat in the Apr. 5 G1 Dubai Turf at Meydan and was soon diagnosed with a fetlock fracture that would require surgical repair. Nursed back to health by trainer Danny Shum and his team, the 7-year-old defied a 232-absence to defeat Voyage Bubble in the G2 Jockey Club Cup to run his course-and-distance record to 11-from-12, that lone defeat coming at the hands of Golden Sixty.
Facing just six others in search of his fourth straight Cup, Romantic Warrior was made the $11 (1-10) favorite and was perfectly positioned just behind the speed for the run into the first turn and raced two-wide with cover on the back of Galen (Gleneagles) and Dylan Browne McMonagle down the back as they went well outside standard time through the opening 1200 metres.
Left to face the breeze when Galen dropped down onto the rail, Romantic Warrior was ridden cold on the swing for home, was roused to the front well off the dead inside part of the track with a touch less than two furlongs to travel and cruised in from there, as chief market rivals Bellagio Opera and Quisisana (Le Havre) rounded out the minors.
When met post-race by the HKJC's Nick Child, newly minted World's Best Jockey James McDonald was left speechless.
“He's so special, he's so special,” he said. “He's just a freak. I don't know what to say…I just love him. I love him.”
Added Shum: “I'm very proud of Romantic Warrior and our stable team, they work really hard. It's a big relief. He always gives me a lot of happiness, not only me but my stable, owners, my family and in Hong Kong, even racing fans or non-racing fans, they all love Romantic Warrior.”
Romantic Warrior's sporting owner Peter Lau has expressed his interest to return to Riyadh for a Saudi Cup rematch with Forever Young (Real Steel) in exactly two months' time.
“The plan is always made by the owner, Peter. He has wisdom, we all trust him,” said Shum. “If he says, 'Danny, go to Saudi Arabia', I'll go to Saudi Arabia. If he says, 'Danny stay in Hong Kong', I'll stay in Hong Kong. We're a good team, I trust Peter a lot.”
HKJC photo
Pedigree Notes
As mentioned previously, Romantic Warrior's first three dams are by sires bred for the turf, but who excelled on the dirt nevertheless, including Dubai World Cup winners Street Cry and Singspiel and Halling, who was unbeaten on the dirt when not facing horses named Cigar.
The most accomplished of the seven Group 1 winners by the recently departed Acclamation–five of which are males– Romantic Warrior is kin to the 3-year-old gelding End of Romance (Ire) (Showcasing {GB}), who won a pair of races for owner Timothy Rooney and trainer Karl Burke in England and was third in this year's Rushaway Stakes for Graham Motion. The chestnut was entered for the 2024 Tattersalls Autumn Horses-In-Training Sale, but was bought back on a bid of 380,000gns, having also failed to find a home at that year's Arqana May Breeze-Up when bidding stalled out at €130,000.
The exploits of Romantic Warrior have ensured that the female family has stayed extremely live in European auction houses. His half-sister Melodic Charm (Exceed and Excel), who was purchased by China Horse Club for 270,000gns at Tattersalls November in 2022, is the dam of the juvenile filly Mariyam, by Acclamation's son Dark Angel, that was purchased by Nurlan Bizakov's Sumbe for €420,000 at last year's Arqana August Sale and was recently runner-up at Pau on Dec. 4. The 2-year-old half-brother to Romantic Warrior, Le Samourai (New Bay)–was knocked down to Blandford Bloodstock for 450,000gns at the 2024 Tattersalls October Sale. Folk Melody produced a filly by Havana Grey (GB) in 2025.
Sunday, Sha Tin, Hong Kong
LONGINES HONG KONG CUP-G1, HK$40,000,000, Sha Tin, 12-14, 3yo/up, 2000mT, 2:02.29, gd.
1–ROMANTIC WARRIOR (IRE), 126, g, 7, by Acclamation (GB)
1st Dam: Folk Melody (Ire), by Street Cry (Ire)
2nd Dam: Folk Opera (Ire), by Singspiel (Ire)
3rd Dam: Skiphall (GB), by Halling
(300,000gns Ylg '19 TATOCT; HK$4,800,000 HRA '21 HKIS). O-Peter Lau Pak Fai; B-Corduff Stud & T J Rooney; T-Danny C S Shum; J-James McDonald; HK$22,000,000. Lifetime Record: Horse of the Year, Ch. 4yo & 3x Ch. Middle Distance Horse-HK, G1SW-Aus, Jpn & UAE, G1SP-KSA, 27-20-5-0, $30,561,874. Werk Nick Rating: C+. Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree or the free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree.
2–Bellagio Opera (Jpn), 126, h, 5, Lord Kanaloa (Jpn)–Air Routine (Jpn), by Harbinger (GB). O-Bellagio Racing; B-Tsunebumi Yoshihara; T-Hiroyuki Uemura; J-Kazuo Yokoyama; HK$8,400,000.
3–Quisisana (Fr), 122, m, 5, Le Havre (Ire)–Quamoclit (GB), by Sea The Stars (Ire). O/B-Haras de la Perelle; T-Francis-Henri Graffard; J-Christophe Soumillon; HK$4,600,000.
Margins: 1 3/4, 3HF, NK. Odds: 1-10, 42-5, 9-1.
Also Ran: Galen (GB), Rousham Park (Jpn), Chancheng Glory, Straight Arron (Aus). Click for the HKJC chart, PPs and sectional timing.
Back-To-Back Miles For Voyage Bubble
On a mark of 133, Voyage Bubble is in the top-three horses based in Hong Kong on ratings and had five Group 1 wins to his credit entering his title defence in the Longines Hong Kong Mile, but he is very much the least-appreciated of the high-powered trio.
After getting away with the cheapest of cheap leads in the Jockey Club Cup on Nov. 23, he was unable to resist the comebacking Romantic Warrior, and connections opted for the path of least resistance on Sunday, swerving a rematch in the Cup. It's a decision that reaped big dividends.
Forwardly placed with Zac Purton aboard, Voyage Bubble was content to allow Pray For Mir (Justify)–who drew into the field with the 11th-hour scratching of Happy Together (Dragon Pulse)–to make the running out in the middle of the course as the field raced alongside the Shing Mun River that parallels the Sha Tin backstraight.
Voyage Bubble (left) gets his second Hong Kong Mile | HKJC
Soul Rush, public enemy number one in Hong Kong after pipping Romantic Warrior in the Dubai Turf, began to chime in three deep outside of Voyage Bubble with 500 metres to race and the battle was joined in earned as they went to the front as a team 300 metres out. The big blaze of Soul Rush edged a good half-length in front with time ticking away, but Voyage Bubble loves a battle and under windmill right-handed urging from Purton, clawed his way back to score narrowly. Red Lion (Belardo) was third ahead of a cracking effort from G1 Queen Anne Stakes upsetter Docklands (Massaat), who was prominent throughout and stuck on well for fourth.
“I think he just showed what type of horse he is,” Purton said. “He's not the horse who is going to give you a 'wow' performance, but he's got such a big heart that he's always up for the fight.
“He's in the shadow of the big two, unfortunately, but in his own right, he's a supremely good horse. A Triple Crown winner, he's come back today off the canvas to win.”
Pedigree Notes
Scarcely a meeting goes by in Hong Kong without a strong performance by the progeny of Deep Field, and Voyage Bubble is his most accomplished his offspring. He is one of two HKIR winners for his sire, who also supplied Hong Kong Sprint hero Sky Field.
Voyage Bubble is one of seven winners from seven starters for his dam, whose Group 3-winning daughter Diddums is responsible for Stardom (Zoustar), a listed winner for Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott and breeder Torryburn Stud at Scone in New South Wales this past May.
Among the seven winners produced by second dam Laoub is the listed winner and twice Group 2-placed Bannock (Bertolini), while Voyage Bubble's third dam Lisieux was sold for $13,000 at the 2005 Keeneland January Sale carrying the filly that would become Canadian Horse of the Year and MGSW/GISP Never Retreat (Smart Strike).
The most recent produce from Raheights is a yearling filly by Home Affairs and the mare was retired from breeding duties this past March. Torryburn Stud is also the breeder of Group 1 winner Hot King Prawn–second in the 2019 Hong Kong Sprint–and treble Hong Kong group scorer Straight Arron (Fastnet Rock), who also took part in Sunday's Hong Kong Cup.
Sunday, Sha Tin, Hong Kong
LONGINES HONG KONG MILE-G1, HK$36,000,000, Sha Tin, 12-14, 3yo/up, 1600mT, 1:33.47, gd.
1–VOYAGE BUBBLE (AUS), 126, g, 7, by Deep Field (Aus)
1st Dam: Raheights (Aus), by Rahy
2nd Dam: Laoub, by Red Ransom
3rd Dam: Lisieux, by Steady Growth
(A$300,000 Ylg '20 INGFEB). O-Sunshine and Moonlight Syndicate; B-Torryburn Stud (NSW); T-Ricky P F Yiu; J-Zac Purton; HK$20,160,000. Lifetime Record: 29-12-8-3, $15,093,174. *1/2 to Diddums (Aus) (Snitzel {Aus}), GSW-Aus, $164.688. Werk Nick Rating: B. Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree or the free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree.
2–Soul Rush (Jpn), 126, h, 7, Rulership (Jpn)–Eternal Bouquet (Jpn), by Manhattan Cafe (Jpn). O-Tatsue Ishikawa; B-Shimokobe Farm; T-Yasutoshi Ikee; J-Cristian Demuro; HK$7,560,000.
3–Red Lion (Ire), 126, g, 6, Belardo (Ire)–Crystal Idea (Ire), by Namid (GB). (€7,000 Ylg '20 TATDEC; £240,000 RNA HRA '22 GOFLON). O-The Hon Ronald Arculli GBM GBS JP & Johanna K J Arculli BBS; B-P Harney; T-John Size; J-Hugh Bowman; HK$4,140,000.
Margins: HF, 1 3/4, NK. Odds: 13-5, 61-10, 51-1.
Also Ran: Docklands (GB), Galaxy Patch (Aus), My Wish (Aus), Patch of Theta (Aus), Beauty Joy (Aus), Pray For Mir (Aus), Beauvatier (Fr), Embroidery (Jpn), The Lion In Winter (Ire), Sunlight Power (Aus), Copartner Prance (Aus). Scratched: Happy Together (Ire). Click for the HKJC chart, PPs and sectional timing.
Sweet Sixteen For Ka Ying Rising
Two starts removed from a breathtaking victory in the world's richest horse race–the A$20-million G1 The Everest–in Sydney not even two months ago, Ka Ying Rising was once again condescending in victory in defence of his title in the G1 Longines Hong Kong Sprint, leading home a Hong Kong and New Zealand-bred 1-2-3 while not close to fully extended.
Off as the $10.50 (1-20) mortal, the 5-year-old was actually beaten out of the gate by Wunderbar (Rich Enuff)–the only horse to finish ahead of Ka Ying Rising in his career–but Zac Purton hit the gas ever so slightly and the reigning Horse of the Year was soon in front. Win Carnelian (Screen Hero), last-out winner of the G1 Sprinters' Stakes, zoomed up to try to pour some sort of pressure into the favourite, but Ka Ying Rising was always going to meet that bid. When Purton went for his mount in earnest with just under two furlongs to race, Ka Ying Rising stretched clear, switched over to his right leg nearing the 200-metre marker and jogged in untouched.
Raging Blizzard (Per Incanto) spiced up the quinella at 112-1, while Fast Network (Wrote)–runner-up to Ka Ying Rising in the G2 Jockey Club Sprint three weeks ago–picked up third prize money. Khaadem (Dark Angel) was off awkwadly, causing Oisin Murphy to lose his irons and effectively ending his race strides from the stalls.
Trainer David Hayes has declared that Ka Ying Rising is the best he's ever trained and nominated Black Caviar as the horse he most reminds him of.
“He was just superb today,” he said, adding that he hopes Ka Ying Rising has another 20 races in him. “The messages he was sending the week of the race suggested he'd do something like that. We are not running fast times today but he did–(running) a lot faster than the other races.”
Purton, who had the luxury of having a look at the infield screen a couple of times with the race in safe keeping, fully expected another top run.
“He is just in a league of his own now,” the Australian said. “And not having to do that extra work into the first corner from a wide gate to try and get forward, probably helped him.”
Super soft for Ka Ying Rising in the Sprint | HKJC
Pedigree Notes
Ka Ying Rising is one of 16 stakes winners, 11 at the group level and one of two top-level scorers from nine crops to the races for his sire, a son of O'Reilly.
Ka Ying Rising, the only winner from two to the races for Missy Moo, is the year-older half-brother to the Hayes-trained five-start maiden Ka Ying Glory (Turn Me Loose), whose best effort was a runner-up effort in Class 4 at second asking last May. Ka Ying Glory also raced Sunday at Sha Tin, finishing down the field in the Class 4 Fairy King Prawn Handicap (1400m) in the opening race.
Sunday, Sha Tin, Hong Kong
LONGINES HONG KONG SPRINT-G1, HK$28,000,000, Sha Tin, 12-14, 3yo/up, 1200mT, 1:07.70, gd.
1–KA YING RISING (NZ), 126, g, 5, by Shamexpress (NZ)
1st Dam: Missy Moo (NZ), by Per Incanto
2nd Dam: Royal Rhythm (NZ), by Rhythm
3rd Dam: Her Dynasty (NZ), by Sir Tristram (Ire)
O-Ka Ying Syndicate; B-Grandmoral Lodge Racing; T-David Hayes; J-Zac Purton; HK$15,680,000. Lifetime Record: Horse of the Year & Ch. Sprinter-HK, G1SW-Aus, 19-17-2-0, $15,009,168. Werk Nick Rating: A++. Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree or the free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree.
2–Raging Blizzard (NZ), 126, g, 6, Per Incanto–Perfect Beat (Aus), by Magnus (Aus). (A$225,000 Ylg '21 INGFEB). O-Hayden Pong Hei Ting; B-Jamieson Park Ltd; T-John Size; J-Brenton Avdulla; HK$5,880,000.
3–Fast Network (NZ), 126, g, 5, Wrote (Ire)–Alberta (NZ), by Magic Albert (Aus). (NZ$30,000 Ylg '22 NZBMAR). O-Ng Hung Yau; B-K A Gillovic; T-Dennis C Y Yip; J-James McDonald; HK$3,220,000.
Margins: 3 3/4, 3/4, NO. Odds: 1-20, 112-1, 39-1.
Also Ran: Lucky Sweynesse (NZ), Helios Express (Aus), Tomodachi Kokoroe (Aus), Lucky With You (Aus), Wunderbar (Aus), Satono Reve (Jpn), Beauty Waves (Ire), Win Carnelian (Jpn), Khaadem (Ire), Divano (Aus). Click for the HKJC chart, PPs and sectional timing.
Fabre Fights Back With Record Fourth Vase
By Adam Houghton
Legendary French trainer Andre Fabre won the HK$26-million G1 Longines Hong Kong Vase for a record fourth time as the redoubtable Sosie (Sea The Stars) starred in the curtain-raiser to Sunday's spellbinding action at Sha Tin, leading home a clean sweep of the first five places for the European challengers.
Fabre forfeited one of his many records recently when Calandagan (Gleneagles) won the Japan Cup to provide compatriot Francis-Henri Graffard with a 14th top-level win of the calendar year–beating Fabre's previous benchmark for a French trainer of 13–but on this occasion Graffard had to settle for minor honours with his Goliath (Adlerflug) as the old master did it again in a race he'd previously plundered with Borgia (1999), Flintshire (2014) and Junko (2023).
Even in this season when a new champion will be crowned on Fabre's home soil, Wertheimer et Frere's homebred Sosie has been a trusty ally, having kicked off the campaign with consecutive Group 1 wins in the Prix Ganay and Prix d'Ispahan, both at ParisLongchamp, before heading to Hong Kong on the back of a third-place finish in the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe at the same venue.
For Sosie, who also tasted Group 1 success in the Grand Prix de Paris as a three-year-old, it was the speed he'd shown over shorter trips which proved the difference in a Vase run at a crawl over Sha Tin's 2400 metres.
Sosie | HKJC
Andrew Balding trainee Eydon (Olden Times) was responsible for setting the pedestrian early fractions, before Japanese raider Urban Chic (Suave Richard) shot forward to inject some pace into proceedings with around six furlongs to run. Having raced in the box seat behind Eydon for much of the contest, with Sosie and Goliath in the next wave, Aidan O'Brien's triple Group 1 hero Los Angeles (Camelot) was the first to collar Urban Chic early in the straight, but the big players soon loomed large on either side.
Responding generously to Maxime Guyon's urgings, it was Sosie who demonstrated the best turn of foot to gain a decisive advantage entering the final furlong, always looking in control thereafter on his way to a 3/4-of-a-length defeat of defending champion Giavellotto (Mastercraftsman). It was another half-length back to Goliath on the far rail as Graffard's stalwart held on by a neck from the running-on Al Riffa (Wootton Bassett) to secure the final podium position. Los Angeles, in turn, was another 4 3/4 lengths further back as the first four pulled clear.
Fabre was represented on track by wife Elisabeth, who said, “Everything went perfectly. He had a great trip and Maxime knows his horse very well, while Sosie had trust in him when he asked him for his effort. He is a very good horse with a wonderful mind and a lot of natural energy. He is magnificent to look at and he will stay in training next year.”
Guyon, who was gaining his third Vase triumph after those of Flintshire and these connections' Junko, added, “Everything went very smoothly. I followed Los Angeles for three-quarters of the race but, halfway round the home turn, Ryan [Moore]'s horse began to falter. This horse can really sustain his run and he is such a hard horse to pass.
“It's his fourth career Group 1 and he was in such great shape. We know he is capable of winning big races like this and this year he has won at the top level over 1850 metres [in the Prix d'Ispahan], 2100 metres [Prix Ganay] and, now, 2400 metres. He is an incredible horse. This was the first time he'd travelled across continents and, yet, he's been relaxed every morning this week. He's looked amazing.”
Giavellotto ran an honourable race in his quest to become the fifth dual winner of the Vase, but he was unable to turn the tables on Sosie, having finished one place behind that rival when fourth in the Arc last time.
“As we thought beforehand, it wasn't going to be a strong pace,” said trainer Marco Botti. “Andrea [Atzeni] said he thought the winner had first run, but he got to his girth for a second and I thought it was a good effort. The winner is a proper horse–they're two good horses.”
Pedigree Notes
Sosie is one of five winners from six runners produced by Listed Prix Coronation third Sosia, herself a half-sister to G1 Premio Lydia Tesio heroine Sortilege (Tiger Hill). The March-foaled bay is full to a yearling colt and a weanling filly. He is also a half-brother to this term's G3 Prix Noailles victor Uther (Camelot), multiple Group 3-placed and dual Listed winner Anasia (Intello), the stakes-winning Copie (Iffraaj) and G3 Prix Daphnis runner-up Sosino (New Approach). His second dam Sahel (Monsun), herself a daughter of storied blue hen Sacarina (Old Vic), is the ancestress of the dual Group 2 winner Straight (Zarak), who has also finished placed at the top level on two occasions.
Sunday, Sha Tin, Hong Kong
LONGINES HONG KONG VASE-G1, HK$26,000,000, Sha Tin, 12-14, 3yo/up, 2400mT, 2:28.05, gd.
1–SOSIE (IRE), 126, c, 4, by Sea The Stars (Ire)
1st Dam: Sosia (Ger) (SP-Fr), by Shamardal
2nd Dam: Sahel (Ger), by Monsun (Ger)
3rd Dam: Sacarina (GB), by Old Vic (GB)
O/B-Wertheimer et Frere; T-Andre Fabre; J-Maxime Guyon; HK$14,560,000. Lifetime Record: MG1SW-Fr, 13-7-2-2, $3,952,959. *1/2 to Anasia (GB) (Intello {Ger}), SW & MGSP-Fr, $147,779; Copie (GB) (Iffraaj {GB}), SW-Ger; Sosino (Ire) (New Approach {Ire}), GSP-Fr; and Uther (GB) (Camelot {GB}), GSW-Fr, $135,730. Werk Nick Rating: A+. Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree or the free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree.
2–Giavellotto (Ire), 126, h, 6, Mastercraftsman (Ire)–Gerika (Fr), by Galileo (Ire). O-Scuderia La Tesa Ltd & Vaibhav Smith; B-Societa Agricola La Tesa SRL; T-Marco Botti; J-Andrea Atzeni; HK$5,460,000.
3–Goliath (Ger), 126, g, 5, Adlerflug (Ger)–Gouache (Ger), by Shamardal. O-Resolute Racing & Baron Philip Von Ullmann; B-Gestut Schlenderhan; T-Francis-Henri Graffard; J-Christophe Soumillon; HK$2,990,000.
Margins: 3/4, HF, NK. Odds: 17-10, 16-5, 19-1.
Also Ran: Al Riffa (Fr), Los Angeles (Ire), Bundle Award (Aus), Moments In Time (Chi), Ka Ying Generation (Ire), Ensued, Urban Chic (Jpn), Eydon (Ire). Click for the HKJC chart, PPs and sectional timing.
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