Four-time Group 1 winner Magical (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}) is set for at least one more trip to the post before visiting No Nay Never next year, with the 4-year-old filly remaining among trainer Aidan O'Brien's entries for the Hong Kong International meeting on Dec. 8.
Magical, the winner of the G1 Qipco Irish Champion S. and the G1 Qipco Champion S. within a five week span with a fifth in the G1 Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe in between, was scratched from the GI Breeders' Cup Turf earlier this month after spiking a temperature before traveling from Ireland. She is set for the G1 Hong Kong Cup, where her competition will include her stablemate and last-out Group 1 winner Magic Wand (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}); Japan's formidable mare Almond Eye (Jpn) (Lord Kanaloa {Jpn}); the Aga Khan's Edisa (Kitten's Joy), victorious in stakes in France and the U.S. this season; and former winners of this race and full brothers Glorious Forever (GB) (Archipenko) and Time Warp (GB).
Aidan O'Brien also has Circus Maximus (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}) (G1 Hong Kong Mile), Anthony Van Dyck (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}) and Mount Everest (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}) (G1 Hong Kong Vase) in the mix for Sha Tin's big night.
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