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Cathay Pacific Hong Kong International Races
Yeah, yeah... not till December but it's never too early! :D
First horse invited (by Mr. Bill Nader, HKJC)... the honor goes to Singapore sensation Rocket Man. :tro: |
Youmzain to the Vase...
http://www.mickchannon.tv/news.php Scenic Blast to the Sprint... http://www.theage.com.au/news/sport/...590938384.html (To keep this up to date, Rocket Man injured. Info on the Singapore thread). |
Laurel Guerreiro to the Mile...
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Waikato possible for the Mile, Buccellati possible for the Vase...
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HKJC.....
First nominations promise a star-studded CXHKIR 2009 21 October 2009 Initial entries for the 2009 Cathay Pacific Hong Kong International Races point towards a series of season-defining clashes with hundreds of the sport's best active thoroughbreds under consideration for an invitation to Sha Tin for the Turf World Championships on 13 December. At the close of first nominations last week, the Hong Kong Jockey Club received 298 nominations, comprising 79 individual Gr.1 winners. These entries hail from a tally of 17 racing jurisdictions. ''These entries promise championship fields for the Turf World Championships. We can expect winners from the Breeders' Cup and Dubai World Cup meetings to clash with defending international champions in Hong Kong across a variety of distances. The quality and diversity of these nominations include a Kentucky Derby winner, the Australian and Japanese Horses of the Year, Classic winners from throughout the globe…and we are just scratching the surface,'' said Mr William A Nader, Executive Director of Racing of the HKJC. ''The preparation for this year's meeting also takes on a new dimension with up to four overseas horses invited to contest each of our three key international trials in November. We will announce the invited horses for these trials next Tuesday, 27 October.'' 2009 Cathay Pacific Hong Kong International Races - Featured Nominations Cathay Pacific Hong Kong Sprint (HK$12m - US$1.55m - Gr.1 - 1200m) This race consistently produces the world's highest-ranked sprinter and has gone to a Hong Kong-trained horse for each of the past seven years. However, Scenic Blast, Australia's Horse of the Year, is already at Sha Tin preparing to break the local stranglehold and collect a US$1m bonus for winning three Gr.1 legs of the Global Sprint Challenge. Eight-time Gr.1 champion Apache Cat is another prominent entry from Australia. Topping the European list of entrants are the Prix de l'Abbaye winner Total Gallery, July Cup heroine Fleeting Spirit and the dual Nunthorpe Stakes victor, the ever consistent Borderlescott. Cannonball, the American-trained speedster who made such a big impression at Royal Ascot this year, and Japan's best sprinter, Laurel Guerreiro, recently successful in the Sprinters' Stakes, are also in line to make this race the most explosive sprint of the year. Hong Kong can be expected to field the two most recent winners of this race, Sacred Kingdom and Inspiration, allied to the up-and-coming Happy Zero. Cathay Pacific Hong Kong Vase (HK$14m - US$1.8m - Gr.1 - 2400m) An event that has been the preserve of European raiders for over a decade and two British stars, Conduit and Youmzain, head the entries this year. The former has won three Gr.1s including the Breeders' Cup Turf and King George VI & Queen Elizabeth Stakes at this distance; the latter has remarkably finished runner-up in the last three editions of the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe but still won twice at the highest level. Dar Re Mi, Europe's best staying female, is also present as well as Epsom Oaks winner Look Here and Gr.1 winner Spanish Moon, trained, like Conduit, by Sir Michael Stoute. Eastern Anthem and Mastery, respective victors of the Dubai Sheema Classic and the St Leger this year, appear the main Vase representatives from Godolphin, whereas triple Gr.1 winner Presious Passion looks a very interesting contender from the USA. Hong Kong's Horse of the Year Viva Pataca, Thumbs Up and rising star Young Elite provide local fans with hope of wresting this race for the first time since 1998. Cathay Pacific Hong Kong Mile (HK$16m - US$2m - Gr.1 - 1600m) Judged on her incredible dismissal of Europe's best milers by six lengths at Deauville in August, six-time Gr.1 winner Goldikova, currently the world's highest-rated active performer, is among the best females to grace the sport in the past decade. Vodka, on the other hand, is the most successful female in the history of Japanese racing and she has won the Yasuda Kinen twice at this distance for the past two years. Australian Gr.1 winner Black Piranha and Delegator, now with Godolphin, are other names to note from around the world. Good Ba Ba will make history if he can win the Mile for a third time; others have tried but no horse has ever landed a hat-trick of international successes. Gr.1 stars Sight Winner and Egyptian Ra add weight to the home-based defence. Cathay Pacific Hong Kong Cup (HK$20m - US$2.5m - Gr.1 - 2000m) Hong Kong's richest race and Eagle Mountain is expected to return to the scene of his victory a year ago. Here he is likely to encounter another international Sha Tin specialist, Presvis who captured the Audemars Piguet QEII Cup at this distance in April for Luca Cumani. Mine That Bird is the first Kentucky Derby winner to become an entrant for Hong Kong, while Gio Ponti is officially the best turf performer in America. Vision D'Etat has won the French Derby and the Prince Of Wales's Stakes at Royal Ascot to mark himself out as among the European elite at this trip. Dream Journey, meanwhile, is Japan's highest-ranked thoroughbred and is also tipped for an appearance in Hong Kong's richest race. Closer to home, trainer John Moore has plotted this race for Collection ever since he won the Mercedes-Benz Hong Kong Derby last season. ''We believe these four races represent the pinnacle of turf racing. We now look forward to some truly spectacular clashes between the world's best horses on the second Sunday in December at Sha Tin,'' Mr Nader added. |
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This horse is just so ugly I have to want him to win.
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:cool: http://lh6.ggpht.com/_a9kGUp5e4ro/Re...hecat23feb.jpg :cool:
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He scares me. That face will be in my dreams tonight.
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It's about a horse who had been sold but who was so "ugly" that the buyers had one look at him and said forget it. It has a happy ending though. :D He is the champion of the masses. He's living proof that beauty is in the eye of..... I promise you you'll find him beautiful before long. :) edit - Oh! You've got to read this!!!!! http://www.smh.com.au/news/horseraci...970941756.html :{>: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3BXNZ...eature=related :{>: |
Awwwhhhh.:)
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Spanish Moon to the Vase, Eagle Mountain to the Cup...
http://www.mikedekockracing.com/Default.aspx?tabid=1843 |
All Silent to the Sprint...
http://www.racingpost.com/news/horse...international/ Scenic Blast scratched from the Sprint Trial... http://www.racingandsports.com.au/ra...asp?NID=164823 On Presvis... http://www.racingpost.com/news/horse...ld/654827/top/ |
Cannonball arrives...
http://www.hkjc.com/english/news/news_2009112123489.htm Presvis beaten in his prep at Lingfield... http://www.racingpost.com/news/horse...nd/655682/top/ For Youmzain fans... :) http://www.mickchannon.tv/news.php#612 |
can't wait for this.. really looking forward to seeing Presvis v Collection in the HK Cup. Collection can and will be an absolute superstar in the next year or two..
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Where's CSC to agree? He made this prediction many moon ago. :) :tro: :D |
http://www.racingpost.com/news/horse...races/657045/?
Happy zero to the mile - interesting! What price do you reckon I'll bag Buccellati at? 100-1?? |
Sha Tin (Sunday - December 13)
US$1.6 million Cathay Pacific Hong Kong Sprint (1200m) - Group 1 Country Int'l Rat. Horse (Bred) Age Sex Trainer HK 122 Sacred Kingdom (AUS) 6 g Ricky Yiu AUS 122 Scenic Blast (AUS) 5 g Daniel Morton AUS 119 All Silent (AUS) 6 g Grahame Begg AUS 118 Apache Cat (AUS) 7 g Greg Eurell GB 118 Total Gallery (IRE) 3 c J S (Stan) Moore GB 117 Borderlescott (GB) 7 g Robin Bastiman USA 117 California Flag (USA) 5 g Brian Koriner HK 117 Inspiration (AUS) 6 g John Moore USA 116 Cannonball (USA) 4 g Wesley Ward HK 116 Green Birdie (NZ) 6 g Caspar Fownes JPN 115 Laurel Guerreiro (JPN) 5 h Mitsugu Kon GB 115 War Artist (AUS) 6 g James Eustace HK 114 Joy And Fun (NZ) 6 g Derek Cruz HK 111 One World (AUS) 5 h John Moore US$2.1 million Cathay Pacific Hong Kong Mile (1600m) - Group 1 Country Int'l Rat. Horse (Bred)Age Sex Trainer HK 124 Good Ba Ba (USA) 7 g Derek Cruz HK 119 Egyptian Ra (NZ) 8 g Tony Cruz HK 118 Able One (NZ) 7 g John Moore AUS 118 Racing To Win (AUS) 7 g John O'Shea FR 117 Gris de Gris (IRE) 5 h Alain de Royer Dupre HK 117 Happy Zero (AUS) 5 g John Moore GB 117 Pressing (IRE) 6 h Michael Jarvis HK 117 Sight Winner (NZ) 6 g John Size UAE 116 Alexandros (GB) 4 c Saeed bin Suroor GB 116 Confront (GB) 4 g Sir Michael Stoute IRE 115 Duff (IRE) 6 g Edward Lynam HK 115 Fellowship (NZ) 7 g Paul O'Sullivan USA 115 Ferneley (IRE) 5 h Ben Cecil FR 117 Sweet Hearth (USA) 3 f Alain de Royer Dupre US$2.6 million Cathay Pacific Hong Kong Cup (2000m) - Group 1 Country Int'l Rat. Horse (Bred) Age Sex Trainer FR 122 Vision d'Etat (FR) 4 c Eric Libaud SAF 120 EagleMountain(GB) 5 h Mike de Kock GB 120 Presvis (GB) 5 g Luca Cumani HK 119 Collection (IRE) 4 g John Moore UAE 118 Balius (IRE) 6 h Saeed bin Suroor FR 115 Starlish (IRE) 4 c Elie Lellouche HK 110 Mr Medici (IRE) 4 c Peter Ho HK 110 Unique Jewellery (NZ) 5 g John Size HK 106 Special Days (NZ) 6 g John Size JPN 109 Queen Spumante (JPN) 5 m Shigeyuki Kojima FR 114 Ashalanda (FR) 3 f Alain de Royer Dupre US$1.8 million Cathay Pacific Hong Kong Vase (2400m) - Group 1 Country Int'l Rat. Horse (Bred) Age Sex Trainer GB 125 Youmzain (IRE) 6 h Mick Channon GB 120 Spanish Moon (USA) 5 h Sir Michael Stoute HK 120 Viva Pataca (GB) 7 g John Moore FR 117 Kasbah Bliss (FR) 7 g Francois Doumen HK 117 Thumbs Up (NZ) 5 g Danny Shum JPN 116 Jaguar Mail (JPN) 5 h Noriyuki Hori HK 116 Packing Winner (NZ) 7 g Peter Ho GB 116 Purple Moon (IRE) 6 g Luca Cumani UAE 115 Campanologist (USA) 4 c Saeed bin Suroor GB 114 Buccellati (GB) 5 h Andrew Balding HK 109 Jamesina (AUS) 6 g David Ferraris USA 114 Black Mamba (NZ) 6 m John Sadler FR 117 Cirrus des Aigles (FR) 3 g Corine Barande-Barbe FR 112 Daryakana (FR) 3 f Alain de Royer Dupre |
Vision D'tat...What a coup for HK. This is a very good horse that rarely ships.
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I wonder...
Maybe Peslier? He skipped the BC Turf in favor of this, right? * * * The Cat arroves... http://www.thoroughbrednews.co.nz/au....aspx?id=44080 * * * On Scenic Blast... http://racing.scmp.com/freeservice/n...s20091202c.asp His barrier trial (batch 1. Thumbs Up and Jackpot Delight are in batch 2)... http://www.hkjc.com/english/press/btrs.asp * * * Jackpot Delight called up for Cathay Pacific Hong Kong Vase 1 December 2009 Purple Moon has withdrawn from the Cathay Pacific Hong Kong Vase and will be replaced by Hong Kong runner Jackpot Delight. Jackpot Delight ran second in the 2008 Mercedes-Benz Hong Kong Derby and last year was invited to contest the CXHK Vase. He won the Sha Tin Mile Trophy, the very final race of last season, by a neck from Cathay Pacific Hong Kong Cup runner, Mr Medici, who on that occasion was in receipt of 11lbs. On Tuesday 1 December, Jackpot Delight displayed his current wellbeing with a positive showing in a barrier trial on the Sha Tin turf. In the same trial, Unique Jewellery, who had been selected for the Cathay Pacific Hong Kong Cup, unfortunately bled from both nostrils and has withdrawn from the Cup. |
Why no Purple Moon?:confused:
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* * * Very nice, Jaripeo! * * * Balius and Campanologist were just withdrawn..... |
Eyshal is in... (to the Cup).
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Monday photos...
http://www.thoroughbrednews.com.au/i....aspx?id=44165 Trackwork notes... http://www.thoroughbrednews.com.au/i....aspx?id=44163 |
Race 4 - THE CATHAY PACIFIC HONG KONG VASE
Sunday, December 13, 2009, Sha Tin, 14:00 Turf ,"A" Course ,2400m Prize Money: $14,000,000.00, Rating: -, (GROUP 1) 1 YOUMZAIN 126 K Fallon 7 M R Channon - - 1073 V 2 SPANISH MOON 126 R Moore 5 Sir M R Stoute - - 1135 3 7/4/1/2/3/1 VIVA PATACA 126 D Beadman 13 J Moore - - 1096 H 4 KASBAH BLISS 126 T Thulliez 4 F Doumen - - 1016 5 4/3/2/3/2/6 THUMBS UP 126 B Prebble 12 C S Shum - - 1174 B1 6 3 JAGUAR MAIL 126 C Soumillon 1 N Hori - - 1064 B/XB 7 6/1/6/5/9/2 PACKING WINNER 126 B Doyle 6 L Ho - - 1106 8 6 BUCCELLATI 126 W Buick 9 A M Balding - - 961 V/XB 9 9/10/10/1/3/6 JACKPOT DELIGHT 126 J Winks 11 C Fownes - - 1141 TT1 10 5/5/5/6/1/1 JAMESINA 126 J Lloyd 8 D E Ferraris - - 1101 SW/TT 11 BLACK MAMBA 122 O Doleuze 2 J W Sadler - - 1023 SR/TT 12 CIRRUS DES AIGLES 121 F Blondel 10 Barande-Barbe - - 982 13 DARYAKANA 117 G Mosse 3 de Royer-Dupre - - 941 SR Race 5 - THE CATHAY PACIFIC HONG KONG SPRINT Sunday, December 13, 2009, Sha Tin, 14:40 Turf ,"A" Course ,1200m Prize Money: $12,000,000.00, Rating: -, (GROUP 1) 1 2/5/1/1/6/3 SACRED KINGDOM 126 B Prebble 7 P F Yiu - - 1205 TT 2 SCENIC BLAST 126 S Arnold 3 D Morton - - 1181 TT 3 ALL SILENT 126 N Hall 14 G M Begg - - 1121 B/TT 4 3 APACHE CAT 126 D Oliver 9 G Eurell - - 1175 B 5 TOTAL GALLERY 126 J Murtagh 2 J S Moore - - 1129 6 BORDERLESCOTT 126 N Callan 8 R Bastiman - - 1052 7 CALIFORNIA FLAG 126 J Talamo 4 B Koriner - - 1133 B/XB/TT 8 13/1/6/9/4/1 INSPIRATION 126 J Winks 11 J Moore - - 1201 XB/H1/TT 9 CANNONBALL 126 R Dominguez 1 W A Ward - - 1077 TT 10 12/6/7/2/3/1 GREEN BIRDIE 126 O Doleuze 5 C Fownes - - 1106 11 8 LAUREL GUERREIRO 126 S Fujita 13 M Kon - - 1035 SW 12 WAR ARTIST 126 O Peslier 10 J M P Eustace - - 1199 13 3/14/4/1/8/10 JOY AND FUN 126 B Doyle 6 D Cruz - - 1154 SW 14 5/2/2/2/4/3 ONE WORLD 126 D Beadman 12 J Moore - - 1096 XB/H/TT STAND-BY STARTER No. Horse Horse Wt.(Declaration) Wt. Rtg. Age Last 6 Runs Trainer Gear 1 BRILLIANT CHAPTER 1095 126 - 5 6/7/3/6/2/2 J Size Race 7 - THE CATHAY PACIFIC HONG KONG MILE Sunday, December 13, 2009, Sha Tin, 15:50 Turf ,"A" Course ,1600m Prize Money: $16,000,000.00, Rating: -, (GROUP 1) 1 3/7/4/2/1/1 GOOD BA BA 126 O Doleuze 9 D Cruz - - 1082 TT 2 5/1/2/1/4/3 EGYPTIAN RA 126 F Coetzee 14 A S Cruz - - 1185 TT 3 4/6/2/4/1/7 ABLE ONE 126 B Prebble 3 J Moore - - 1139 4 RACING TO WIN 126 H Bowman 10 J O'Shea - - 1058 B 5 GRIS DE GRIS 126 T Thulliez 2 de Royer-Dupre - - 990 SR 6 1/1/1/4/1/1 HAPPY ZERO 126 D Beadman 11 J Moore - - 1139 XB/H 7 10 PRESSING 126 N Callan 8 M A Jarvis - - 1076 8 2/8/6/6/1/5 SIGHT WINNER 126 D Whyte 5 J Size - - 1071 9 7 ALEXANDROS 126 L Dettori 7 S bin Suroor - - 987 XB 10 CONFRONT 126 R Moore 12 Sir M R Stoute - - 1178 SR/E/XB 11 DUFF 126 F Berry 6 E Lynam - - 1020 12 1/6/2/10/2/3 FELLOWSHIP 126 Z Purton 1 P O'Sullivan - - 1166 TT 13 FERNELEY 126 K Fallon 4 B D A Cecil - - 1080 SR/XB/TT 14 SWEET HEARTH 121 G Mosse 13 de Royer-Dupre - - 973 SR Race 8 - THE CATHAY PACIFIC HONG KONG CUP Sunday, December 13, 2009, Sha Tin, 16:30 Turf ,"A" Course ,2000m Prize Money: $20,000,000.00, Rating: -, (GROUP 1) Horse No. Last 6 Runs Colour Horse Wt. Jockey Draw Trainer Rtg. Rtg.+/- Horse Wt. (Declaration) Gear 1 VISION D'ETAT 126 O Peslier 7 E Libaud - - 1024 2 9/1 EAGLE MOUNTAIN 126 K Shea 1 M F de Kock - - 965 SR 3 1 PRESVIS 126 K Fallon 9 L M Cumani - - 1017 XB 4 1/5/3/5/1/1 COLLECTION 126 D Beadman 10 J Moore - - 1128 TT 5 STARLISH 126 A Crastus 5 E Lellouche - - 1024 6 8/13/7/7/3/1 EYSHAL 126 W C Marwing 4 J Moore - - 1152 B/TT 7 3/2/2/2/4/1 MR MEDICI 126 L Dettori 6 L Ho - - 1037 8 8/12/8/6/2/1 SPECIAL DAYS 126 C Williams 8 J Size - - 1158 9 QUEEN SPUMANTE 122 H Tanaka 3 S Kojima - - 985 10 ASHALANDA 119 G Mosse 2 de Royer-Dupre - - 903 SR To listen live... http://www.hkjc.com/english/press/live.asp http://www.cxhkir.com/english/hkir2009/main.asp |
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Unfortunate comparision of California Flag to Kip under the circumstances. As I am easily confused, are those running lines you have for some of the horses theirs or the ones above them?
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http://www.hkjc.com/english/racing/S...20091213_E.asp On Vision D'Etat... hope he's alright. http://www.racingpost.com/news/horse...international/ http://www.sportinglife.com/racing/n..._Kong_Cup.html Saturday morning trackwork photos.. http://www.hkjc.com/english/news/news_2009121223825.htm ... and notes... http://www.thoroughbrednews.com.au/i....aspx?id=44248 |
You are just the best!!! GRL.
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Replay of the Vase...
Daryakana! http://www.hkjc.com/english/racing/r...eno=4&venue=ST ... and :cool: Sacred Kingdom :cool: wons the Sprint!!! :tro: A Hong Kong sweep... One World 2nd, Joy and Fun 3rd, Green Birdie 4th. Replay will be up shortly. |
And Spanish Moon gets second! Since I can't watch it live have fun MMSC.
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Hong Kong does it again... GOOD BA BA! (His 3rd time)! Happy Zero 2nd, Fellowship 3rd, Egyptian Ra 4th!!!!!!!!!!!!! |
California Flag ran a good race. He was turning his head to the left coming down the lane, so perhaps he was a little confused after the right hand turn. Maybe he was looking for a left hand turn and a cross over of the dirt course after making that turn.
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Yeah he sure did run a good one, :)
* * * Vision D'etat won the Cup... http://www.hkjc.com/english/racing/r...eno=8&venue=ST * * * Very happy for the home team. Cheers to the Sacred Kingdom and Good Ba Ba connections! |
A great night of International racing that was one of my favorite days/nights of racing of the year.
Super result in the Cup, Vision D'Etat is all he is advertised to be and Collection finishing with a respectable 2nd and Presvis 3rd speaks to the depth of this grade 1. I was a little dissapointed in the Aussie horses in the sprint, but reportedly they had excuses. Daryakana was impressive... Good Ba Ba and Sacred Kingdom did the home team proud. Overall a very fun night of racing. |
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