Cool!
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Feel better, Leader.
Gelded..... Bejeweled (Dejeweled?)
We passed the vets exam.....
Master Power
Tiger Prawn, and...
Regency Horse!
Take THAT, Tony Cruz.....
HKJC not only arranged a race for Super Kid but a new one this year... in honor of Russian Pearl.
Beautiful little boy ("the engine of a Lamborghini in the body of a mini-Cooper"... one of Tony's better lines).
Russian Pearl for those who don't know was Bullish Luck's stable mate, travel companion, workout partner and friend.
Won the Stewards' Cup (beat a fantastic field)...
http://www.hkjc.com/english/racing/r...2006&raceno=08
... and other races including the HSBC premiere Cup two years in a row and a great 2nd to Vengeance of Rain in the HK Derby.
4th in the Champions Mile, 4th in the HK Cup (VOR, Pride, Maraahel)... he ended his career with a 119 rating... near the top of the top 50 which he was always in (if not the top 10 or 15).
Went to Dubai with BL where he placed a disappointing 9th, raced in NZ before HK.
http://www.hkjc.com/english/pp_formsheet/fse_E019.pdf
This poor horse suffered injury after injury but Cruz ran him into the ground.
(Fight if you want, No Chance. He DID).
Anyway, nice to see a race named for him.