[King Glorious]

Originally Posted by Cannon Shell

There are very few bad horses in Hong Kong as they have standards that a horse must meet before they are allowed to be imported there. Since every horse is imported they clearly have the best overall horse population. Horses at the top of HK racing have won all kinds of International races as pointed out by MMSC. They dont compete in the BC because they have there own version which is much more important to them. They also dont have any breeding business so they have little incentive to leave since the run for huge purses.

I don't know how true this statement is. Looking at her list:

Vengeance of Rain won the Dubai Sheema.
Bullish Luck won the Yasuda Kinen in Japan.
Cape of Good Hope won the Golden Jubilee in England and a race in Australia.
Silent Witness won the Sprinters Stakes in Japan.

I'd even add Fairy King Prawn who won the Yasuda Kinen also. That's five horses who have won six internationl grade one races and of the six, three were in Japan, one in Australia, and one in Dubai. To most of the world, the traditional top racing is held in the United States, England, Ireland and France. The Hong Kong horses have only won a single grade one race in those countries that I have been able to find so far.

I'm not trying to knock Hong Kong racing at all. Just as I don't knock Japanese racing. But it's a process that takes a while to truly get to the top level of international racing and they just aren't there yet. That's not to say they can't get there, as Japan is definitely showing. But they aren't there yet.