Hong Kong 2011 ~ 2012

[my miss storm cat]

On the continuing tale of Good Ba Ba and his lying ******* of an owner (not just this... it went on for a long time with firing trainers, bad choices, etc)...

http://racing.scmp.com/freeservice/n...s20111213c.asp

Unbelievable.

This horse deserves to be retired somewhere nice and not running in Macau cause of greed.

[my miss storm cat]

Green Birdie and Brightexpectations retired...

Bear Hero doing much better and back (R2, Griffin Trophy)..

Good luck to Good Job... 19 starts, 0 wins, rating of 21 , Douggie up...

Upset of the night... I think it's Elite of Chiu Ton (the former South Central who is not exacctly a win machine), Chadwick up.

(That's a nice field, btw... Helene Witty, Mighty Sun, Bullish King could draw in...)

Special good luck wishes to my favorite horse running tonight, Eight Plus Nine, in the final (won't win but whatever).

8 years old, 49 starts, used to be Adept and in his one and only start back home (NZ) Vosne Romanee was 2nd to him (field of 14).

Guyon has the mount for the first time...

This horse recovered from Colic back in 2007 and basically has one win a year so hopeful tonight is it but if not that's just fine.

[my miss storm cat]

Great field! How on earth could anyone make a pick here??!!

Race 7 - THE JANUARY CUP (HANDICAP)
Wednesday, January 11, 2012, Happy Valley, 22:15
Turf ,"B" Course ,1800m ,Good

Prize Money: $2,400,000.00, Rating: 90+, HONG KONG GROUP 3


1 4/6/11/1/12/10 NOBLE CONQUEROR*** 133 Z Purton 8 C Fownes 121 -1 1172 B
2 8/9/17/4/3/1 MIGHTY HIGH 132 B Doyle 6 J Moore 120 -2 1069 H
3 11/11/13/3/1/7 SIGHT WINNER 130 T Angland 7 J Size 118 -2 1093
4 9/5/5/8/6/12 SUPER SATIN 125 O Doleuze 12 C Fownes 113 0 1132
5 1/2/6/1/6/4 MILITARY MOVE 122 N Callan 4 J Moore 110 7 1110 H/XB
6 9/12/1/4/5/2 JACOBEE 120 D Beadman 5 J Moore 108 0 1066 H/TT
7 7/2/5/9/1/5 PURE CHAMPION 120 G Mosse 10 A S Cruz 108 0 1142 TT
8 11/3/6/1/2/3 SUPER PISTACHIO 120 G Cheyne 9 A S Cruz 108 0 1042 TT
9 6/2/1/3/3/4 FAMILISTS 117 T Clark 1 D J Hall 105 0 1079 H
10 12/1/3/5/4/11 HANDSOME ZULU 114 Y T Cheng 3 L Ho 102 0 1097 B
11 10/7/2/3/1/1 PACKING OK 114 J Lloyd 2 J Moore 102 0 1079 H
12 12/8/5/7/10/1 RIDE WITH THE WIND 113 M Du Plessis 11 J Size 100 -2 939 B/TT


STAND-BY STARTER
No. Horse Horse Wt.(Declaration) Wt. Rtg. Age Last 6 Runs Trainer Gear
1 FREE JUDGEMENT 1158 113 91 5 7/7/4/8/8/5 S Woods P-/B1
2 HAPPY GUYS 1172 113 90 6 2/2/11/6/6/12 P F Yiu B


*** Probably the swansong for the old man.

[_ed_]

Ooh, great field. Going for MM and HZ of course, but so much respect for the others.

[my miss storm cat]

Completely surprised by the results and while I was rooting for half the field none of mine won.

Pure Champion (who was Steinbeck earlier in his career) won.

The thing is I checked and two of his three owners had owned poor Absoute Champion so yeah... very nice for them.

Our kids will do better next time!

Hong Kong Group Three - 1800 Metres - (090+)
THE JANUARY CUP (HANDICAP)
HK$ 2,400,000.00
Race Replay Pass Through Analysis

Going : Good
Course : Turf - "B" Course
Race Time : (13.53) (36.02) (1.00.36) (1.24.94) (1.48.61)
Sectional Time : 13.53 22.49 24.34 24.58 23.67

Plc. Horse No. Horse Jockey Actual Wt. Draw LBW Time

1 7 PURE CHAMPION(M178) G Mosse 120 10 - 1.48.61
2 11 PACKING OK(L372) J Lloyd 114 2 1/2 1.48.69
3 1 NOBLE CONQUEROR(G169) Z Purton 133 8 4-1/4 1.49.26
4 2 MIGHTY HIGH(L096) B Doyle 132 6 4-1/4 1.49.27
5 6 JACOBEE(L179) D Beadman 120 5 4-1/2 1.49.32
6 9 FAMILISTS(M102) T Clark 117 1 5-1/4 1.49.46
7 10 HANDSOME ZULU(M024) Y T Cheng 114 3 6-1/4 1.49.61
8 5 MILITARY MOVE(M077) N Callan 122 4 6-1/2 1.49.63
9 3 SIGHT WINNER(J049) T Angland 130 7 7-3/4 1.49.84
10 4 SUPER SATIN(K116) O Doleuze 125 12 8-1/4 1.49.93
11 12 RIDE WITH THE WIND(L183) M Du Plessis 113 11 9-3/4 1.50.15
12 8 SUPER PISTACHIO(L099) G Cheyne 120 9 15-3/4 1.51.13

http://www.hkjc.com/english/racing/r...eno=7&venue=HV

[my miss storm cat]

Not too likely but that would be fantastic if Sacred Kingdom could win this for the 3rd year in a row.

They're taking it one race at a time now so I'd imagine he could be retired if he doesn't do well on Sunday.

Of course if he wins he beats the record for wins set by Silent Witness.

We shall see.

Very nice field...


Race 8 - THE KENT & CURWEN CENTENARY SPRINT CUP
Sunday, January 15, 2012, Sha Tin, 16:35
Turf ,"C" Course ,1000m

Prize Money: $4,500,000.00, Rating: -, HONG KONG GROUP 1

Horse No. Last 6 Runs Colour Horse Wt. Jockey Draw Trainer Rtg. Rtg.+/- Horse Wt. (Declaration) Gear

1 10/2/6/2/2/2 SACRED KINGDOM 126 Z Purton 9 P F Yiu 127 -1 1197 TT
2 1/5/2/2/3/2 LUCKY NINE 126 T Angland 8 C Fownes 125 3 1093
3 4/1/2/9/2/14 LITTLE BRIDGE 126 G Mosse 7 C S Shum 123 0 1147 TT
4 2/5/4/1/6/6 JOY AND FUN 126 B Doyle 10 D Cruz 122 5 1183 SW
5 7/3/4/2/9/3 SUNNY KING 126 T Clark 1 J Moore 121 -1 1195 H
6 6/4/1/8/4/2 RICH UNICORN 126 D Whyte 6 J Size 117 0 1213
7 2/6/6/3/4/8 LET ME FIGHT 126 J Lloyd 3 J Moore 113 2 1055 H/XB
8 8/3/10/8/8/1 DYNAMIC BLITZ 126 N Callan 5 P F Yiu 112 -3 1137 XB
9 5/8/10/14/10/5 FINAL ANSWER 126 D Beadman 11 J Moore 107 -2 1123 B/XB/TT
10 1/11/1/1/2/1 EAGLE REGIMENT 126 O Doleuze 4 K L Man 106 6 1193
11 1/2/8/5/1/6 AT MOMENT IN TIME 126 M Guyon 12 C S Shum 105 7 1009 SR
12 11/2/7/8/2/1 BLAZE KING 126 C Y Ho 2 A S Cruz 103 0 1183 TT

[my miss storm cat]

Umberto Rispoli arrives next month (crazy times in Italy)...

Andreas Suborics in March.