Hong Kong!

[my miss storm cat]

Retired... Puerto Rico, former AOB runner who was shipped to Hong Kong a couple of years ago and who went downhill fast.

He started with a Class 1 rating and with one exception in 24 starts (he was 3rd) was never better than 8th and usually last. From Class 1 to a rating of 28. Sad stuff.

He had been pretty nice... 2 wins at the Curragh at 2 and at 3, once breating home a field of 26. 2 0 2 of 6 with AOB.

Hope he gets to start a new career.

Happy retirement. About time...

Retired as well... Spy King, Never Look Back, Palais d'Or, Rice Field, Keen Taker, Supurb Gains,.

Race 7 on Sunday... Dynamic Blitz and Warrior!

Friday barrier trials.... Jackpot Delight wins batch 1!

Good luck to the sole Hong Kong Raider, aka the Hong Kong Bomb, tomorrow.

http://racing.scmp.com/freeservice/n...s20090617c.asp

http://racing.scmp.com/freeservice/n...ws20090617.asp

http://racing.scmp.com/freeservice/n...s20090619b.asp

[my miss storm cat]

http://www.derbytrail.com/forums/sho...ene#post400391


YEA!!!

http://www.virtualformguide.com/cgi-...ebrilliant.txt


Helene Brilliant Takes Aim At Gosford
The open spaces at Marcus Wilson's Hunter Valley property suit Hong Kong import Helene Brilliant who is primed to recapture winning form in the Takeover Target Stakes at Gosford.

The young trainer won the PJ Bell Championship at Randwick earlier this month with Carrizo Creek who also came from Hong Kong.

On the same day, Helene Brilliant failed by just a neck to give Wilson a city double when beaten by Parfumier.

"I have a few horses that have come from Hong Kong and it takes them a while to acclimatise and a few runs to hit their straps," Wilson said.

"Helene Brilliant is enjoying the atmosphere in Australia and ran a good race at Randwick.

"He over-raced a bit and had to work hard.

"He carried four kilos more than the winner so it was a good effort."

As a young horse racing as Doctor Brown in England, Helene Brilliant beat Cockney Rebel who went on to win the English and Irish 2000 Guineas.

Doctor Brown also ran second to Excellent Art in a Group Two race before being sold in 2007 to Hong Kong where he was renamed and won two races.

The Bart Cummings-trained Kroner was installed favourite for Wednesday's feature in TAB Sportsbet's first markets.

He was at $3.20 on Monday ahead of Grand Rhumba ($7.5) and Innings and Welkom Gold ($8.50).

Helene Brilliant was at $21 but Wilson said he had a few things in his favour.

"He's got a good barrier with nine and a good jockey in Kerrin McEvoy," he said.

"He has also won a barrier trial at Gosford on a heavy track so I know he can handle it."

The son of trainer John Wilson, Marcus has had his own licence for three years and prepares his team at a state of the art facility on 200 acres at Singleton.

"The property is owned by one of my clients John Burton who is an owner and a breeder," Wilson said.

"We have a 1200 metre all weather track to train on with a 400 metre straight.

"There's a walking machine, a swimming pool and also 18 day yards.

"It's a great atmosphere for the horses."

Kroner has earned his favouritism with four wins from his past five starts, three on heavy tracks.

Nuclear Medicine is expected to back up from his fourth to News Alert in the Saturday's Healy Stakes at Eagle Farm.

The Gordon Yorke-trained gelding has won seven races, six on slow or heavy.

Gosford was a heavy 10 on Monday with some improvement predicted with fine weather over the next couple of days.

[my miss storm cat]

Retired... Call Me Cullen, Solar Power, Leader, Super Power, Embraces, All For One, Rich Dragon.

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If anyone is going closing day...

http://special.hkjc.com/promo/en/200...rine_set_l.jpg

[my miss storm cat]

Whiplash gets a win!

(Thank you, Matthew Chadwick).

http://www.hkjc.com/english/racing/r...eno=6&venue=HV

Only 2 race days left...

Retired... Perpetually Bombed (failed his last barrier trial, poor guy).

NO riverside grass gallops next season.

[my miss storm cat]

Retired today... King of Fish (went out a winner!!!), Serious Play, Kingston Winner, Happy All Around, Simply the Best, Elephant Star, Fortune Observer, Come Ho Choi, Galaxy Dancer.

Thanks for the memories!

Gelded... Redragtoabull , Iron Fist, Energized, Happy Bledisloe.

Feel better, Sugar on Top and Fingers Crossed.

Chui suspension... can resume on November 18.

Insufficient entries... no barrier trials tomorrow.

Gryders best shot on Sunday... Lucky Quality in R9 (but it'll be interesting to see how Chadwick does on Medic Power).

The Top 20 as of today...

131 GOOD BA BA E201 A Schutz
129 SACRED KINGDOM G268 P F Yiu
129 VIVA PATACA G096 J Moore
126 EGYPTIAN RA E002 A S Cruz
124 ABLE ONE G108 J Moore
124 HAWKES BAY G064 D J Hall
124 MORE BOUNTIFUL J094 J Size
124 SIGHT WINNER J049 J Size
124 THUMBS UP K005 C S Shum
123 INSPIRATION G111 J Moore
122 ENTHUSED H303 J Size
122 FELLOWSHIP G292 P O'Sullivan
122 JOY AND FUN H014 D Cruz
122 PACKING WINNER E334 L Ho
121 COLLECTION K217 J Moore
121 GREEN BIRDIE H245 C Fownes
120 DIM SUM H226 J Moore
118 ARMADA E246 J Size
117 DOWN TOWN G054 C H Yip
117 EYSHAL J099 J Moore

[my miss storm cat]

The Champion Awards

(FInal nominees and wow... I thought I posted this).

The Champion Awards Judging Panel has elected the final nominees for The Hong Kong Jockey Club Champion Awards 2008/2009as follows:

Horse of the Year

Will be elected by votes of the Judging Panel members from winners of the respective distance categories, excluding the Champion Griffin.

Champion Sprinter

(below1400m)
DIM SUM

ENTHUSED

INSPIRATION

SACRED KINGDOM

Champion Miler

(1400mto below 1800m)
EGYPTIAN RA

GOOD BA BA

SIGHT WINNER

Champion Middle-distance

(1800mto below 2200m)
COLLECTION

THUMBS UP

VIVA PATACA

Champion Stayer

(2200m and over)
MR MEDICI

THUMBS UP

VIVA PATACA

Champion Griffin

(2-year-oldand 3-year-oldnew imports in the current season and had not participated in any races before being imported to Hong Kong)
CALIFORNIA MOON

ELITE SIXTY-SIX

ONE WEE ACORN

Winner of the Juvenile Sprint Trophy

-28 June 2009

(if the winner is not already amongst those listed)




The Most Improved Horse

(Horse with the greatest rating increase in the season)

*Current rating and increase as at 15 June 2009

Current

rating*
Increase*

MORE BOUNTIFUL
124
72

LUCKY QUALITY
114
63

HAPPY ZERO
107
55

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Awww, from Sacred Kingdom's blog on the HKJC site...

Sorry to tell you that I didn't manage to win the Golden Jubilee Stakes last Saturday, but just running at Royal Ascot in front of all those smartly-dressed people was a fantastic experience and I don't think I did badly to finish 5th, as some of the other lads in the race were very strong and competitive. I'm sure it must have been a bit disappointing for all our loyal fans back home, but Brett and I did our very best. Frankly, I was not very suited to the undulation of the track. Anyway, I'm still feeling fine and I've learnt a lot from the experience, so hopefully I can get back on the winning trail again for you very soon. I'll be back in Hong Kong on coming Saturday early morning (27/6), and I'll talk to you again then.

[my miss storm cat]

Brettie won the first three so far.

[my miss storm cat]

Originally Posted by my miss storm cat

Gryders best shot on Sunday... Lucky Quality in R9 (but it'll be interesting to see how Chadwick does on Medic Power).

Chadwick is amazing...

Medic Power wins.

[my miss storm cat]

Only one race day left.

We were retired today...

Triumphant Glory
Nasa Pearl
Speed of Light
Add the Fun
Evergreen
Wild Ace
Industrial Express
Encore Win
Diligent II

Thanks for the memories, good boys.

Potential miracle...

Chadwick has the mount on Lady First (R1).

On Medic Power...

http://racing.scmp.com/freeservice/n...ws20090629.asp

The final on the 1st...

An all-star field.

Race 11 - THE SHA TIN MILE TROPHY (HANDICAP)
Wednesday, July 01, 2009, Sha Tin, 17:50
Turf ,"B+2" Course ,1600m

Prize Money: $1,750,000.00, Rating: 115-95, Class 1

Horse No. Last 6 Runs Colour Horse Wt. Jockey Draw Trainer Rtg. Rtg.+/- Horse Wt. (Declaration) Gear
1 8/1/2/1 HELENE MASCOT 133 M Chadwick (-7) 9 A S Cruz 115 0 1227 XB1/TT
2 3/6/5/3/8/13 JACKPOT DELIGHT 133 W C Marwing 10 C Fownes 115 1 1156
3 6/2/1/1/6/2 SPECIAL DAYS 131 D Whyte 14 J Size 113 0 1156
4 4/1/4/3/2/2 MR MEDICI 129 K C Leung (-7) 8 L Ho 111 4 1045
5 9/10/10/3/4/12 BULLISH CASH 128 B Prebble 13 A S Cruz 110 -1 1050 TT
6 4/6/1/6/5/3 NOBLE CONQUEROR 128 C K Tong (-3) 2 C Fownes 110 0 1141 P
7 6/4/1/8/13/1 SYLLABUS 128 J Winks 11 D E Ferraris 110 0 1156 B/TT
8 12/12/14/8/1/11 FULL OF JOY 125 M Du Plessis 4 A Lee 107 -2 1104
9 7/8/1/3/9/8 JOYFUL WINNER 123 W Pike 6 C H Yip 105 0 1115
10 7/6/1/3/3/5 OPERATION SECRET 122 C W Wong (-3) 5 D Cruz 104 0 1081 SW
11 8/4/9/3/5/1 FEARLESS 121 A Gryder 7 D E Ferraris 103 0 1118 B
12 4/11/11/5/8/5 MASTER POWER 118 D Beadman 3 J Moore 100 0 1049 B
13 4/2/11/11/3/1 SILVER SUN 113 Y T Cheng (-2) 1 Y S Tsui 95 0 1144
14 2/9/4/2/10 WHITE JADE 113 S K Sit (-2) 12 J Moore 95 2 1143 XB/H


STAND-BY STARTER
No. Horse Horse Wt.(Declaration) Wt. Rtg. Age Last 6 Runs Trainer Gear
1 O'REILLY RALLY 1148 117 99 5 6/6/7/4/1/1 A S Cruz TT
2 NATURAL NINE 1212 115 97 6 1/3/2/11/2/12 C Fownes XB