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Chautauqua arrives in Hong Kong

19th Apr 2016

AAP Turf - Tuesday 19 April 2016

Champion sprinter Chautauqua has arrived safely in Hong Kong ahead of his first appearance on the international stage.

The dual T J Smith Stakes winner travelled with Godolphin's Bow Creek and arrived this morning.

Co-trainer Michael Hawkes said the gelding coped well with the trip which took 13 and a half hours from stable to stable.

"He won't do much between now and Sunday," Hawkes told Melbourne radio station RSN. "He's travelled well and everything's gone to plan."

Chautauqua, the world's highest-rated sprinter in the latest world rankings, runs in the Chairman's Sprint Prize on Sunday week while Bow Creek will contest the Champion's Mile.

Queensland sprinter Buffering is already in Hong Kong following his triumph in the Al Quoz Sprint in Dubai and will be among Chautauqua's rivals.