The Memsie Stakes starts the new Group 1 season in Australia this Saturday and Inglis graduates will be out to build on last season’s haul which made Inglis the market leader of Group 1 wins, Group 1 winners, 3YO Group 1 winners and 2YO Group 1 winners.
Contentment made his long-anticipated Group 1 breakthrough with a brilliant win in this afternoon’s HK$10 million Queen’s Silver Jubilee Cup (1400m) at Sha Tin Racecourse, a victory that had jockey Brett Prebble whooping with delight.
The past month of exciting racing has resulted in a number of newcomers being included in the third edition of the LONGINES World's Best Racehorse Rankings for 2015. However, ABLE FRIEND (AUS) [125] and SHARED BELIEF (USA) [125] remain atop the rankings.
Week after week horses bred in Australian and exported to Hong Kong adorn the winners’ stall after their high level races and last Sunday’s meeting at Sha Tin was no exception.
Able Friend was simply dominant running away with the Queens’ Silver Jubilee Cup by over two lengths without jockey Joao Moreira having to use the whip.
Australian bred and Inglis sold graduates Able Friend and Luger blew away their opposition at Sha Tin on Sunday winning the day’s two feature races, the Queens’ Silver Jubilee Cup and Hong Kong Derby.
Improving four-year-old Admiration defeated a top class field in the Hong Kong Group Two Chairman’s Trophy over 1600m at Sha Tin on Sunday, continuing champion trainer John Moore’s outstanding record with gallopers purchased from Widden Stud at the Inglis Australian Easter Yearling Sale.
To the astonishment of nobody, Sacred Kingdom repeated his 2010 victory in the HKG1 Kent and Curwen Centenary Sprint Cup, first leg of the Hong Kong Speed Series, and in doing so reasserted his Hong Kong sprinting supremacy at Sha Tin today.
Happy Zero franked his rating as one of Hong Kong’s best gallopers when staving off a late challenge to land the HK G1 $HK4.5million Queen’s Silver Jubilee Cup (1400m) at Sha Tin today.