Aussie Bred 4YOs Impress at Sha Tin

Tara Madgwick - Monday January 9

Two well performed four year-olds from Australia in Sword Point and Sinba both won for the first time at Sha Tin on Sunday and have aspirations towards the Four-Year-Old Classic Series and the latter has a half-brother to be offered at Magic Millions.

Xtravagant  gelding Sinba opens his account at Sha Tin - image HKJC

Jamie Richards is hopeful Xtravagant gelding Sinba can qualify for the HK$12 million Hong Kong Classic Mile after an eye-catching victory under Karis Teetan in the Class 3 Tsz Wan Shan Handicap (1400m) to earn a HK$1 million PP Bonus.

“He’s a nice progressive horse who’s got a fair bit of upside, so hopefully he can continue to improve,” Richards said.

“His rating (71) is still a little bit low, so we’ll just have to see.”

A $90,000 Inglis Classic purchase from the Newhaven Park draft for Ric Wylie Bloodstock / Mark Richard, Sinba won four races in Australia when trained by Gerald Ryan and Sterling Alexiou.

Sinba has a half-brother by Nicconi that will be offered by Edinglassie Thoroughbreds as Lot 1139 at Magic Millions this week.

Half-brother by Nicconi to Sinba, click to see his page.

Last seen in Australia finishing third in the Group II ATC Tulloch Stakes, the former Chris Waller trained gelding Sword Point opened his account at his third run for new trainer Frankie Lor.

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Sword Point romps home for an easy win - image HKJC

The son of American Pharaoh (USA) gave Hugh Bowman an easy ride to dash away and win the Class 3 Keung Shan Handicap (1800m) by nearly three lengths improving sharply on his previous run when he was outpaced over 1400m last month.

Bowman said James McDonald’s advice to step the gelding up in trip after a last-start 12th over 1400m was crucial.

“He’s a nice horse, he needed that extra distance – he couldn’t show that (ability) over the shorter trip but some advice from James McDonald after last start to go up in distance worked,” Bowman said.

“It’s a very sensible horse and he’s got a bright future.”

A $750,000 Magic Millions purchase for Waller Racing/Mulcaster Bloodstock from the Coolmore draft, Sword Point is from Group III winning Fastnet Rock mare Jazz Song, who produced a filly by Wootton Bassett (GB) last spring and was then covered by Home Affairs.

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Race Result - Keung Shan Hcp (C3) 1800m

Sha Tin Track: G0 Time: 1:47.11
1
Sword Point
- 5g American Pharoah (USA) x Jazz Song (AUS) (Fastnet Rock (AUS))
Tnr: F C Lor Rdr: J Bowman 59.5
2
2.8
Nimble Nimbus
- 6g Sacred Falls (NZ) x Marahau (NZ) (Pins (AUS))
Tnr: P Yiu Rdr: S De Sousa 58.5
3
3.8
Champion Dragon
- 6g Starspangledbanner (AUS) x Via Lattea (IRE) (Teofilo (IRE))
Tnr: A S Cruz Rdr: Y L Chung 56.5
4
4.8
Hit The Shot
- 6g Dundeel (NZ) x Tang (AUS) (Redoute's Choice (AUS))
Tnr: J J Size Rdr: Z Purton 57
5
4.9
S J Tourbillon
- 6g Galileo (IRE) x Shermeen (IRE) (Desert Style (IRE))
Tnr: D Whyte Rdr: H Bentley 59.5
6
5.0
Copartner Elites
- 6g Charm Spirit (IRE) x Really Lovely (IRE) (Galileo (IRE))
Tnr: C S Shum Rdr: C Y Ho 58
7
5.1
Snaffles
- 5g Churchill (IRE) x Annabelle Ja (FR) (Singspiel (IRE))
Tnr: D A Hayes Rdr: Lyle Hewitson 59
8
5.5
Prime Minister
- 8g Makfi (GB) x Khagan (NZ) (Viking Ruler (AUS))
Tnr: P Yiu Rdr: K C Leung 60.5
9
6.5
Intrepid Winner
- 6g Fastnet Rock (AUS) x Soubrettes (NZ) (High Chaparral (IRE))
Tnr: A T Millard Rdr: A Hamelin 58.5
10
7.0
Flying Quest
- 11g Alamosa (NZ) x Enchant (NZ) (Pentire (GB))
Tnr: D J Hall Rdr: M F Poon 60
11
7.3
Dear Sibling
- 6g Sebring (AUS) x Swing Sensation (AUS) (Northern Meteor (AUS))
Tnr: K L Man Rdr: M L Yeung 53
12
7.5
Running Ahead
- 5g Tavistock (NZ) x Cinnadream (AUS) (King Of Kings (IRE))
Tnr: T P Yung Rdr: Jerry Chau 54.5
13
8.5
Tourbillon Prince
- 5g Rommel (AUS) x Colleges (AUS) (Elusive Quality (USA))
Tnr: C Fownes Rdr: A Badel 58.5
14
9.3
Samarkand
- 5g Mongolian Khan (AUS) x Shimmy (NZ) (Zabeel (NZ))
Tnr: P C Ng Rdr: H N Wong 53.5
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