Brave Smash Winning Double Hong Kong

Tara Madgwick - Monday December 23

The Sha Tin meeting on Sunday produced some great  results for the Yarraman sires with Brave Smash (Jpn) posting a winning double and Hellbent siring a promising new three year-old winner.

Divano is a bright prospect for Brave Smash in Hong Kong - image HKJC

Trained by Francis Lui, Brave Smash four year-old gelding Divano continued his rise through the grades to win the Class 3 sprint over 1200m by a long neck with James McDonald in the saddle. He has now won four of nine starts and has only missed a place once.

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Divano was a successful pinhook, bought by Jim Carey for $57,500 from the Erinvale Thoroughbreds draft at the Inglis Great Southern Weanling Sale and then re-offered at Inglis Classic where he made $90,000 to the bid of Ryan & Alexiou Racing / D Raphael.

Bred by Aquis in partnership, Divano is the first winner for Been Scene, a three time winning Bianconi (USA) mare, whose grand-dam is Group III winner Princess Plume.

Another multiple winner in Hong Kong for Brave Smash is four year-old Super Legends, who won for the third time in the 1200m Class 4 event.

Trained by Danny Shum and ridden by James McDonald, Super Legends chimed in with a well timed run to win by three-quarters of a length.

Super Legends was a $200,000 Inglis Classic purchase from the Lustre Lodge draft for Golden River Investments / All Winners Thoroughbreds and was a very successful pinhook having been bought originally for $35,000 from the Bhima Thoroughbreds draft at the Magic Millions Weanling Sale by Coolarest Farm/Salvador Bloodstock.

Super Legends is the first winner for Devil’s Harmony (NZ), a winning Pentire (GB) mare from the family of Group I New Zealand Oaks winner Vapour Trail.

Bhima Thoroughbreds will offer a yearling full sister to Super Legends at Inglis Classic as Lot 158.

Not to be left out, Hellbent was the in the frame with the Ricky Yiu trained three year-old Sky Joy saluting over 1200m at his second race start.

Second on debut last month, he improved off that to score a stylish half length win.

A $24,000 Inglis Classic purchase from Yarraman Park, Sky Joy was re-offered at the Inglis Ready 2 Race Sale where he made $210,000 for JCS Racing when bought by Ricky Yiu.

Sky Joy is the third winner from three foals to race from Magic of Dreams, a winning half-sister by Magic Albert to Group III winner Fine Bubbles from stakes-winner Pekalan.

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Race Result - Hibiscus Hcp (C4) 1200m

Sha Tin Track: Good Time: 1:09.36
1
Sky Joy
- 3g Hellbent (AUS) x Magic Of Dreams (AUS) (Magic Albert (AUS))
Tnr: P F Yiu Rdr: Jerry Chau 58
Inglis Ready2Race Sale $210,000
Seller: JCS Thoroughbreds, Benalla, Vic
Buyer: R Yiu
Inglis Classic Yearling Sale $24,000
Seller: Yarraman Park Stud, Scone
Buyer: S Nolen
2
0.5
Sunny Da Best
- 4g Proisir (AUS) x Artemis (NZ) (Thorn Park (AUS))
Tnr: W Y So Rdr: Z Purton 60
NZB Karaka Book 1 $160,000
Seller: Te Runga Stud Ltd
Buyer: Price Bloodstock Management Ltd
3
1.3
Blazing Wind
- 4g Deep Field (AUS) x Secretly Discreet (AUS) (Lonhro (AUS))
Tnr: C S Shum Rdr: J B Mc Donald 59.5
NZB Ready To Run Sale $0
Seller: Ohukia Lodge Ltd
Buyer: Psd, Res $250,000
Inglis Australian Easter Yearling Sale $200,000
Seller: Mill Park Stud, Meningie, SA
Buyer: Enigma Farm Upper Bloodstock
4
1.3
Happy Park
- 4g Duporth (AUS) x Jevilla (AUS) (Reward For Effort (AUS))
Tnr: K W Lui Rdr: A Atzeni 60.5
5
1.5
Master Trillion
- 4g Mendelssohn (USA) x Kitty Leroy (AUS) (I Am Invincible (AUS))
Tnr: F C Lor Rdr: K C Leung 61
6
1.8
Flying Double
- 4g Shamexpress (NZ) x Watch Her Go (NZ) (Savabeel (AUS))
Tnr: D J Hall Rdr: J Bowman 58
7
3.5
Colonel
- 8g Ferlax (NZ) x Outrageous Fortune (NZ) (Volksraad (GB))
Tnr: Mark Newnham Rdr: P N Wong 54
8
4.8
Noble Deluxe
- 3g Toronado (IRE) x Big Spirit (AUS) (Invincible Spirit (IRE))
Tnr: J J Size Rdr: B Avdulla 58
9
5.3
Circuit Victory
- 5g Per Incanto (USA) x Amanjena (AUS) (Smart Missile (AUS))
Tnr: K L Man Rdr: M F Poon 52
10
5.5
Bling Bling Genius
- 4g Starspangledbanner (AUS) x In The Fast Lane (SAF) (Jet Master (SAF))
Tnr: D Whyte Rdr: Lyle Hewitson 58
11
6
Multibingo
- 4g Rubick (AUS) x Shamana (AUS) (Shamardal (USA))
Tnr: A S Cruz Rdr: Y L Chung 56
12
6.5
Iconical
- 4g Needs Further (AUS) x Pleats (FR) (Green Desert (USA))
Tnr: J W Richards Rdr: A Badel 58
13
7
Cosmo Light
- 4g Harry Angel (IRE) x Classic Brassica (AUS) (High Chaparral (IRE))
Tnr: W K Mo Rdr: M Chadwick 58
14
11
Decrelot
- 3g War Decree (USA) x Shantaine (NZ) (Pins (AUS))
Tnr: D A Hayes Rdr: B Thompson 57
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