New winners for Dissident and Maurice along with a treble for David Eustace and The Autumn Sun’s Sky Jewellery continuing his rise through the ranks were among the highlights of the meeting at Sha Tin on Sunday.
The treble for Eustace took his winning tally for his first Hong Kong season to a healthy 23, while John Size trained a double to stay at the top of the trainer’s table.
The Class Two feature was won by Dissident’s consistent miler Voyage Samurai, enjoying the blinkers going on to return him to form and bring his record to five wins from 13 starts in Hong Kong and just short of $HK8million.
Three-year-old gelding, Sky Jewellery started a very short odds-on favourite in the last race and flew from the rear under Hugh Bowman to make it three wins from five starts in his first season
Race 1 Graduate School Alumni Hcp (C5) (2000) Chateau Le Peche (NZ) (Embellish (NZ) x Lovetrista)
Jimmy Ting / Jerry Chau
First win in Hong Kong with a record now of one from 17 and $962,950
Winner two from four HK runners for Embellish. Two from four this season.
Race 2 Chung Chi Alumni Hcp (C5) (1400) Regency Happy Star (Lonhro x Word Games)
David Eustace / Alex Badel
Season win three. Overall three from 27 and $2,441,250
Winner 10 from 16 HK runners for Lonhro. One from four this season.
Race 3 New Asia Alumni Hcp (C4) (1200) Top Throne (NZ) (Ten Sovereigns (IRE) x Twice Smitten)
David Hayes / Karis Teetan
First win in Hong Kong with a record now of one from two and $725,400
Winner four from five HK runners for Ten Sovereigns. Four from five this season.
Race 4 United Alumni Hcp (C4) (1600) Good Luck Babe (Delago Deluxe x Isadiva)
David Eustace / Karis Teetan
First win in Hong Kong with a record now of one from nine and $1,344,810
Winner three from six HK runners for Delago Deluxe. Two from two this season.
Raced in Australia as I Am Breathing
Race 5 The CUHK Alumni Cup (C4) (1200) Sea Sapphire (Husson (ARG) x Luna Azzura)
David Eustace / Ben Thompson
Season win one. Overall two from 15 and $1,567,800
Winner six from 10 HK runners for Husson. One from one this season.
Barrier trialled in Australia as Perfectlyimperfect
Race 6 Shaw Alumni Hcp (C3) (1200) Geneva (Capitalist x Sebrina)
David Hall / Brenton Avdulla
Season win three. Overall three from 10 and $3,674,850
Winner 13 from 35 HK runners for Capitalist. Seven from 32 this season.
Race 7 Faculty Of Education Alumni Hcp (C2) (1600) Voyage Samurai (Dissident x Love Commands)
Frankie Lor / Derek Leung
Season win two. Overall five from 13 and $7,957,900
Winner four from 15 HK runners for Dissident. One from three this season.
Barrier trialled in Australia as Dissox.
Race 8 Morningside Alumni Hcp (C4) (1400) Mr Cool (Maurice (JPN) x Niello (JPN))
Frankie Lor / Karis Teetan
First win in Hong Kong with a record now of one from two and $789,750
Winner four from 14 HK runners for Maurice. Two from seven this season.
Race 9 S.H. Ho And CW Chu Alumni Hcp (C3) (1400) Brilliant Express (Starspangledbanner x Fun In Flight)
John Size / Brenton Avdulla
Season win three. Overall three from 10 and $3,774,000
Winner 26 from 40 HK runners for Starspangledbanner. 11 from 25 this season.
Barrier trialled in Australia as Love Cloud
Race 10 Wu Yee Sun And Lee Woo Sing Alumni Hcp (C3) (1600) Sky Jewellery (The Autumn Sun x Rollout The Carpet)
John Size / Hugh Bowman
Season win three. Overall three from five and $2,919,200
Winner two from eight HK runners for The Autumn Sun. Two from six this season.
