An emphatic victory in Sunday’s HK$4.2m Group Three Centenary Vase (1800m) at Sha Tin has propelled NZB Ready to Run Sale graduate Numbers (NZ) (Tivaci), better knwon in Australia as King of Thunder, into contention for Hong Kong’s coveted Four-Year-Old Classic Series.

It’s often said yearling buyers drill for oil where they have found it before and that rang true when BK Racing purchased a colt by Hellbent for $400,000 at the Inglis Classic Yearling Sale on Sunday.