Dim Sum Prevails in THE CHAIRMAN'S SPRINT PRIZE 2009 [03:17]
Race Meeting: 22/02/2009 Sha Tin RACE 8(413) Hong Kong Group One - 1200 Metres THE CHAIRMAN'S SPRINT PRIZE HK$ 4500000.00 Going : Good Course : Turf - "A+3" Course 1 DIM SUM(H226) J Winks 2 ENTHUSED(H303) D Whyte 3 SACRED KINGDOM(G268) O Doleuze Moore bags a Gr.1 double of contrasts with Viva Pataca, Dim Sum 22 February 2009 John Moore has enjoyed many major victories during his record-breaking career in Hong Kong, but no doubt Sunday's Gr.1 double will always rank highly. The provenance of the leading trainer's latest feature race brace could not have been more contrasting. First he witnessed Viva Pataca win the Citi Hong Kong Gold Cup for the second successive year as an odds-on favourite. A little over half an hour later, Dim Sum, ridden by new Club Jockey James Winks, shocked Sha Tin with a 50/1 upset in the Chairman's Sprint Prize. Moore's double was redolent of another of his finest hours when Viva Pataca won the 2006 Mercedes-Benz Hong Kong Derby and Billet Express - carrying the same pale blue and yellow colours of Dim Sum's owner David Pong Chun-yee - won this same sprint on the same programme. Viva Pataca's second successive victory in the second leg of the Citi Triple Crown did not come in the same facile fashion of a year earlier even if the still admirable Packing Winner never really looked like defeating last season's Champion Middle Distance horse. Darren Beadman pushed out Viva Pataca to score by a neck and record his sixth career Gr.1 success. "He was ...
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Viva Pataca prevails in THE CITI HONG KONG GOLD CUP 2009 [02:11]
Race Meeting: 22/02/2009 Sha Tin RACE 7(412) Hong Kong Group One - 2000 Metres THE CITI HONG KONG GOLD CUP HK$ 8000000.00 Going : Good Course : Turf - "A+3" Course 1 VIVA PATACA(G096) D Beadman 2 PACKING WINNER(E334) D Whyte 3 EYSHAL(J099) WC Marwing Moore bags a Gr.1 double of contrasts with Viva Pataca, Dim Sum 22 February 2009 John Moore has enjoyed many major victories during his record-breaking career in Hong Kong, but no doubt Sunday's Gr.1 double will always rank highly. The provenance of the leading trainer's latest feature race brace could not have been more contrasting. First he witnessed Viva Pataca win the Citi Hong Kong Gold Cup for the second successive year as an odds-on favourite. A little over half an hour later, Dim Sum, ridden by new Club Jockey James Winks, shocked Sha Tin with a 50/1 upset in the Chairman's Sprint Prize. Moore's double was redolent of another of his finest hours when Viva Pataca won the 2006 Mercedes-Benz Hong Kong Derby and Billet Express - carrying the same pale blue and yellow colours of Dim Sum's owner David Pong Chun-yee - won this same sprint on the same programme. Viva Pataca's second successive victory in the second leg of the Citi Triple Crown did not come in the same facile fashion of a year earlier even if the still admirable Packing Winner never really looked like defeating last season's Champion Middle Distance horse. Darren Beadman pushed out Viva Pataca to score by a neck and record his sixth career Gr.1 success. "He ...
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Horse Racing - Glens Boy [01:27]
Horse Racing 31-12-10 Warwick 3m Handicap Chase Glens Boy was always prominent, effort after 3 out, led next, ridden last, kept on flat, in command when hampered by loose horse near finish and headed post, very unlucky! £ 35650.00 was matched at 1.01.
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Horse Racing - Arrayan [00:50]
Horse Racing 10-02-2011 Taunton 2m1f Handicap Hurdle Led, clear approaching last, rider fell off and unseated rider soon after. £ 24026.34 matched at 1.01.
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Horse Racing - Kay Gee Be [00:32]
Horse Racing 26-10-2011 Nottingham 8f handicap Kay Gee Be held up towards rear, steady headway on outside over 2f out, led over 1f out, strongly pressed and ran on inside final furlong, headed post. The problem is it looked like Kay Gee Be won it, but the camera angles can be very tricky. £404.647.26 was matched at 1.01.
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