Hong Kong racing returns on Sunday (10 September) for a 10-race fixture at Sha Tin.
Just six horses will line up in Sunday’s feature race at Sha Tin, where Hong Kong’s best sprinter, LUCKY SWEYNESSE, aims to continue from where he left off in the Class 1 HKSAR Chief Executive’s Cup Handicap over 1200m.
As a triple Group 1 winner and the victor in eight out of 10 starts during his breakout 2022/23 campaign, LUCKY SWEYNESSE faces a similar challenge to his last race, where he won the Group 3 Sha Tin Vase Handicap (1200m) in early June. On that occasion, the Manfred Man-trained talent carried 135lbs to a comfortable 1.25-length victory, and he will face the same challenge again on Sunday, giving away 20lbs to the rest of the field.
The only horse that seems capable of breaking LUCKY SWEYNESSE’S winning streak, as he vies for a seventh straight success, is talented five-year-old VICTOR THE WINNER, who finished as the runner-up to LUCKY SWEYNESSE in the Sha Tin Vase.
Elsewhere, the thriving five-year-old ALL IS GOOD is on track to continue his winning ways in the Class 3 1400m Handicap.
It wasn’t until his 15th start that ALL IS GOOD broke through for his first career win in early May, but he proved it was no fluke by winning his next two starts stylishly. On each occasion, he posted convincing winning margins of 1.75 lengths.
Although ALL IS GOOD will face his toughest test as he rises into Class 3, trainer Francis Lui has found a race that lacks depth. With Zac Purton in the saddle, it provides the gelding with every hope of winning as he steps away from barrier 2.
