Galaxy Patch has always displayed Group 1 qualities and trainer Pierre Ng is hopeful the bay gelding can secure a breakthrough when he contests the HK$24 million G1 FWD Champions Mile (1600m) on FWD Champions Day (Sunday, 26 April) at Sha Tin.<\/p>
Twice Group 1-placed, Galaxy Patch is one of Hong Kong racing\u2019s leading milers and is a dual winner at Group 2 and Group 3 level; however, an elite-level crown is all that\u2019s missing from his solid 25-start record, which is headlined by eight wins. He was also a neck second behind Massive Sovereign in the 2024 BMW Hong Kong Derby (2000m).<\/p>
Galaxy Patch won November\u2019s G2 BOCHK\u00a0<\/span>Private Wealth\u00a0<\/span><\/em>Jockey Club Mile (1600m) when luck fell his way as he skimmed the rail from near-last on the turn while the field dispersed across the home straight, capturing his most important victory for Ng.<\/p> Ng said: \u201cHe just needs everything to go right for him \u2013 there can\u2019t be too much traffic, but he\u2019s been doing well across the last few seasons and, hopefully, he gets his chance.\u201d<\/p> More recently, the six-year-old \u2013 showcasing his exciting get-back run-on style of racing \u2013 was fourth from barrier nine in the G2 Chairman\u2019s Trophy (1600m) on 6 April.\u00a0<\/p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column] Galaxy Patch impresses at the trials last week.<\/p>[\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] \u201cHe\u2019s doing well. He finished fourth and pulled up fine. He was three-wide and it wasn\u2019t a very fast pace. He did make up a fair bit of ground,\u201d Ng said. \u201cHopefully, we get a better draw next time.\u201d\u00a0<\/p> Galaxy Patch finished fourth in a barrier trial last Thursday (16 April) in 1m 11.23s behind fellow FWD Champions Mile entrants Little Paradise, Red Lion and Invincible Ibis.<\/p> \u201cIt will be normal training with him. He\u2019ll probably have a gallop on Thursday (23 April) and then he\u2019ll be ready for it. Karis Teetan rides. Generally, I\u2019d like him to be wherever he wants to be \u2013 just not switched on. The horse needs to switch off in the run,\u201d Ng said.<\/p> Now in his fourth season as a trainer in Hong Kong, Ng is nearing the 200-win mark in the city. The 42-year-old is the son of former trainer Peter Ng, who earned three Hong Kong Horse of the Year titles with Mystic (1984\/85) and Quicken Away (1988\/89 & 1989\/90).<\/p> \u201cWe\u2019ve won Group 2 races and Group 3 races. We\u2019re just missing that Group 1. The team has been doing so well with the horses, so we\u2019ll just keep trying. Hopefully, we don\u2019t have to wait too long to get a Group 1,\u201d Ng said.<\/p> FWD Champions Day on Sunday (26 April) at Sha Tin also features the HK$30 million G1 FWD QEII Cup (2000m) and HK$24 million G1 Chairman\u2019s Sprint Prize (1200m).<\/p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" [vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image=”16103″ img_size=”full” add_caption=”yes” onclick=”link_image”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Galaxy Patch has always displayed Group 1 qualities and trainer Pierre Ng is hopeful the bay gelding can secure a breakthrough when he contests the HK$24 million G1 FWD Champions Mile (1600m) on FWD Champions Day (Sunday, 26 April) at Sha Tin.Twice Group 1-placed, Galaxy Patch is one of Hong Kong… Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":16106,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_oasis_is_in_workflow":0,"_oasis_original":0,"_oasis_task_priority":"2normal","footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/campaigns.hkjc.com\/racing-event-hub-champions-day\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16102"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/campaigns.hkjc.com\/racing-event-hub-champions-day\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/campaigns.hkjc.com\/racing-event-hub-champions-day\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/campaigns.hkjc.com\/racing-event-hub-champions-day\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/19"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/campaigns.hkjc.com\/racing-event-hub-champions-day\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16102"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/campaigns.hkjc.com\/racing-event-hub-champions-day\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16102\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16107,"href":"http:\/\/campaigns.hkjc.com\/racing-event-hub-champions-day\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16102\/revisions\/16107"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/campaigns.hkjc.com\/racing-event-hub-champions-day\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16106"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/campaigns.hkjc.com\/racing-event-hub-champions-day\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16102"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/campaigns.hkjc.com\/racing-event-hub-champions-day\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16102"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/campaigns.hkjc.com\/racing-event-hub-champions-day\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16102"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}