{"id":4997,"date":"2025-02-22T10:38:00","date_gmt":"2025-02-22T02:38:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ctr-campaigns.hkjc.com\/racing-event-hub-citi-hkgold-cup-queens-silver-jubilee-cup\/?p=4997"},"modified":"2025-02-23T08:59:31","modified_gmt":"2025-02-23T00:59:31","slug":"frankie-lor-expects-good-shows-from-his-g1-citi-hong-kong-gold-cup-duo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/campaigns.hkjc.com\/racing-event-hub-citi-hkgold-cup-queens-silver-jubilee-cup\/en\/news\/frankie-lor-expects-good-shows-from-his-g1-citi-hong-kong-gold-cup-duo","title":{"rendered":"Frankie Lor expects good shows from his G1 Citi Hong Kong Gold Cup duo"},"content":{"rendered":"[vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image=”4999″ img_size=”full” add_caption=”yes” onclick=”link_image”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]

Frankie Lor will chase his first G1 Hong Kong Gold Cup (2000m) success at Sha Tin on Sunday (23 February) when he will launch a two-pronged attack in the HK$13 million event. Lor believes both his runners, Happy Together and Sword Point, are capable of going close despite facing strong rivals, including last start Group 1 victor Voyage Bubble.<\/p>

French jockey Alexis Badel will once again partner Happy Together while Andrea Atzeni will ride Sword Point for the first time for Lor in the Citi Hong Kong Gold Cup, the second leg of the Triple Crown.<\/p>

Lor believes Happy Together will once again display another consistent performance over his ideal distance.<\/p>

Lor said: \u201cI expect Happy Together will run another honest race, as usual. 1800m and 2000m are both his best distances today and you will see him let down and ran on well in the straight.\u201d
The last time Happy Together ran at this course and distance resulted in a creditable fourth in the 2024 G1 FWD QEII Cup on yielding ground.<\/p>

\u201cHe still performed well this season in various Group races this term and was not beaten far in these good races, in particular when fifth in the Hong Kong Mile. He has maintained his form well and I believe he will go close again this Sunday,\u201d Lor added.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Lor also confirmed Sword Point will be Dubai-bound after the Citi Hong Kong Gold Cup. The American Pharoah gelding will target the G2 Godolphin Mile (1600m, dirt) at Meydan on Saturday, 5 April.<\/p>

Lor said: \u201cAfter Gold Cup we won\u2019t have many choices for him. Obviously, he is a horse better on dirt. He will enjoy a short break after this Sunday and then will depart for Dubai.\u201d<\/p>

\u201cI am pleased with his work ahead of Sunday\u2019s race and therefore although it will be a big task for him, he should be there and thereabouts and in fact he didn\u2019t run too bad last time on turf. At the moment, I have yet to decide the jockey choice in Dubai,\u201d Lor added.<\/p>

Sword Point tried to make all last start in the G3 Centenary Vase Handicap (1800m), but just weakened in the home straight and wasbeaten by four lengths by the winner Chancheng Glory last month. Sword Point will tackle G1 races for the fourth time this Sunday.<\/p>

Sunday\u2019s (23 February) Sha Tin meeting starts with the Class 4 Citi Wealth Handicap (1400m) at 1pm.<\/p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image=”4999″ img_size=”full” add_caption=”yes” onclick=”link_image”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Frankie Lor will chase his first G1 Hong Kong Gold Cup (2000m) success at Sha Tin on Sunday (23 February) when he will launch a two-pronged attack in the HK$13 million event. Lor believes both his runners, Happy Together and Sword Point, are capable of going close despite facing strong rivals,… Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":5001,"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-citi-hkgold-cup-queens-silver-jubilee-cup\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4997"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/campaigns.hkjc.com\/racing-event-hub-citi-hkgold-cup-queens-silver-jubilee-cup\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/campaigns.hkjc.com\/racing-event-hub-citi-hkgold-cup-queens-silver-jubilee-cup\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/campaigns.hkjc.com\/racing-event-hub-citi-hkgold-cup-queens-silver-jubilee-cup\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/19"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/campaigns.hkjc.com\/racing-event-hub-citi-hkgold-cup-queens-silver-jubilee-cup\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4997"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/campaigns.hkjc.com\/racing-event-hub-citi-hkgold-cup-queens-silver-jubilee-cup\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4997\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5003,"href":"http:\/\/campaigns.hkjc.com\/racing-event-hub-citi-hkgold-cup-queens-silver-jubilee-cup\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4997\/revisions\/5003"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/campaigns.hkjc.com\/racing-event-hub-citi-hkgold-cup-queens-silver-jubilee-cup\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5001"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/campaigns.hkjc.com\/racing-event-hub-citi-hkgold-cup-queens-silver-jubilee-cup\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4997"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/campaigns.hkjc.com\/racing-event-hub-citi-hkgold-cup-queens-silver-jubilee-cup\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4997"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/campaigns.hkjc.com\/racing-event-hub-citi-hkgold-cup-queens-silver-jubilee-cup\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4997"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}