My Wish has soared through the grades this season and fellow five-year-old Rubylot (124lb) is aiming to hop in the hot-shot\u2019s slipstream when he features in Sunday\u2019s (9 November) HK$4.2 million G3 Sa Sa Ladies\u2019 Purse Handicap (1800m) at Sha Tin.\u00a0<\/p>
My Wish and Rubylot each won a leg of last season\u2019s Four-Year-Old Classic Series; the former has begun the 2025\/26 campaign with wins in the HK$4.2 million G3 Celebration Cup Handicap (1400m) and HK$5.35 million G2 Sha Tin Trophy Handicap (1600m).<\/p>
Rubylot bested My Wish in the HK$13 million Hong Kong Classic Cup (1800m), and trainer David Hayes hopes the Rubick gelding can make a big impression in one of Hong Kong\u2019s most revered races \u2013 the Sa Sa Ladies\u2019 Purse, first run in 1846.<\/p>
Hayes, who won the contest in 2001 with Prime Witness, said: \u201cThey\u2019ve been good gradual build-up runs. He\u2019s got blinkers on for the first time, which I think is a big plus. And he gets a tongue tie \u2013 he got his tongue over the bit the other day, so I think you can see massive improvement. Probably his best performance has come over 1800 (metres).\u201d<\/p>
An earner of HK$19.89 million with six wins from 24 starts, Rubylot \u2013 who jumps from gate 14 on Sunday \u2013 was a fast-closing second in May\u2019s HK$13 million G1 Standard Chartered Champions & Chater Cup (2400m) behind Triple Crown hero Voyage Bubble.<\/p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image=”7828″ img_size=”full” add_caption=”yes” onclick=”link_image”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]
Hayes expects the bay to contest the HK$5.35 million G2 BOCHK Jockey Club Cup (2000m) before targeting either the HK$40 million G1 LONGINES Hong Kong Cup (2000m) or HK$26 million G1 LONGINES Hong Kong Vase (2400m) at the LONGINES Hong Kong International Races on 14 December.<\/p>
\u201cI\u2019m expecting a pretty competitive run. He won the Classic Cup over the distance, and he beat My Wish then, so it\u2019s good form. It\u2019s a very competitive race, and I want to see a good run. He\u2019ll run in this and then the lead-up race (on 23 November),\u201d Hayes said.<\/p>
After departing quarantine on Tuesday (4 November), Ka Ying Rising, winner of October\u2019s G1 The Everest (1200m) in Sydney, Australia, will next run in the HK$5.35 million G2 BOCHK Private Banking Jockey Club Sprint (1200m) on 23 November.<\/p>
\u201cHe\u2019s out of quarantine and his weight is exactly the same as when he won the (Class 1 HKSAR) Chief Executive\u2019s Cup (1200m, Handicap). If he was well below his weight, I would have dodged it, but I think he needs a run,\u201d Hayes said.<\/p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image=”7827″ img_size=”full” add_caption=”yes” onclick=”link_image”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]
Ka Ying Rising is currently two wins from equalling Golden Sixty\u2019s 16-race unbeaten streak and three short of Silent Witness\u2019 Hong Kong record 17 straight successes.\u00a0<\/p>
Frankie Lor is represented by Happy Together (129lb) and Sword Point (124lb) in Sunday\u2019s Sa Sa Ladies\u2019 Purse. Lor won the race in 2022 with Money Catcher.<\/p>
\u201cAlexis (Badel) is back on (Happy Together). Alexis rides this horse really well because he knows the horse. He needs to keep rolling, so when the winner (My Wish) sprinted, he could not sprint with him (last start). He takes time to pick up,\u201d Lor said.<\/p>
Encountered (115lb), winner of the 2023 Sa Sa Ladies\u2019 Purse, makes his third start for Brett Crawford and will become the trainer\u2019s first runner in a Hong Kong Group race.<\/p>
\u201cIn my opinion, he\u2019s in really good form. I\u2019m really happy with him, he\u2019s had a good prep leading into this race. My only little concern, I hope the ground isn\u2019t too firm for him,\u201d Crawford said.<\/p>
Beauty Joy (135lb), Chancheng Glory (132lb), Cap Ferrat (127lb), Moments In Time (127lb), Sunlight Power (126lb), Ensued (125lb), Massive Sovereign (124lb), Bundle Award (123lb), Pray For Mir (122lb) and Californiatotality (115lb) also feature.<\/p>
Sunday\u2019s (9 November) 10-race Sa Sa Ladies\u2019 Purse Day fixture at Sha Tin begins at 1pm with the Class 5 L\u2019Oreal Paris Handicap (1600m).<\/p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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