{"id":3276,"date":"2020-04-14T17:53:00","date_gmt":"2020-04-14T09:53:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ctr-campaigns.hkjc.com\/rising-stars\/?p=3276"},"modified":"2020-04-14T17:54:09","modified_gmt":"2020-04-14T09:54:09","slug":"golden-sixty-camp-mulls-qeii-cup-derby-form-on-show-at-the-valley","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/campaigns.hkjc.com\/rising-stars\/en\/news\/golden-sixty-camp-mulls-qeii-cup-derby-form-on-show-at-the-valley","title":{"rendered":"Golden Sixty camp mulls QEII Cup, Derby form on show at the Valley"},"content":{"rendered":"[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]
[vc_row el_class=”section-padding-top”][vc_column][vc_single_image image=”2016″ img_size=”medium” alignment=”center” css_animation=”none” el_class=”title”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/div>\r\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image=”3277″ img_size=”full” add_caption=”yes” onclick=”link_image”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]A final decision is yet to be made on Golden Sixty\u2019s participation in the G1 FWD QEII Cup (2000m) on 26 April but trainer Francis Lui is pleased with the Medaglia d\u2019Oro gelding following his sparkling BMW Hong Kong Derby (2000m) win last month.\r\n\r\n\u201cHe seems good, he looks fine, everything is fine and his trackwork hasn\u2019t shown anything wrong, it\u2019s just I don\u2019t want to push him,\u201d Lui said.\r\n\r\nRegular rider Vincent Ho partnered the gelding in a gallop this morning (Tuesday, 14 April) and was satisfied, with the big race still a week and a half away.\r\n\r\n\u201cWe\u2019re still discussing it; there\u2019s no rush,\u201d he said. \u201cI galloped him this morning and he still feels good.\u201d\r\n\r\nGolden Sixty completed a Classic Series sweep with his Derby win and the four-year-old has won seven on the bounce this season, including the G3 Chinese Club Challenge Cup Handicap (1400m) in which he defeated the multiple G1-placed Ka Ying Star.\r\n\r\n\u201cIt\u2019s a big break in between seasons so that\u2019s why I have to consider the QEII Cup \u2013 we will keep him working as normal,\u201d Lui said.\r\n\r\nReliable aims to uphold Derby form<\/strong>\r\n\r\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image=”3278″ img_size=”full” add_caption=”yes” onclick=”link_image”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]While Lui contemplates Golden Sixty\u2019s next task, the form out of this year\u2019s BMW Hong Kong Derby (2000m) will be put to the test at Happy Valley on Wednesday when Reliable Team (128lb), Amazing Beats (123lb) and Private Secretary (130lb) contest the night\u2019s finale, the Class 2 Cedar Handicap (1800m).\r\n\r\nThe Frankie Lor-trained Reliable Team finished a creditable fifth in the Derby, beaten four-and-a-half lengths, and will have Derby hero Ho in the plate from gate four.\r\n\r\n\u201cIt was a good run in the Derby,\u201d Lor said. \u201cI\u2019ve always thought this horse will be much improved next season. He still looks like a big baby and I still don\u2019t think we\u2019ve seen the best of him \u2013 if he looks good, we can target a few Group 3 races next season with him and go from there.\r\n\r\n\u201cHis form\u2019s still good \u2013 there are not many distance races for him this month so I picked out this one for him. He\u2019s won a few races at Happy Valley and the 1800 (metres) is good for him.\u201d\r\n\r\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column]
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Reliable Team (fifth) and Amazing Beats (eighth) finish behind Golden Sixty in last month\u2019s Derby.<\/p>[\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The Reliable Man gelding is a four-time winner, including thrice at the Valley, from 11 career starts.\r\n\r\n\u201cI think he has a good chance. Four is a good draw and he has pace so he can be wherever he wants and he\u2019s a horse that relaxes well. Back to Class 2, I think he\u2019s a good chance,\u201d Ho said.\r\n\r\n\u201cI think 1600 and 1800 metres is fine for him, he\u2019s a good, honest horse and he always tries.\u201d\r\n\r\nO\u2019Sullivan\u2019s Beats <\/strong>\r\n\r\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image=”3279″ img_size=”full” add_caption=”yes” onclick=”link_image”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]While Valley regular Reliable Team has yet to score in Class 2, Amazing Beats is already a winner in that grade but faces the unknown of navigating his way around the city circuit under lights for the first time. But the Australian import has trialled at Happy Valley and trainer Paul O\u2019Sullivan is hoping that will prove to be beneficial.\r\n\r\n\u201cHe\u2019s back in the right handicap \u2013 so if you take his Derby run and the fact he\u2019s been around the Valley before and he has the right gate with the blinkers going on, I think he should race well,\u201d O\u2019Sullivan said.\r\n\r\nKnown as Cossetot pre-import, the ex-Godolphin galloper won the Listed Tasmanian Derby (2200m) among two other successes before his arrival in Hong Kong but was only eighth in the BMW Hong Kong Derby.\r\n\r\n\u201cI think the points tallied up in the finish \u2013 you\u2019re racing against horses rated 25 points higher and that\u2019s just about how the Derby panned out,\u201d O\u2019Sullivan said, \u201cI think he deserved every chance to be in there but he had every hope and at this stage he\u2019s not up to that level.\u201d\r\n\r\nKaris Teetan will be in the plate and the duo will break from gate three.\r\n\r\n\u201cHe\u2019s trialled very well at Happy Valley,\u201d O\u2019Sullivan added.\r\n\r\nThe Tony Cruz-trained Private Secretary will attempt to return to the level of his smart first-up win at the Valley, having placed 13th in the Derby.\r\n\r\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image=”3280″ img_size=”full” add_caption=”yes” onclick=”link_image”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]But the four-year-olds will step out in a field of 12 that includes two-time course and distance winner Helene Charisma (132lb) from the John Moore stable.\r\n\r\n\u201cHelene Charisma ran really well last time and he\u2019s not a Sha Tin horse due to the fact of the track being too firm, it\u2019s like a lot of European horses that come here, they\u2019re not comfortable on those firm tracks,\u201d Moore said.\r\n\r\nKnown as Mont Ormel in France pre-import, the seven-year-old won the G1 Grand Prix de Paris (2400m) but went 27 starts across three seasons before breaking his duck at the course and distance in March last year.\r\n\r\n\u201cHe seems to have hit a purple patch of form at the moment, and, given some luck in running because he does have a tendency to hang, you\u2019d have to think that he\u2019s a live chance,\u201d Moore said.\r\n\r\nThe John Size-trained Enrichment (121lb) is looking to snap two runner-up efforts with a second Hong Kong career win but will have to do so from gate 11.\r\n\r\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column]

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Enrichment narrowly misses over 1800m at Sha Tin.<\/p>[\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]\u201cThe trip doesn\u2019t worry him – I think he\u2019s fine at 1800 (metres), middle distance is ok for him and the horse is in good shape it\u2019s just a bad gate for him, especially with the speed that he\u2019s got so he might be awkwardly placed,\u201d the 11-time champion trainer said.\r\n\r\nThe Teofilo five-year-old hasn\u2019t won since a Class 2 over 2000m last season, two starts prior to his 12th-placed effort in the 2019 BMW Hong Kong Derby.\r\n\r\n\u201cHe\u2019s been in good form this season – he\u2019s racing consistently and he\u2019s ready to win a race but he\u2019s just got that bad gate to contend with,\u201d Size said.\r\n\r\nJoao Moreira will be in the plate for Wednesday\u2019s contest, the first time since guiding the gelding to his only Hong Kong win. The Brazilian ace hops up after partnering rival Righteous Doctrine (118lb) to two consecutive wins on the Sha Tin dirt.\r\n\r\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image=”3281″ img_size=”full” add_caption=”yes” onclick=”link_image”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]\u201cI was already booked to ride Enrichment, he\u2019s a very good ride, his last run was very good,\u201d Moreira said.\r\n\r\n\u201cI\u2019m quite surprised that he hasn\u2019t won another race since his first and only win but it seems like John Size has him picking up form, so he might go there and win another one but if not this time surely he\u2019ll get another win very quickly,\u201d Moreira said.\r\n\r\nMoreira also directed praise toward the Michael Chang-trained Righteous Doctrine who will break from gate two.\r\n\r\n\u201cHe seems like a dirt specialist, but he\u2019s in really good form and I wouldn\u2019t be surprised to see him perform as well as he has his last two starts,\u201d he said.\r\n\r\nWednesday\u2019s nine-race card at Happy Valley kicks off at 6.45pm with the Class 5 Walnut Handicap (1650m).\r\n\r\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] [\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image=”3277″ img_size=”full” add_caption=”yes” onclick=”link_image”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]A final decision is yet to be made on Golden Sixty\u2019s participation in the G1 FWD QEII Cup (2000m) on 26 April but trainer Francis Lui is pleased with the Medaglia d\u2019Oro gelding following his sparkling BMW Hong Kong Derby (2000m) win last month. \u201cHe seems good, he looks fine,… Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":0,"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\/rising-stars\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3276"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/campaigns.hkjc.com\/rising-stars\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/campaigns.hkjc.com\/rising-stars\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/campaigns.hkjc.com\/rising-stars\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/19"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/campaigns.hkjc.com\/rising-stars\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3276"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/campaigns.hkjc.com\/rising-stars\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3276\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3285,"href":"http:\/\/campaigns.hkjc.com\/rising-stars\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3276\/revisions\/3285"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/campaigns.hkjc.com\/rising-stars\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3276"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/campaigns.hkjc.com\/rising-stars\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3276"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/campaigns.hkjc.com\/rising-stars\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3276"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}