{"id":3363,"date":"2020-04-23T14:32:00","date_gmt":"2020-04-23T06:32:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ctr-campaigns.hkjc.com\/rising-stars\/?p=3363"},"modified":"2020-04-25T13:22:55","modified_gmt":"2020-04-25T05:22:55","slug":"moores-smiling-as-aethero-and-beauty-get-five","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/campaigns.hkjc.com\/rising-stars\/en\/news\/moores-smiling-as-aethero-and-beauty-get-five","title":{"rendered":"Moore\u2019s smiling as Aethero and Beauty get five"},"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=”3359″ img_size=”full” add_caption=”yes” onclick=”link_image”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]John Moore believes Aethero is \u201cdefinitely the one they\u2019ve all got to beat\u201d after the precocious sprinter this morning (Thursday, 23 April) drew gate five of 11 for the G1 Chairman\u2019s Sprint Prize.\r\n\r\nThe exciting three-year-old will on Sunday (26 April) attempt to become the first of his age to win the contest since Fairy King Prawn in 1999.\r\n\r\n\u201cI expect him to ping and get to the front. We might see the best of him,\u201d Moore said. \u201cThis is a good gate for him, I think. I preferred the middle for him because on the inside, if you break a fraction slowly, you can get knocked down.\u201d\r\n\r\nFresh in the memory is the fact that Aethero proved to be his own worst enemy for the second time this season when in the G2 Sprint Cup (1200m) earlier this month he missed the break \u2013 also from gate five \u2013 and found himself behind runners, eager to pass, climbing on heels, wasting reserves.\r\n\r\n\u201cHe could pull and lose his race again but I\u2019m not thinking about that,\u201d the handler said. \u201cIt\u2019s the same gate as last time but it just is what it is. I think everything will be alright unless he gets something that plays up alongside him and sets him off or something \u2013 something unexpected.\u201d\r\n\r\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column]
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Aethero wins the G2 Jockey Club Sprint in November under Karis Teetan.<\/p>[\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Aethero trailed home eighth in the Sprint Cup, well behind the re-opposing Voyage Warrior. That muddling return after a four-month recovery from sickness was a far cry from his dashing, front-running best that carried him to victory in the G2 Jockey Club Sprint (1200m) and a precocious third place in the G1 LONGINES Hong Kong Sprint (1200m), all within eight months of his career debut.\r\n\r\n\u201cHe did something similar first-up this season so when he\u2019s coming back fresh, I think maybe it does take him a little bit sometimes to switch back on \u2013 hopefully after his trial last week he\u2019ll do it,\u201d jockey Zac Purton said.\r\n\r\nAethero heads into the weekend having satisfied connections in a barrier trial last Friday (17 April). The Sebring chestnut got to the lead and travelled with verve through the finish line, clear of his fellow triallists.\r\n\r\n\u201cHe passed his trial so that was a good sign \u2013 he was just a little bit sluggish from the gate. The middle and latter parts of the trial were good so I\u2019m happy in that regard,\u201d Purton said.\r\n\r\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column]

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Aethero leads them home in last week\u2019s trial.<\/p>[\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Moore, too, was pleased. \u201cHe jumped out in the trial really well. He stood there perfectly so I don\u2019t foresee any issues with the gate this time. I think he\u2019ll jump straight to the font.\r\n\r\n\u201cThe feedback from Purton is never gushing. Zac is semi-positive and semi-negative but the feedback was good \u2013 he said that trial was the first time he\u2019d felt Aethero really get over the ground well.\u201d\r\n\r\nThe trainer believes his charge is in better shape than last time and compared his young speedster to the great Olympian Usain Bolt.\r\n\r\n\u201cWe did drop his weight off a little bit \u2013 he looks light enough anyway, he looks like what I\u2019d call a Usain Bolt type in that he\u2019s tall and lean with that perfect physique. That\u2019s how I look at Aethero. He doesn’t look fat but there could be a 20lb difference and you wouldn’t see it.\r\n\r\n\u201cHe did the usual work this morning, probably one or two seconds slower, but again, his work rider Romain (Clavreul) came back and said if this horse gets beat he\u2019ll be surprised, he\u2019s only got to jump away.\r\n\r\nMoore now just needs Aethero to develop the same famed focus as the Jamaican speed king.\r\n\r\nFive for Beauty too<\/strong>\r\n\r\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image=”3360″ img_size=”full” add_caption=”yes” onclick=”link_image”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Beauty Generation will also load into gate five when he bids for a record third win in the HK$20 million G1 FWD Champions Mile on Sunday.\r\n\r\n\u201cFive is perfect \u2013 we\u2019ve got the speed influence on our inside so that will give us the chance to come out and come over, and no doubt camp outside Ka Ying Star unless something foreseen transpires,\u201d Moore said.\r\n\r\nThe champ, heading into the race off wins in the G1 Queen\u2019s Silver Jubilee Cup (1400m) and G2 Chairman\u2019s Trophy (1600m), also worked solo on the turf this morning under Clavreul.\r\n\r\n\u201cHe was very enthusiastic about his work this morning, the report back from Romain was positive that he did everything right, he came back and couldn\u2019t blow a match out,\u201d Moore said.\r\n\r\n\u201cI saw him coming back and I\u2019m thrilled, everything has gone to plan and it\u2019s all systems go.\u201d\r\n\r\nAnd, off a wet week in Hong Kong, Moore is not concerned about underfoot conditions.\r\n\r\n\u201cA little cut in the ground \u2013 I love it!\u201d he said. \u201cI think Sunday was always going to be ok but just that little bit of cushion, I think that both of my horses will just love it.\u201d\r\n\r\nSunday\u2019s card also includes the HK$25 million FWD QEII Cup (2000m).\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=”3359″ img_size=”full” add_caption=”yes” onclick=”link_image”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]John Moore believes Aethero is \u201cdefinitely the one they\u2019ve all got to beat\u201d after the precocious sprinter this morning (Thursday, 23 April) drew gate five of 11 for the G1 Chairman\u2019s Sprint Prize. The exciting three-year-old will on Sunday (26 April) attempt to become the first of his age to… Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"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\/3363"}],"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\/18"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/campaigns.hkjc.com\/rising-stars\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3363"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"http:\/\/campaigns.hkjc.com\/rising-stars\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3363\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3367,"href":"http:\/\/campaigns.hkjc.com\/rising-stars\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3363\/revisions\/3367"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/campaigns.hkjc.com\/rising-stars\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3363"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/campaigns.hkjc.com\/rising-stars\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3363"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/campaigns.hkjc.com\/rising-stars\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3363"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}