Moore eyes high honours as Beauty Generation heads to Chairmans Trophy
Beauty Generation is among the star draws for a top-class Gr. 2 double-header at Sha Tin. Trainer John Moore looking to use the Chairman’s Trophy (1600m) as a step-up to Gr.1 Champions Mile glory, and ultimately, he hopes, Horse of the Year honours.
“If he’s to win Horse of the Year he probably needs to win a Champions Mile, and if Time Warp doesn’t deliver in the QEII Cup, well then you’d think he’d have it,” the handler said during barrier trials at Sha Tin.
Beauty Generation will face Time Warp in this weekend’s lead-up to those Group 1 tests. The talent-packed field of 10 is also set to include Pakistan Star, Fifty Fifty, Pingwu Spark, Beauty Only, Dinozzo, Western Express, Joyful Trinity and his own stable mate, the dual G1 winner Helene Paragon.
Moore is pleased with the Road To Rock five-year-old’s wellbeing going into the Chairman’s Trophy.
Zac Purton, will start atop the Patrick Kwok-owned Time Warp. The Australian import has been at the front rank of Hong Kong’s mile division this term with wins in the Gr.1 LONGINES Hong Kong Mile, and, last time out, the Gr.1 Queen’s Silver Jubilee Cup (1400m), among four from six runs. In the latter, Beauty Generation rallied close home to repel Beat The Clock’s late thrust by a head.
“He fought last time – Zac said that (Joao) Moreira screaming at his horse really helped him because it scared him and he put another head on him!” Moore said.
The John Size-trained Beat The Clock will line up in the afternoon’s other Gr.2 feature, the Sprint Cup (1200m), against G1-winning stablemate Mr Stunning. Size also has Amazing Kids among the race’s eight entries.
By Ritesh Jamkhedkar-Ritesh.jamkhedkar@secretariatsworld.com