Navas And Purton Partnership Wins Cup
For the second year running Navas carried off the Class-II 1200m Challenge Cup at Happy Valley earlier this week.
Zac Purton drove him to a thrilling nose verdict over Dollar Reward with another nose to third-placed Jolly Bountiful.
The six-year-old’s HK$524,400 first prize purse win sealed a double for Purton, the Australian having taken race two by a head on the Michael Chang-trained Show Mission.
“When you don’t have much in hand they’re always going to be tight – they always are here at the Valley. On both horses, I just got the right run when I needed it and that counted,” Purton said.
Last season the Richard Gibson-trained gelding scored by a short-head under apprentice Dylan Mo.
Credit: HKJC