Pakistan Star Goes To O’Sullivan
The complicated dual Group One winning Pakistan Star is to be moved from Tony Cruz’s stable block to take up residence in the Paul O’Sullivan barn.
The colt is considered brilliant but wayward and unpredictable.
“It’s nice to get the chance to train him,” said O'Sullivan.
O’Sullivan has found wins tough to come by since the retirement of his last stable star, Hong Kong’s champion sprinter Aerovelocity. When owner Kerm Din asked him unexpectedly to take over the training of Pakistan Star, the man with only nine victories on the board this season was willing to oblige.
Din purchased Pakistan Star out of the 2016 Hong Kong International Sale (March) and the horse became an internet hit with a sensational last-to-first debut win that July. The Shamardal gelding overcame behavioral issues, including a stop-start display during a race in June 2017, to sweep the G1 QEII Cup and G1 Champions and Chater Cup last term. But this season there has been little of his old dash in six runs.
Cruz expressed disappointment at losing a horse he and his staff have spent many hours educating over almost three years.
Curated from a press release by HKJC