Golden Sixty Seems Intent On Hong Kong Classic Mile
The impressive Gr.3 Chinese Club Challenge Cup Handicap winner, Golden Sixty is the horse to beat for this season’s three-race 4yo Classic Series, starting with the Hong Kong Classic Mile, which is less than four weeks away.
Golden Sixty not only took his career haul to seven wins from eight starts – all at 1200m and 1400m – but also became the first horse in Hong Kong to win four races this term.
Trainer Francis Lui has two of the top candidates for Hong Kong Classic Mile glory with Golden Sixty’s stablemate More Than This unbeaten in three runs this campaign.
Lui did not rule out a BMW Hong Kong Derby tilt in March for Golden Sixty either, although he was more reserved on that front.
Golden Sixty defeated the year-older runner-up Fat Turtle and fellow 4yo leading light Champion’s Way (120lb).
The latter, already a Gr.3 winner and rated 108 at the end of the last term, improved on two below-par efforts this season with a solid third, conceding 4lb to the winner.
Tony Piccone has only been in Hong Kong three days but he hit the ground running with a win and two third-place returns from four rides.
Voyage Warrior drew comparisons with one of trainer Ricky Yiu’s past Gr.1 winning speedsters after blazing away from his rivals in the Class 2 Cherry Handicap down the 1000m straight.
The four-year-old bounced back from a pair of disappointing defeats to score by an easy three lengths.
Credit: HKJC