Collection successful in Hong Kong Derby.COLLECTION yesterday completed the journey from Royal Ascot Royal Ascot annual horserace, occasion for great fashionable turnout. [Br. Cult.: Brewer Dictionary, 49] See : Fashion Royal Ascot England’s fashionable annual event. [Br. Cult. winner's enclosure to Sha Tin Classic success when delivering the sort of display a 2-5 favourite should to capture the pounds 833,034 first prize in the Mercedes-Benz Hong Kong Derby The Hong Kong Derby is a Hong Kong Thoroughbred horse race held annually since 1873. Restricted to horses four-years-old only since 1981, the race is run in mid-March and is the premier event on the domestic racing programme with a purse of HK$16 million (app. US$2 million). . The race's shortest-priced market leader for a decade had been impressive when winning last year's Hampton Court Stakes for William Haggas, but he looked an even more potent force when proving too good for nearest rival Thumbs Up. Trainer John Moore's third Hong Kong Derby winner was settled at least eight lengths off the early lead, but a huge backstretch back·stretch n. The part of an oval racecourse farthest from the spectators and opposite the homestretch. move took him into second within a matter of strides, and when asked to pick up the leader in the short Sha Tin straight, Collection responded in dazzling fashion. Moore said: "It's been a long-range objective. I had my eyes on him for months in the hope that Highclere would sell him, and eventually we were able to get him. "I first saw him last July. I had to convince the members of my syndicate that this was the horse we had to get. It's wonderful that it has all paid off." |
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