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first Black Type race of the new Hong Kong racing season was run on Monday, the
Sha Tin Sprint HK Gr 3 won in fine style by talented Magic Albert gelding Vital
Flyer, who was well known when racing in Australia earlier in his career as
Marchinski.
Prepared by Michael Chang, Vital Flyer held off all challengers to win the 1000
metre dash by three-quarters of a length over Fastnet Rock five year-old
Captain Sweet, clocking a brisk 56.15 seconds for the trip.
Vital Flyer (pictured HKJC) had a big pull in the weights over the runner-up and used it to
advantage to post his best win since transferring to Hong Kong.
"I'm very happy with that," said Chang. "Before the race, I was pretty
confident because he had the right weight and the straight 1000m is what he
wants. He finished fourth in a Group 1 race here before – he only carried
113lbs and he's in top form. I didn't think the others could give him that much
weight."
Winner of the Group III STC Frederick Clissold Stakes in Sydney as a three
year-old under the name of Marchinski, the now seven year-old Vital Flyer has
the overall record of seven wins and nine placings from 40 starts.
Vital Flyer is a half-brother to stakes-winner Shepishir and stakes-placed
Theophorus being from good producer Elishir.
He is one of 15 stakes-winners for Magic Albert, who is covering a full book at
Yarraman Park at a fee of $22,000.
Group 3 - 1000m Class: Open. Track: Good. Time: 0:56.15. Sectional Time: 0:22.30 at 400m. Prizemoney: $2,400,000 - 1st: $1,368,000 2nd: $528,000 3rd: $276,000. |
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| 1 | 7. Vital Flyer | C W Chang | Y T Cheng (2) |
$6
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51.0 |
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 7g Magic Albert
x Elishir
(Spectacular Spy (USA)
)Lot 379; 2007 Inglis Classic Yearling Sale; Vendor - GUNTAWANG STUD, Mudgee; Buyer - T Bartley NSW $100,000 |
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| 2 | 0.8 | 1. Captain Sweet | J Moore | B Prebble (3) |
$4
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60.5 |
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 5g Fastnet Rock
x Strega
(Lake Coniston (IRE)
)Lot 120; 2009 MM Conrad Jupiters Yearling Sale; Vendor - Glastonbury Farms; Buyer - HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB $60,000 |
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| 3 | SH | 4. Able Speed (IRE) | J Moore | O Doleuze (1) |
$8.50
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55.0 |
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7g Compton Place (GB)
x Photo Flash (IRE)
(Bahamian Bounty (GB)
) Not Offered |
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| 4 | 2.8 | 3. Flying Colours (NZ) | D Cruz | K C Leung (5) |
$26
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55.5 |
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| 7g Howbaddouwantit (USA) x Kesia (NZ) (Omnicorp (NZ) ) | |||||||
| 5 | 4.0 | 2. Rich Unicorn | P D O'Sullivan | Z Purton (4) |
$21
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57.5 |
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| 6g Danehill Dancer (IRE) x Onwards (Zeditave ) | |||||||
| 6 | 4.3 | 6. Horse Galore (IRE) | Y S Tsui | Alex Lai (6) |
$10
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51.0 |
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| 6g Choisir x Queen's Victory (GB) (Mujadil (USA) ) | |||||||
| 7 | 4.8 | 5. Blaze King (NZ) | A S Cruz | M Chadwick (7) |
$2
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54.0 |
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| 7g Elusive City (USA) x Discreet (NZ) (Deputy Governor (USA) ) | |||||||
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