Retirements.....

[my miss storm cat]

Armada...

Illustrious Hong Kong G1 winner, member of the Top 50.

He retires with a rating of 116 which puts him right around 20th.

He won 6 of 6 his first season in HK (was withrawn once). That's Class 4 to Class 1 all in one season.

Ran in Tokyo a few times...

Here's one of his best wins (too many to choose from)... The Stewards' Cup.

I mean look who he beat!

Race Meeting: 28/01/2007 Sha Tin

RACE 8(345)
3 YEAR OLDS AND UPWARDS - 1600 Metres
THE STEWARDS' CUP
HK$ 8,000,000.00

1 5 ARMADA (E246) D Whyte J Size 126 1132 4 - 1.34.10 2.1
2 10 HELLO PRETTY (E210) F Coetzee A S Cruz 126 1145 1 1-1/4 1.34.30 7.1
3 3 VIVA PATACA (G096) C Soumillon J Moore 126 1139 7 1-3/4 1.34.40 5.5
4 2 BULLISH LUCK (C155) B Prebble A S Cruz 126 1240 12 4 1.34.70 12
5 1 VENGEANCE OF RAIN (D142) A Delpech D E Ferraris 126 1200 2 4-1/2 1.34.80 9.1
6 4 THE DUKE (B282) O Doleuze C Fownes 126 1169 3 4-3/4 1.34.90 9.3
7 6 JOYFUL WINNER (E045) D Beadman J Moore 126 1093 13 5-1/4 1.34.90 21
8 11 AIN'T HERE (C288) G Mosse D J Hall 126 1159 6 5-1/2 1.35.00 79
9 9 HELENE PILLAGING (C084) D Nikolic A S Cruz 126 1250 8 5-1/2 1.35.00 99
10 12 DAVE'S BEST (C060) M Nunes C H Yip 126 1124 11 6-1/2 1.35.10 39
11 7 ART TRADER (E131) E Saint-Martin J Moore 126 1072 5 7-1/4 1.35.30 53
12 13 HAPPEE OWNER (E230) A Starke A S Cruz 126 1092 9 7-1/4 1.35.30 99
13 8 BOWMAN'S CROSSING (B138) S Dye C Fownes 126 1147 10 9-3/4 1.35.70 54


http://www.hkjc.com/english/racing/r...2007&raceno=08

An amazing horse... hope he has a long and happy retirement.