HK updates, etc.

[my miss storm cat]

Ooooh Sunday looks like a great day!

PHHM analysis to follow.....

Race 8 - THE CITI CHAMPIONS & CHATER CUP
Sunday, May 25, 2008, Sha Tin, 16:05
Turf ,"A" Course ,2400m

Prize Money: $8,000,000.00, Rating: -, Race Class: HONG KONG GROUP 1

Horse No. Colour Horse Wt. Trainer Horse Wt. (Declaration) Rtg. Jockey Draw Brand No. Gear Rtg.+/- Wt.+/- (vs Declaration)
1 VIVA PATACA 126 J Moore 129 D Beadman 6 G096 H 0 -
2 PACKING WINNER 126 L Ho 120 D Whyte 2 E334 4 -
3 VIVA MACAU 126 J Moore 113 M Nunes 3 H110 SW/TT -1 -
4 EVER BRIGHT 126 P O'Sullivan 108 B Prebble 1 G223 B 8 -
5 LU YUE 126 C H Yip 97 Y T Cheng 9 H278 B/H 0 -
6 WIN PRACTITIONER 126 C Fownes 92 F Coetzee 5 G180 B 0 -
7 GO JOHNNY GO 126 P F Yiu 91 M Du Plessis 8 G290 XB 1 -
8 GROWL 126 A Lee 91 G Mosse 7 H224 TT -2 -
9 EYE WITNESS 126 A S Cruz 84 K L Chui 10 G027 XB/TT 3 -
10 LONDON EXPRESS 126 A Schutz 71 Z Purton 4 H107 0 -



B : Blinkers BO : Blinker with one cowl only E : Ear Plugs H : Hood
M : Muzzle P : Pacifier PC : Pacifier with cowls SR : Shadow Roll
SW : Side Winkers TT : Tongue Tie V : Visor SB: Sheepskin Browband
SO: Side Winker 1 side "1" : First time "2" : Replaced "-" : Removed
CC: Cornell Collar XB: Crossed Nose Band

Notes:
"Horse Wt. (Declaration)" : Horse weight on two days before the race day
"Wt.+/-(vs last race)" : Change of horse weight between race day and last race day
"Wt.+/-(vs Declarations)" : Change of horse weight between race day and declaration day
"Stakes Won" : Stakes acquired in current racing season

[my miss storm cat]

HKJC...

The Stewards this morning spoke with Mr J Moore, the trainer of VIVA PATACA. Mr Moore had unsuccessfully endeavoured to contact the Stewards yesterday. Mr Moore said VIVA PATACA had sustained an injury to its right front foot during track work yesterday as a result of an incident involving another horse. Mr Moore advised the Stewards he had worked VIVA PATACA this morning in accordance with the horse's scheduled programme and in his opinion it was suitable to start in the Citi Champions & Chater Cup to be run at Sha Tin this Sunday 25 May 2008.

At the direction of the Stewards, Dr K H Lam, Veterinary Officer, this afternoon examined VIVA PATACA at the stables of Mr Moore. Dr Lam said the horse in his opinion at this time is suitable to fulfil its engagement in the Citi Champions & Chater Cup. VIVA PATACA will continue to be monitored in the lead up to Sunday's race.

[my miss storm cat]

Feel beter, Happy All Around, O'Reilly Rally and Money Man (lame) and Red Wine Honey (colic, poor thing).

He Can Tango (he can! ) drew in.


Name change... Vivacity to Great Unity. Okaaaaay.

Good Trio retired.

Can't find out who the horse was re the "incident with Viva P.

If no time for haha analysis, good luck to Witness in R1, Bullish Win in R4, Eight Plus Nine in R6, Syllabus (kindest horse in HK ) and Watch What Happens in R7, He Can Tango in R10 and all the kids in R8 and 9.

Could this finally be the race where Regency Horse wins?

Safe home, Viva Macau. Try not to be last, pretty boy.

[my miss storm cat]

The kindest horse in Hong Kong, SYLLABUS, wins paying $680.

http://www.hkjc.com/english/racing/r...eno=7&venue=ST

Packing Winner beats Viva P... Viva M 4th...

http://www.hkjc.com/english/racing/r...eno=8&venue=ST

[my miss storm cat]

Originally Posted by my miss storm cat

Feel beter, Happy All Around, O'Reilly Rally and Money Man (lame) and Red Wine Honey (colic, poor thing).

Now listed as "retired". Hope he really is.

[jaripeo]

HOW ABOUT GOOD BA BA FOR THE LAS ASIAN MILE CHALLENGE
AND A 1MILLION BONUS 8 OF JUNE.

GOOD BA BA

[my miss storm cat]

Originally Posted by jaripeo

HOW ABOUT GOOD BA BA FOR THE LAS ASIAN MILE CHALLENGE
AND A 1MILLION BONUS 8 OF JUNE.

GOOD BA BA

[jaripeo]

Good Ba Ba Earnings to Good Causes
From Bloodhorse.
Date Posted: May 29, 2008
Last Updated: May 29, 2008
By Murray Bell
The success of Hong Kong superstar Good Ba Ba will have an impact that goes way beyond the horse’s racing lifetime, with owner John Yuen Se-kit announcing this week the creation of the Good Ba Ba Foundation.

Yuen said that 70% of all prize money won by Good Ba Ba would go to the foundation, which will be invested with a view to supporting special charities and projects on a long-term basis.

Yuen said he has already given HK$1.6 million to accredited agencies working for the victims of the Sichuan earthquake disaster in China, and HK$1.3 million to support the Equestrian Games of the Beijing Olympics, all in the name of Good Ba Ba.

Good Ba Ba, whose Cantonese name Ho Ba Ba means “good father”, has been touched by the way the public has adopted the racehorse who was deliberately named as a statement about the importance that good fathers represent to families and the greater community.

"The people of Hong Kong have really embraced Good Ba Ba as their horse, they have given him great support,” Yuen said. “This foundation gives my family the chance to return that support, and to allow the achievements of Good Ba Ba to flow back to the people of Hong Kong, and China, for many years to come.”

Good Ba Ba has rewritten the record books this season, becoming the first horse to make a cleansweep of the Hong Kong Jockey Club’s four major mile races, and throwing in a defeat of Sacred Kingdom in the group I Queen’s Silver Jubilee Cup for good measure.

The gelding continues to be a running advertisement for the Hong Kong International Sale, where he was purchased originally by trainer Alex Wong Yu-on, who took him to the title of champion griffin in his first season and right through to Class One as a 4-year-old.

Since being transferred to Andreas Schutz 18 months ago, Good Ba Ba has become a revelation, winning eight of his next 11 starts including two international group Is this season --- the Cathay Pacific Hong Kong Mile and the Champions Mile.

As the winner of four group I races this term, as well as being the conqueror of Sacred Kingdom (albeit controversially), he is an odds-on favorite to be Horse of the Year.

Good Ba Ba has already won HK$32,466,500 in prize money but at his next start, in the Group One Yasuda Kinen (1,600m) in Tokyo, he will compete for one of the richest prizes in world horse racing --- slightly over HK$15 million.

First prize in the Yasuda is Yen 100 million (HK$7.42) and, as the winner of the Champions Mile, he is also eligible for an Asian Mile Challenge bonus of US$1 million (HK$7.8 million). The double is certainly achievable, having been won by Bullish Luck just two years ago.

Yuen has not been keen to travel Good Ba Ba away from Hong Kong before, and earlier in the year turned his back on the US$5 million Dubai Duty Free to stay at home. But the creation of the Good Ba Ba Foundation and the big prize available in Japan has changed the businessman’s perspective. Good Ba Ba is now racing for a lot more than the pleasure of John Yuen.

Good Ba Ba is already in Japan, and trainer Schutz said last night the gelding arrived “fit and well” after traveling safely and uneventfully.