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Old 10-19-2008, 09:50 PM
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Monday, October 20, 2008

Change of venue does trick for Bullish Win

MURRAY BELL

Owner Wong Wing-keung and trainer Tony Cruz welcomed a young Bullish to the winners' circle, while planning the final hurrah from the most famous Bullish of all.

Bullish Win, handled by Eric Saint-Martin, made it three wins from 19 starts with a no-frills victory in the American Club Challenge Cup (1,650m), a fitting reward for some consistent form in the 11 months that have elapsed since his last win at Sha Tin.

A change of venue to the city course and being stretched out from his staple diet of 1,400m races proved the right recipe, as Cruz believed it would.

"He's been racing really well but he's drawn barrier 14 at his last two starts and, nobody's fault, but he just hasn't been able to get a good trip at all," Cruz said.

"Today from a good barrier, Eric has been able to get him into a good position and the slightly softer tempo of mile racing seems to have agreed with him. Now that he's shown he likes the place, I think we'd better bring him back here again."

Wong's ageing champion Bullish Luck will start on Sunday in the Mission Hills Sha Tin Mile Trophy in what, at best, will be a campaign of three races before his retirement.

"He's a nine-year-old and I don't think it would be a good look, campaigning a horse like him as a 10-year-old, so he'll have these few races before calling it a day," Cruz said.

"He'll start off in the Mile Trophy next weekend and if he comes through that OK, he'll run in the Cathay Pacific International Cup Trial. Then, if he runs well enough there to get invited to the Hong Kong Cup, that will be his final race."

With 10 wins and more than HK$62 million in prize money, Bullish Luck is one of the great horses in Hong Kong.

He was Horse of the Year in 2006, with his big victories that term being a second Champions Mile and the Yasuda Kinen in Tokyo. His earnings rank second only to Vengeance Of Rain (HK$75.4 million) on the all-time list.
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Old 10-19-2008, 10:07 PM
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Monday, October 20, 2008

Change of venue does trick for Bullish Win

MURRAY BELL

Owner Wong Wing-keung and trainer Tony Cruz welcomed a young Bullish to the winners' circle, while planning the final hurrah from the most famous Bullish of all.

Bullish Win, handled by Eric Saint-Martin, made it three wins from 19 starts with a no-frills victory in the American Club Challenge Cup (1,650m), a fitting reward for some consistent form in the 11 months that have elapsed since his last win at Sha Tin.

A change of venue to the city course and being stretched out from his staple diet of 1,400m races proved the right recipe, as Cruz believed it would.

"He's been racing really well but he's drawn barrier 14 at his last two starts and, nobody's fault, but he just hasn't been able to get a good trip at all," Cruz said.

"Today from a good barrier, Eric has been able to get him into a good position and the slightly softer tempo of mile racing seems to have agreed with him. Now that he's shown he likes the place, I think we'd better bring him back here again."

Wong's ageing champion Bullish Luck will start on Sunday in the Mission Hills Sha Tin Mile Trophy in what, at best, will be a campaign of three races before his retirement.

"He's a nine-year-old and I don't think it would be a good look, campaigning a horse like him as a 10-year-old, so he'll have these few races before calling it a day," Cruz said.

"He'll start off in the Mile Trophy next weekend and if he comes through that OK, he'll run in the Cathay Pacific International Cup Trial. Then, if he runs well enough there to get invited to the Hong Kong Cup, that will be his final race."

With 10 wins and more than HK$62 million in prize money, Bullish Luck is one of the great horses in Hong Kong.

He was Horse of the Year in 2006, with his big victories that term being a second Champions Mile and the Yasuda Kinen in Tokyo. His earnings rank second only to Vengeance Of Rain (HK$75.4 million) on the all-time list.
Did I ever tell you I know Eric? I remember when he was just a kid starting out riding. What a spoiled brat he was back then (1990) . Man! Could his Dad ride or what?!
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Old 10-20-2008, 11:53 AM
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Did I ever tell you I know Eric? I remember when he was just a kid starting out riding. What a spoiled brat he was back then (1990) . Man! Could his Dad ride or what?!
I've only followed racing since 2004 so I had to look up his dad.

Duh!

I didn't know you knew him... very cool.
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Old 10-20-2008, 10:55 AM
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Monday, October 20, 2008

Change of venue does trick for Bullish Win

MURRAY BELL

Owner Wong Wing-keung and trainer Tony Cruz welcomed a young Bullish to the winners' circle, while planning the final hurrah from the most famous Bullish of all.

Bullish Win, handled by Eric Saint-Martin, made it three wins from 19 starts with a no-frills victory in the American Club Challenge Cup (1,650m), a fitting reward for some consistent form in the 11 months that have elapsed since his last win at Sha Tin.

A change of venue to the city course and being stretched out from his staple diet of 1,400m races proved the right recipe, as Cruz believed it would.

"He's been racing really well but he's drawn barrier 14 at his last two starts and, nobody's fault, but he just hasn't been able to get a good trip at all," Cruz said.

"Today from a good barrier, Eric has been able to get him into a good position and the slightly softer tempo of mile racing seems to have agreed with him. Now that he's shown he likes the place, I think we'd better bring him back here again."

Wong's ageing champion Bullish Luck will start on Sunday in the Mission Hills Sha Tin Mile Trophy in what, at best, will be a campaign of three races before his retirement.

"He's a nine-year-old and I don't think it would be a good look, campaigning a horse like him as a 10-year-old, so he'll have these few races before calling it a day," Cruz said.

"He'll start off in the Mile Trophy next weekend and if he comes through that OK, he'll run in the Cathay Pacific International Cup Trial. Then, if he runs well enough there to get invited to the Hong Kong Cup, that will be his final race."

With 10 wins and more than HK$62 million in prize money, Bullish Luck is one of the great horses in Hong Kong.

He was Horse of the Year in 2006, with his big victories that term being a second Champions Mile and the Yasuda Kinen in Tokyo. His earnings rank second only to Vengeance Of Rain (HK$75.4 million) on the all-time list.
I thought he had run his last race...This smells
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Old 10-20-2008, 11:56 AM
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I thought he had run his last race...This smells
He didn't fire in that last barrier trial.

Hopefully, if he doesn't in this next race, they start planning a farewell at Sha Tin.

He has nothing left to prove.

He's a true champion (but i know you're with me on that unlike some others...)

(I'd have retired him last season but that's just me).
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Old 10-21-2008, 07:55 AM
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He didn't fire in that last barrier trial.

Hopefully, if he doesn't in this next race, they start planning a farewell at Sha Tin.

He has nothing left to prove.

He's a true champion (but i know you're with me on that unlike some others...)

(I'd have retired him last season but that's just me).
Hopefully they do right by him as they did for Silent Witness.
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Old 10-22-2008, 04:49 PM
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Hopefully they do right by him as they did for Silent Witness.
Trust me, you don't wanna get me started and YES they did what was right.

Eventually.

We should leave it at that, huh?
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Old 10-26-2008, 08:40 AM
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Viva Pataca wins and pays over $20 to win, can't believe he went off at that price. Go figure?

Bullish Luck hopefully will retire gracefully now.
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Old 10-26-2008, 09:33 AM
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I wish I stayed up, probably be a little richer this morning had I known that!
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Old 10-26-2008, 01:40 PM
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Viva Pataca wins and pays over $20 to win, can't believe he went off at that price. Go figure?

Bullish Luck hopefully will retire gracefully now.
Did he? I haven't checked results yet but yeah... with Good Ba Ba and Floral Peg in the same race i can see that.

I wouldn't have had him... sorry you didn't stay up!

Hope my Bullish boy fired anyway and if not, hope that's it now.
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