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Australian Breeding Hits A High In Hong Kong

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Australian breeding hit a high in Hong Kong on Sunday with a trifecta result in the G1 Centenary Sprint Cup at Sha Tin.

Beat The Clock wins from Mr Stunning
Beat The Clock wins from Mr Stunning Picture: HKJC

Beat The Clock (Hinchinbrook) held off the fast finishing Mr Stunning (Exceed And Excel) while Winner’s Way (Starcraft) filled third.

Australian-breds such as Silent Witness (2004-05), Scintillation (2006-07) and Sacred Kingdom (2010-11) have all won multiple Centenary Sprints.

Beat The Clock stormed to the lead at the 150m mark and then had to dig deep to edge out Mr Stunning, who had relegated Beat The Clock to third when they last met in the G1 Hong Kong Sprint last month.

The Centenary Sprint is Beat The Clock’s first success at Group One level, but the 5YO has been the model of consistency for trainer John Size winning seven of his 18 starts plus 11 placings for nearly $HK23 million ($A4.1 million).

Beat The Clock is third G1 winner among 16 stakes winners by ill-fated Yarraman Park Stud stallion Hinchinbrook.

Bred in NSW by Jilly Henderson, Beat The Clock was offered by Yarraman Park at the 2015 Melbourne Premier Yearling Sale where he was knocked down to Prima Park Bloodstock for $70,000.

He then was offered by Prima Park at the 2015 New Zealand Bloodstock 2YO Ready To Run Sale at Karaka where he was knocked down to Bill Mitchell for NZ$200,000.

Beat The Clock is out of the Group placed 2YO Flion Fenena and is closely related to multiple Group winner Silent Impact. Flion Fenena has a weanling filly by Your Song and was covered last spring by Smart Missile.

Mr Stunning was a $110,000 weanling while Winner’s Way – a Group winner in Hong Kong last year – was sold for $55,000 at the 2014 Magic Millions National Yearling Sale.


Racing and Sports

Sha Tin

Sunday, 20th January 2019

5
15:00
(local)

The Centenary Sprint Cup (G1)

Age: 3yo and up Type: OPEN
HKD $10,000,000
1200m TURF GOOD FIRM
5
15:00
(local)
HKD $10,000,000
1200m GOOD FIRM

The Centenary Sprint Cup (G1)

Age: 3yo and up Type: OPEN


FP Silk Horse, Age & Sex
Sire & Dam
Jockey
Trainer
SP
WT
1st 3. BEAT THE CLOCK (AUS) 5yo G
Hinchinbrook (AUS) - FLION FENENA (AUS)
JOAO MOREIRA
JOHN SIZE
$3
57kg
Merrick Chung Wai Lik

Sales Information

2nd 1. MR STUNNING (AUS) 6yo G
EXCEED AND EXCEL (AUS) - With Fervour (USA)
KARIS TEETAN
F C LOR
$2.11
57kg
Maurice Koo Win Chong

Sales Information

3rd 6. WINNER'S WAY (AUS) 6yo G
STARCRAFT (NZ) - SUNDAY SERVICE (AUS)
SILVESTRE DE SOUSA
A S CRUZ
$41
57kg
Peter Young Wai Po & Dr Arthur Leung Shing Tat

Sales Information

4th 4. FIFTY FIFTY (NZ) 6yo G
THORN PARK (AUS) - UDIDITAGAIN (NZ)
HUGH BOWMAN
L HO
$13
57kg

Sales Information

5th 5. LITTLE GIANT (NZ) 6yo G
SWISS ACE (AUS) - PRINCESS CAROLINA (AUS)
ZAC PURTON
DAVID HALL
$8.5
57kg

Sales Information

6th 8. STYLING CITY (AUS) 3yo G
STARSPANGLEDBANNER (AUS) - SECRET LIAISON (AUS)
DOUGLAS WHYTE
JOHN MOORE
$21
54kg

Sales Information

7th 2. D B PIN (NZ) 6yo G
Darci Brahma (NZ) - Pins 'N' Needles (NZ)
SAM CLIPPERTON
JOHN SIZE
$8
57kg

Sales Information

8th 7. BORN IN CHINA (GB) 8yo G
SHAMARDAL (USA) - PEARL DANCE (USA)
VINCENT HO
K W LUI
$51
57kg

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