John Size won the Hong Kong coach’s championship record for the 12th time, driver Zac Purton and driver Francis Lui Kin-wai took the King of the Valley crown respectively and young driver Luke Ferraris took treble at the city circuit on Wednesday night.
When both Party Warrior and Lucky Gold failed to win Seasons Wit’s Third Place Lucky Handicap (1,000m), runner-up Lui couldn’t beat Size, whose first title since 2018-19 broke. broke his long-standing relationship with another Australian coach, George Moore, who won 11 of 12 championships between 1973-74 and 1984-85.
Lui can have runners in up to nine races on Sunday’s season finale at Sha Tin, but even if Golden Sixty’s driver had nine over the weekend and Size didn’t win any, the previous person will still follow the person after the countdown, this takes into account the number of seconds.
Size broke the mold in Hong Kong when he won the 2001-02 championship in his first season after trading Sydney for Sha Tin. He was then champion coach in 2002-03, 2003-04, 2005-06, 2007-08, 2009-10, 2011-12, 2015-16, 2016-17, 2017-18 and 2018 -19 before succeeding Frankie Lor Fu-chuen – whom Lui snatched second place on Wednesday – this semester.
Size, who turned 69 on Monday, said: «It’s great to hit an important milestone or receive an award, or in this case, win another championship. «That makes sense to me, but it’s hard to put into words.»
Size went without a race win on their title night, but Purton’s treble and Lui’s double meant they edged out Vincent Ho Chak-yiu and Caspar Fownes to claim the King crown, respectively. of the Valley.
Purton, who followed Ho in the unofficial championship of the Happy Valley riders for most of the season, directed Circuit Seven, Vincy and Seasons Wit to victory to finish with 52 wins. , more than Ho 3 matches.
Circuit Seven took the lead in the Fifth Class Cat Street Handicap (1,000m), nine-year-old Vincy brilliantly won the Fifth Sweet Orange Handicap (2,200m) and the Seasons Wit overcame the Lucky Patch Handicap to win the title. third position on the gyro.
The joy came, in the first part of the fourth most dangerous Fastest Handicap (1,200m) and Hameron, in the third Handicap Let Me Fight (1,800m), having won the first race of they give Lui, who finished the Happy Valley show with 33 wins, three times more than Fownes.
The other star performer of the crowded Happy Valley season finale was the Ferraris, who won all three of his first transports before finishing fifth aboard the Butterfield in the final. conclude.
As Wimbledon heated up, Fast Serve started for a second time to win the Kings Falcon Fourth Handicap (1,000m), leading all the way under the Ferraris and beating Savvy Delight three stages.
«He’s pretty hard to judge because he’s one of those types of people who like to run around,» Ferraris said of David Hall’s undefeated youngster. “He never divulges too much about what’s in the tank because he has such a high airspeed, so it’s great to see him ramping up faster, which he never did in his last attempt. first departure.
«Obviously, he was green that time, and he’s green again tonight – you’ve seen him hit the inner fence – but he’s starting to get things right. As long as he continues to follow this trajectory, it’s exciting for him.»
The ensemble won the glitchy Class Four Grecian Handicap (1,650m) – the misbehaving Cordyceps One hurdler and the Turquoise Alpha hat-trick seeker, located at a single gate adjacent, missed the start – when the Ferraris scored a brace in the previous race the South African rider rode Hameron for Lui.
Ferraris compatriot Lyle Hewitson also had a good night’s sleep, scoring a double in the Lui’s Joy Coming competition and Telecom Fighters second-place Solar Jewelry Handicap winner (1,650m) for Me Tsui Yu-sak . Telecom Fighters’ victory lifted Hewitson’s half-century.
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