LONGINES Hong Kong Cup (Group 1)

LONGINES Hong Kong Cup (Group 1) HK$25 million (US$3.2 million) 1st HK$14,250,000, 2nd HK$5,500,000, 3rd HK$2,500,000 4th HK$1,425,000, 5th $825,000, 6th HK$500,000

Performance Analysis

Horse Details Horse Statistics Probable Trainer Jockey Name Rep Age Wt. Int’l Lifetime G1 Good Wet RH 1800- Trk/Dist / Rtg 2200 14 (10-0- 5 (2-0- 12 (9-0- 14 (10-0- M A Shin Hikari JPN 5h 126 129 2 (1-0-0) 9 (7-0-0) 1 (1-0-0) Y Take 0) 0) 0) 0) Sakaguchi 17 (10-2- 6 (5-1- 17 (10-2- 13 (8-1- Maurice JPN 5h 126 124 0 (0-0-0) 6 (2-1-1) 0 (0-0-0) R Moore N Hori 1) 0) 1) 1) Designs On 31 (11-4- 11 (4- 25 (9-2- 26 (10-2- 12 (7-0- 10 (5-0- HK 6g 126 119 6 (2-2-1) J Moreira J Moore Rome 3) 1-0) 2) 3) 0) 0) 42 (10-6- 13 (2- 37 (9-6- 38 (8-6- 21 (5-3- 11 (2-1- Blazing Speed HK 7g 126 118 4 (1-0-1) N Callan A S Cruz 4) 0-3) 2) 4) 3) 3) 19 (4-4- 18 (3-4- 12 (3-3- 14 (2-3- Staphanos JPN 5h 126 118 6 (0-2-1) 1 (1-0-0) 2 (0-1-0) C Soumillon H Fujiwara 3) 3) 2) 3) 32 (9-3- 12 (2- 31 (9-3- 21 (7-1- 18 (7-2- Lovely Day JPN 6h 126 117 1 (0-0-0) 1 (0-0-0) H Bowman Y Ikee 3) 0-1) 3) 1) 1) 44 (13-8- 16 (2- 39 (12-6- 36 (10-5- 26 (7-5- 17 (4-4- Military Attack HK 8g 126 116 3 (1-2-0) – C Fownes 6) 4-2) 6) 5) 5) 3) 27 (8-3- 16 (0-2- 24 (8-2- Gun Pit HK 6g 126 115 4 (0-1-0) 1 (1-0-0) 8 (0-1-0) 1 (0-0-0) K Teetan C Fownes 1) 1) 1) 21 (7-0- 20 (6-0- 19 (6-0- Secret Weapon HK 6g 126 115 2 (0-0-0) 1 (1-0-0) 5 (2-0-1) 2 (1-0-0) Z Purton C H Yip 4) 4) 4) 21 (7-2- 2 (1-0- 11 (3-2- 17 (6-2- 15 (6-1- Elliptique FR 5h 126 114 8 (2-0-3) 0 (0-0-0) P-C Boudot A Fabre 5) 1) 2) 4) 3) Horse Of 25 (8-4- 17 (4-1- 17 (5-3- HK 6g 126 109 3 (0-0-0) 8 (4-3-0) 6 (2-2-0) 1 (0-0-0) S de Souza A T Millard Fortune 2) 2) 2) Helene Super 41 (6-4- 10 (1- 33 (4-4- 34 (3-3- 21 (3-2- HK 6g 126 107 4 (0-0-0) 8 (0-1-0) G Mosse A S Cruz Star 1) 1-0) 1) 1) 0) 13 (6-2- 6 (1-1- 11 (5-1- 10 (5-2- K Queens Ring JPN 4f 122 112 2 (1-1-0) 6 (3-1-0) 0 (0-0-0) M Demuro 0) 0) 0) 0) Yoshimura

International Ratings Chart Speed Chart

Name International Rating

A Shin Hikari 129 Maurice 124 Designs On 119 Rome Blazing Speed 118 Staphanos 118 Lovely Day 117 Last year, Japanese visitor A SHIN HIKARI became a history maker in Military Attack 116 Hong Kong Cup history, going to the front and simply breaking the Gun Pit 115 hearts of the opposition with an astonishingly display of sustained high- class speed. The filly Nuovo Record, also from Japan, ran on well, Secret Weapon 115 though much too late, to get second from well back in the field. Elliptique 114 Significantly, however, many horses were simply “busted” by this strong Horse Of 109 pace and never got into their rhythm at all. Ironically, this fast pace didn’t Fortune Helene Super suit backmarkers at all because from the 800m, they were all left with 107 Star way too much to do. The champ returns in 2016 and racegoers are in for Queens Ring 112+4 another exciting race if he gets there fit and well.

Average performance rating of 5 most recent winners = 118. * 4 lb. weight allowance added to rating for fillies and mares