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Man Ka-leung caps off successful season with ‘An Yu’ win at Shake Raceday Spotlight
Update time: 13:05 2023-07-17
Release time: 13:05 2023-07-17
Ma Ji Sha Ke Race Day was held at Sha Tin Racecourse yesterday (July 16). The imported horse “An Yu” from Ireland won the first Hong Kong Horse Owners Association championship (1600m handicap) with outstanding performance. Rich trainer Man Ka-leung brought one more senior race victory before the end of the racing season.
The 65-year-old Man Ka-leung has achieved outstanding results this year. “An Yu” (128 lbs) won this race for the trainer’s 44th race winner in the season, setting a new record for the number of winners in a season since his training. This horse won the championship with “Line Star” (131 lbs) ahead of Liang Jiajun’s neck. won the third place.
This season, Man Ka-leung has further enhanced his personal reputation with the excellent performance of the world’s highest-rated short-distance horse “Golden Diamond Nobleman”. Coincidentally, he can win both races on the opening day of the season and the Shake day.
On September 11 last year, the “Golden Diamond Nobleman” won the first class 1200m Hong Kong Chief Executive’s Cup (handicap) for him. Afterwards, the horse reached the pinnacle of his racing career and won three first-level races During the season, he achieved eight wins in ten games. Yesterday’s “An Yu” made great contributions to Wen Jialiang and brought winners to the trainees on Shake Day.
“I was a little surprised that he won yesterday. The horse’s first victory in Hong Kong came in a Class 3 race, and now he has won a Class 1 race. However, the horse has been doing very well recently, and Let’s see if its performance can improve in the future. I am very happy with the satisfactory results this season,” said Man Jialiang.
“An Yu” has won the winners in the Happy Valley races with good momentum in the previous two races. This time, he made persistent efforts to win three consecutive victories. The saddler Liang Jiajun performed well in this race, and he was not in a hurry. He ran very well Patience, the rider accumulated a total of 36 winners in the season, and the overall performance was steady.
On the saddle, Ka-Chun Leung congratulated him at the unsaddle place after the race.
Liang Jiajun said after the victory: “He ran very well in this race. He won the championship with a very good posture in the last race, but this time the situation is not so easy. In addition, he also returned to Sha Tin to compete. The opponent’s strength in this race yesterday Quite strong, it was a hard-won victory. The horse has been improving and he had a really good performance yesterday.”
Johann Choi, who had broken the record for the twelfth time as Hong Kong Champion Trainer before the race yesterday, added four more winners yesterday. ”, which means that his total number of winners this season has reached 79 races. His four winners came from three jockeys. Among them, Karitzer “Smoothly Win” won the first race of the fifth class Mr. Lak Handicap (1200 meters), and Bowen won the third class with “Lian Lian Yun Yun” Winning Vision Handicap (1600m). The remaining two winners come from champion jockey Purton, from “Actuarial Strategy” in the third class of handicap (1400m), and “King Chi” in the second class of fashion handicap (1200m) in the last race.
John Choi, now 69 years old, said after the race: “I am very grateful to be awarded the title of champion trainer again. I am very happy to achieve this goal again and achieve good results for those who support me. It is possible to improve these subtleties. It gives me more satisfaction to make more progress, but I don’t feel complacent.”
In the 2022/23 racing season, Purton, who became Hong Kong’s champion jockey for the sixth time in an overwhelming manner, scored a hat-trick in the last race day of the season, accumulating a total of 179 winners in the season. Charisma brought him his first win of the season, while his last winner of the season came in yesterday’s last race, Kin Chi.
Purton said: “It’s a great thing to win a horse in the Maji Shake Day, especially for John Tsai. We both had a successful season. He has become a hallmark of Hong Kong racing, and this year he has achieved even more. A personal goal, to be the champion trainer for the twelfth time. It means a lot to me to be a part of it.”
“Everything is done, we can take a break, enjoy our holidays and work hard again next season.”
With 96 winners, Ho Zeyao finally won the highest honor of local jockeys, the “Court Tony Award” for the fourth time. He scored two more victories yesterday, one of which came from trainer Lui Kin Wai, who worked closely with him. The two won the third Pinghu Star Handicap (1200m) with “Wind and Water”.
This is the horse’s first race in Hong Kong. It has won two winners in Australia before. The three-year-old horse from the sire of “Sun Tian Ji” prevailed comfortably despite the wind and rain.
He Zeyao’s other winning horse yesterday came from “Talking You Know” trained by Fang Jiabo. The horse won the 1400m Invincible King Handicap (Group 2) in the fourth class.
Fang Jiabo, who has won a total of 51 winners this season, said after the race: “He Zeyao played just right in the race. It is really gratifying to win this horse before the end of the racing season. I hope he can bring us better results next season. “
In the 4th Class Victory Star Handicap (1200m), the “Super Joyful Horse” trained by Su Weixian rushed under Cai Mingshao’s crotch with “Fu Guobao” from He Xian’s stable and ridden by Panton Line, both won the championship, becoming the first flat horse championship event of this year’s racing season.
On the other hand, the trainer Gao Boxin, who left Hong Kong after the racing season, also won the 5th class called Guanling Handicap (1400m) with “True Feeling” on Shake Day. Gao Boxin has been training for fourteen seasons in Hong Kong, and this is his 287th winner. In addition, Bu Wen also used Yao Benhui’s “Hai Dao Cai Zi” to win the fourth class Sun Xixi Handicap (1800m)
Tian Taian won the 4th class big handicap (1400m) with “Horse is hard to catch”, and won the 56th winner in his season. This is also the ninth victory of the Millard Stable this season.
After the race, the Jockey Club also announced the winners of the most popular horse and jockey of this year’s racing season. According to the results of public voting, “Golden Spear Sixty” became the most popular horse of this season, and He Zeyao was selected as the most popular rider of this season division.
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