HONG KONG GROUP 1 FEATURE RACES POST RACE QUOTES
By Hong Kong Jockey Club | Sunday, December 12, 2021
LONGINES Hong Kong Cup – Post-race quotes
1st – LOVES ONLY YOU – Yuga Kawada
“Thank you very much, I’m really proud. She jumped well but the pace was a bit slow. She relaxed well and then I was able to get a good position. She’s given me two big presents. She’s the best female horse I’ve ever ridden. I hope she will be a good mother.”
2nd – HISHI IGUAZU – Joao Moreira
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3rd – RUSSIAN EMPEROR – Blake Shinn
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4th – DUBAI HONOUR – Tom Marquand
“He ran super and ran fantastic, come good to the line”
5th – TOURBILLON DIAMOND – Alexis Badel
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6th – LEI PAPALE – Christophe Soumillon
“She ran good but was a bit unlucky at the turn.”
7th – BERLIN TANGO – Vincent Ho
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8th – GLORIOUS DRAGON – Matthew Poon
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9th – BOLSHOI BALLET – Ryan Moore
“He ran good”
10th – KA YING STAR – Matthew Chadwick
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11th – PANFIELD – Karis Teetan
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12th – MAC SWINEY – Kevin Manning
“He ran bad, no reason and too bad to be true”.
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LONGINES Hong Kong Mile – Post-race quotes
1st - GOLDEN SIXTY – Vincent Ho
“He is amazing, I’m so grateful to be on him, I have no words for that - it’s amazing,” Ho said post-race.
2nd – MORE THAN THIS – Derek Leung
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3rd – SALIOS – Damian Lane
“Very proud of the horse. First time travelling, he ran really well. He left it all out there. He’ll improve for the trip here and he’ll be better next time.”
4th – MOTHER EARTH – Ryan Moore
“Ran great, ran super.”
5th – INDY CHAMP – Christophe Soumillon
“He jumped out of the gates a little bit slow, unfortunately. In the straight, he never really quickened.”
6th – VIN DE GARDE – Karis Teetan
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7th – WAIKUKU – Alexis Badel
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8th – DANON KINGLY – Yuga Kawada
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9th – SKY DARCI – Joao Moreira
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10th – EXCELLENT PROPOSAL – Blake Shinn
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11th – LUCKY EXPRESS – Antoine Hamelin
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LONGINES Hong Kong Sprint – Post-race quotes
1st – SKY FIELD – Blake Shinn
“All credit to Caspar Fownes, he’s given me the opportunity to ride this lovely animal over the previous season and this season.
“We’ve always had faith in him but on the big stage things haven’t always gone this way. Today, he performed to his best today and still beat a handy horse in chasing down a top-line horse in Courier Wonder and the Japanese horse.
“He’s a great horse and hopefully he can keep going forward.”
2nd – RESISTENCIA – Christophe Soumillon
“The filly ran well. Unfortunately, we had a bad movement in the turn. I had to shift in to run away from the fallen horses. The winner pushed me out in the straight. She gave me a very good effort. It nearly looks a bit short for her today. I think over 1400m, she will be even better.”
3rd – COURIER WONDER – Joao Moreira
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4th – HOT KING PRAWN – Ryan Moore
“It’s sad. My horse ran respectably. Maybe he might be happy going longer now.”
5th – STRONGER –Vincent Ho
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6th – COMPUTER PATCH – Damian Lane
“He tried hard, he had a little bit of pressure early but travelled well mid-race. He just couldn’t quite sprint with the winner at the end.”
7th –WELLINGTON – Alexis Badel
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8th – DANON SMASH – Yuga Kawada
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LONGINES Hong Kong Vase – Post-race quotes
1st – GLORY VASE – Joao Moreira
“No doubts about it, I did enjoy it so much. This win and everything in my life is to the honour of Jesus Christ, who has been in my life always and today has been a very good example.
“I felt Him with me and everything went as I expected. I had a smooth run, going to the fence and saving ground. I just made sure I got into the clear and I know he’s a very strong horse at the finish and there was not a fight.
“He has proven to be the best horse today.”
2nd – PYLEDRIVER – Martin Dwyer
“Really pleased, good run. I think the winner is very good.”
3rd – EBAIYRA – Christophe Soumillon
“She ran well, she was a bit keen in the first part of the race. When we came to the last turn, I thought she would probably fight for the win but the last 200m, she got tired.”
4th – COLUMBUS COUNTY – Karis Teetan
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5th – STAY FOOLISH – Vincent Ho
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6th – MOGUL – Ryan Moore
“Disappointed.”
7th – BUTTERFIELD – Damian Lane
“Yeah, well, he didn’t have the best of trips for the first 400-500m of the race. I thought he tried hard.”
8th – RELIABLE TEAM – Derek Leung
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