KA YING RISING: THE BEST HORSE I'VE TRAINED, ONE OF THE BEST HORSES I HAVE EVER SEEN' David Hayes

By Hong Kong Jockey Club (Darryl Timms) | Sunday, April 26, 2026

Ka Ying Rising confirmed his status as the world’s best horse with a record-breaking victory in the HK$24 million G1 Chairman’s Sprint Prize (1200m) at Sha Tin on Sunday (26 April) to crown a flawless season, sealing the Hong Kong Speed Series and extending his winning streak to 20.

He has now broken the Sha Tin track record in each of his last two runs – one at 1200m and also in the 1400m G1 Queen’s Silver Jubilee Cup.

His time of 1m 07.10s was slightly better than his previous record of 1m 07.12s. Ka Ying Rising now owns six of the nine fastest times ever run over 1200m turf at Sha Tin.

After a slowly run first 200m, Ka Ying Rising accelerated over the final 400m, running a blistering 21.52s – his fastest final sectional.

Adding the Chairman’s Sprint Prize to his G1 Centenary Sprint Cup (1200m) and Queen’s Silver Jubilee Cup triumphs completes the Hong Kong Speed Series for a second consecutive season and delivers connections a bonus of HK$5 million. He becomes just the second horse to win the Series twice.

Stablemate Tomodachi Kokoroe flew the gates, but Ka Ying Rising was able to sit in third position with his main rival, last-start Group 1 winner Satono Reve, sitting on his outside.

Superbly ridden again by Zac Purton, the world’s highest-rated horse was urged to go at the 300m and did what he has done so often, and left the field in his wake.

Despite not being ridden out, he set another track record and finished four-and-a-quarter lengths in front of Satono Reve, who was again behind the great sprinter.

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