Full Result 8.55 Sha Tin (HK) | 27 April 2008

Champions Mile (Group 1)

(3yo+) 1m Good

1st £289,948 2nd £115,979 3rd £51,546 4th £28,995 5th £18,041 6th £9,665

Pos. (Draw)	Horse / SP Trainer / Jockey	Jockey Trainer	Age	WGT	OR	TS	RPR	MR
1⁽⁴⁾	2. Good Ba Ba (USA) 3/5F Olivier Doleuze A Schutz	Olivier Doleuze A Schutz	6	90	–	–	125	–
b g Lear Fan (USA) - Elle Meme (USA) (Zilzal)
Held up in rear racing mostly 2 off the rails far side and around home bend, gradually shifted out for a run entering straight, cruised into lead final furlong, comfortably

2⁽⁷⁾ 1	1. Armada (NZ) 27/10 Douglas Whyte J Size	Douglas Whyte J Size	6	90	–	–	121	–
ch g Towkay (AUS) - Dance In Time (NZ) (Red Tempo)
Broke well, settled 3 wide in midfield, quickened to challenge entering straight, led briefly over 1f out, hung on well for 2nd

3⁽⁵⁾ 2 [3]	3. Bullish Luck (USA) 48/1 Gerald Mosse A S Cruz	Gerald Mosse A S Cruz	9	90 b	–	–	116	–
b g Royal Academy (USA) - Wild Vintage (USA) (Alysheba)
Settled just worse than midfield, fought on dourly under pressure to reach 3rd inside final furlong

4⁽⁹⁾ ¾ [3¾]	5. Joyful Winner (AUS) 40/1 Darren Beadman John Moore	Darren Beadman John Moore	7	90	–	–	115	–
b g El Moxie (USA) - Northern Tycoon (AUS) (Last Tycoon)
Broke well, settled last to 1 1/2f out, made good progress near centre of track without threatening

5⁽¹⁾ nk [4]	7. Joy And Fun (NZ) 31/1 Glen Boss D Cruz	Glen Boss D Cruz	4	90	–	–	114	–
b g Cullen (AUS) - Gin Player (NZ) (Defensive Play)
Tracked leader on rails, not much room early in straight, got clear run just inside final furlong, kept on one pace run-in

6⁽¹⁰⁾ 2¼ [6¼]	4. Floral Pegasus (AUS) 17/1 F Coetzee A S Cruz	F Coetzee A S Cruz	4	90	–	–	109	–
b c Fusaichi Pegasus (USA) - Crown Crest (Mill Reef)
Broke best from widest draw to lead crossing to rails, still held slight advantage rounding home bend and entering straight, soon headed and dropped out tamely

7⁽²⁾ nse [6¼]	8. Green Birdie (NZ) 11/1 Brett Prebble C Fownes	Brett Prebble C Fownes	4	90	–	–	109	–
b g Catbird (AUS) - Mrs Squillionaire (AUS) (Last Tycoon)
Clipped heels early, raced on rails in rear of midfield, short of room early in straight, some late headway

8⁽³⁾ nk [6¾]	10. Dao Dao (AUS) 13/1 Zac Purton J Size	Zac Purton J Size	4	90	–	–	108	–
br g Shinko Forest (IRE) - Casual Way (NZ) (Casual Lies)
Slowly away but soon recovered to prominent position, took keen hold 2 wide within 2 lengths of leaders most of way to straight, baulked entering straight, no extra inside final furlong

9⁽⁶⁾ 1¾ [8½]	6. Able One (NZ) 39/1 E Saint-Martin John Moore	E Saint-Martin John Moore	5	90	–	–	104	–
b g Cape Cross (IRE) - Gardenia (NZ) (Danehill)
Fairly slowly away, soon picked up to prominent position 3 wide, moved closer around home bend and still there early in straight, faded under pressure over 1f out

10⁽⁸⁾ 2½ [11]	9. Meiner Segal (JPN) 75/1 Masayoshi Ebina Sakae Kunieda	Masayoshi Ebina Sakae Kunieda	4	90	–	–	98	–
b c Zenno El Cid (IRE) - Eishin Aino Uta (JPN) (Sunday Silence)
Sluggish at start, raced wide in midfield far side, took closing order approaching home bend, 3 wide around home bend, dropped out under pressure 1 1/2f out

10 ran Winning time: 1m 33.50s (fast by 0.50s) Total SP: 122%
1st owner: John Yuen Se Kit (Good Ba Ba) 1st breeder: Haras Santa Maria De Araras
2nd owner: Yuk Lun Wong (Armada)
3rd owner: Wong Wing Keung (Bullish Luck)

8:55 Sha Tin (HK) 27 Apr 2008

Champions Mile (Group 1)