Sunday Silence son wins Gr 1 HK Mile
Breeding and Racing - 12 December 2005
Japanese 4YO entire Hat Trick (Sunday Silence-Tricky Code, by Lost Code) came from the rear of the field to win yesterday’s HK$14m (A$2.4m) Gr1 Hong Kong Mile (1600m on turf) by 1.25-lengths at Sha Tin. Hat Trick (ridden by Olivier Peslier for trainer Katsukiko Sumii) defeated Australian-bred The Duke (Danehill-Mer Du Sud, by Bluebird) & UK-bred Dave’s Best (Bishop Of Cashel-Brightside, by Last Tycoon). Last start on November 20, Hat Trick won Japan’s Gr1 Mile Championship (1600m) at Kyoto & now has 8 wins in 13 starts. Yesterday’s runner-up The Duke (a NZ$200,000 yearling at the 2001 NZ Bloodstock Premier Sale) was ridden by top Sydney jockey Darren Beadman for HK-based trainer Casper Fownes.