On December 12, at the Hong Kong International Competition, the "Xianxin Star" handed over its strong stamina at the end of the stage, resisting a number of international and Japanese top opponents, and won the first-class Longines Hong Kong Short-distance Championship (1200 meters) with a total prize fund of UP 24 million Hong Kong dollars, continuing the excellent results of Hong Kong Jiasi in this short-distance competition, but the mood of the trainer Fang Garber and jockey Xue En, the head horse, was a bit complicated after the race.
Xue En, who won the Melbourne Cup in Australia and is now four years old, Chinese New Year's Eve, to win his first international first race in Hong Kong. However, after the event, he and Fong Kapa paid great attention to the situation of the saddle people of "Miaofa Lingji" (Fukunaga Yuichi), "The Future of the Table" (Panton), "Fat Boy Lak Lak" (Tian Tai'an) and "Junda Xing" (Hewisson). The jockeys of the four horses ran to the end of the straight road bend and were abandoned by accident.
The "Xianxin Star" was in the near field under Xue En's crotch at the time, fortunately not affected by the incident, and finally chased forward with momentum, defeating the Japanese representative "Latin City" (Su Minglun) to win the championship with a four-and-three horse position, and the "Express Soldier" (Morella) was one and a half horses behind the "Xianxin Star" for third, and the first horse time was 1 minute 08.66 seconds.
This year, the Australian jockey Xue En, who has ridden in Hong Kong for the third season, has always praised the heir of the "Star of the Bright Heart", a "distant starry sky", and has high hopes, and his trust in this colt has also been richly rewarded in this game. "Even though I won this battle today, my feelings are a little complicated. Obviously, my first reaction after the race was to focus on the situation involving the jockey and the horse. Xue En said in a post-match interview.
"Any jockey who sees a horse crash during an event will feel bad. I took this hard-won victory, and it turned out that I had mixed feelings in this situation. This win is all thanks to Gabriel Fang, who has given me a lot of opportunities last season and this season to ride this great racehorse. ”
"We've always had confidence in it, but on the stage of the big game, it doesn't necessarily go well. Today, it delivered its best level, surpassing the top 'Couriers' and the Japanese Horse ('Latin City') and the Dollar. It's a great horse, and hopefully it's going to keep improving. ”
Although Xue En's early arrival in Hong Kong was not too adapted to the local competition model, so the results were not ideal, but the 54-year-old Fang Crown has been working with him in recent seasons. The former Hong Kong champion trainer won his third ever first race at Longines Hong Kong with his "Bright Star", followed by the 2006 Hong Kong One Mile Championship winner "Sir Star Luck" and the 2011 Hong Kong Short Distance Championship Champion "Tianjiu".
"Of course I was surprised and worried when I watched this game live, and our feelings were quite mixed." Fang Jiabai said. "At the same time, my racehorse was racing and advancing closely with his foal, and on the other hand, you will worry about them in real time, and I hope that all the jockeys and horses involved will be safe."
"It's a beautiful thing to have a good performance with this pony, but I'm especially happy for Xue En. He tends to play well in the squad and with such a brilliant performance today, he definitely deserves to take this victory. He continued: "Some time ago, I said that the "Manifest Star" is a different kind of colt, and I think it has not yet reached the state of great maturity and courage, but still has room for improvement. We have this beautiful horse in hand and it is great to see the superb performance of the horse today. ”
Su Minglun, who won the third place in the First Class Longines Hong Kong bottle (2400 meters) with the French representative "Leaning Penglai" in the first race, once again drank hate in the Hong Kong short-distance championship and ran into a runner-up with the "Latin City".
"This female horse ('Latin City') performed well. Unfortunately, there was an accident during the bend and I had to move the mount inward to avoid the fallen horses. The Belgian champion jockey said. The head horse took my mount and ran out on the straight road. The mount has gone all out. The journey seems to be a little too short, and I believe it will deliver better performances in the 1400m race. ”
"Wang Shrimp King" ran fourth under Moya's crotch, and the trend was also very good. Moya said: "It's a pity that the horses are doing well. Maybe it will play better in the future. Lien Dawen, who finished sixth in "Table Intelligence", said after the race: "The horse has done its best, it was slightly stressed in the early stage, but the trend was smooth in the middle of the race. It simply failed to accelerate with the head horse at the end. ”