| R8 SHA TIN | 16 March 2014 |
| THE BMW HONG KONG DERBY 2014 HKG1 4 OPEN ($2,045,750), 2000m 2:02.04 | |
| FP | Horse Age & Sex | Trainer Jockey | WT SP | |||||||
1st | 2. DESIGNS ON ROME (IRE) 4yo Gelding | JOHN MOORE TOMMY BERRY | 57.0 $1.90 | |||||||
| HOLY ROMAN EMPEROR (IRE) - SUMMER TRYSTING (USA) | ||||||||||
| Cheng Keung Fai | 2nd | 1. ABLE FRIEND (AUS) 4yo Gelding | JOHN MOORE JOAO MOREIRA | 57.0 $2.30 | ||||||
| SHAMARDAL (USA) - PONTE PICCOLO (NZ) | ||||||||||
| DR & MRS CORNEL LI FOOK KWAN | ||||||||||
| Apr 11, 2011 Australian Easter Yearling Sale, Scone NSW, $550000, George Moore Bloodstock, HONG KONG | 3rd | 6. DIBAYANI (IRE) 4yo Gelding | C W CHANG ZAC PURTON | 57.0 $14.00 | ||||||
| SHAMARDAL (USA) - DIBIYA (IRE) | ||||||||||
| Lucky Racing Syndicate (Mgr: R C S Ng) | ||||||||||
| Apr 11, 2011 Australian Easter Yearling Sale, Scone NSW, $550000, George Moore Bloodstock, HONG KONG | ||||||||||
| 4th | 7. KING'S SPUN (AUS) 4yo Gelding | DANNY SHUM JAMES MCDONALD | 57.0 $99.00 | |||||||
| 5th | 9. FLAME HERO (NZ) 4yo Gelding | L HO C SOUMILLON | 57.0 $24.00 | |||||||
| 6th | 14. WAYFOONG EXPRESS (IRE) 4yo Horse | R GIBSON TYE ANGLAND | 57.0 $61.00 | |||||||
| 7th | 4. SECRET SHAM (AUS) 4yo Gelding | JOHN MOORE NEIL CALLAN | 57.0 $63.00 | |||||||
| 8th | 5. Beauty Flame (IRE) 4yo Gelding | A S CRUZ GERALD MOSSE | 57.0 $28.00 | |||||||
| 9th | 13. TRAVEL BROTHER (GB) 4yo Horse | JOHN MOORE BRETT PREBBLE | 57.0 $58.00 | |||||||
| 10th | 10. LUCKY DOUBLE EIGHT (AUS) 4yo Horse | CASPAR FOWNES A SUBORICS | 57.0 $99.00 | |||||||
| 11th | 11. TABLEAUX (USA) 4yo Gelding | C W CHANG OLIVIER DOLEUZE | 57.0 $99.00 | |||||||
| 12th | 3. ALL YOU WISH (NZ) 4yo Gelding | C H YIP DOUGLAS WHYTE | 57.0 $43.00 | |||||||
| 13th | 8. DR GOOD HABIT (AUS) 4yo Gelding | JOHN SIZE K TEETAN | 57.0 $99.00 | |||||||
| 14th | 12. BULLISH BOY (NZ) 4yo Gelding | A S CRUZ M YEUNG | 57.0 $99.00 | |||||||
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Designs On Rome won the BMW Hong Kong Derby 2014
potatoncarrots Says:
20/03/2014 12:51:16 AM
Great race,Able Friend is gonna make an incredible miler,he only lasted this distance on class alone,Designs on Rome outstayed him here.
GBeret83 Says:
16/03/2014 8:27:01 PM
Definitely the two best 4yo racing in Hong Kong right now. You sort of knew as long as Designs On Rome & Able Friend didn't run into any traffic problems during the race that they would likely hook up in the stretch and go at each other again hammer and tong like they did a month ago in the Hong Kong Classic Cup. The disappointment of the race for me has to be Tableaux. He was drawn perfectly, broke well, box seated basically from the very beginning of the race and had every chance going into the last turn, but just wasn't good enough. Really liked Tableaux last season when he was still racing in France for Coolmore and trainer Andre Fabre. He had those back to back G2 wins at Longchamp in the Prix Noailles in April and Prix Hocquart in May, and at that time looked like he had the world by the short and curlies. But he was sold shortly after the Prix Hocquart win by Coolmore and things just haven't ever seemed to come together for Tableaux yet in Hong Kong the way appeared to be coming together for him France before he was sold.