| R8 SHA TIN | 11 December 2016 |
| THE LONGINES HONG KONG CUP G1 3U OPEN ($4,313,500), 2000m 2:00.95 | |
| Race Synopsis: The Japanese star Maurice took out his sixth Group One victory in a performance confirming his champion status. He was slow to move, settled well back in tenth place and was still a distant eighth nearing the home turn after chasing a hectic pace. He got through on the inner on straightening, hit the front at the 100m and drew away to score brilliantly, and in fast time (2:00.95) in a most impressive effort. Secret Weapon was well back in seventh place at the 600m, got to fifth at the 200m and kept running on well to take a good second, while Staphanos was back in third place (without cover), chasing a fast pace. He went to second at the 200m and battled particularly well for a very good third after a difficult trip. Of the others, A Shin Hikari went to the front and ran along at a strong pace. He had set up a huge lead at reaching the 600m and was only overtaken nearing the 100m before tiring late for (7.8 lengths) tenth after making a daring front-running bid. | |
| FP | Horse Age & Sex | Trainer Jockey | WT SP | |||||||
1st | 2. MAURICE (JPN) 5yo Horse | N HORI RYAN MOORE | 57.0 $1.70 | |||||||
| SCREEN HERO (JPN) - MEJIRO FRANCES (JPN) | ||||||||||
| Kazumi Yoshida | 2nd | 8. SECRET WEAPON (GB) 6yo Gelding | C H YIP ZAC PURTON | 57.0 $11.00 | ||||||
| CHOISIR (AUS) - JUST DEVINE (IRE) | ||||||||||
| Leung Lun Ping | 3rd | 5. STAPHANOS (JPN) 5yo Horse | H FUJIWARA C SOUMILLON | 57.0 $18.00 | ||||||
| DEEP IMPACT (JPN) - KOKOSHNIK (JPN) | ||||||||||
| Carrot Farm Co Ltd | ||||||||||
| 4th | 6. LOVELY DAY (JPN) 6yo Horse | Y IKEE HUGH BOWMAN | 57.0 $23.00 | |||||||
| 5th | 4. BLAZING SPEED (GB) 7yo Gelding | A S CRUZ NEIL CALLAN | 57.0 $12.00 | |||||||
| 6th | 10. HORSE OF FORTUNE (SAF) 6yo Gelding | TONY MILLARD SILVESTRE DE SOUSA | 57.0 $72.00 | |||||||
| 7th | 9. ELLIPTIQUE (IRE) 5yo Horse | ANDRE FABRE PIERRE-CHARLES BOUDOT | 57.0 $70.00 | |||||||
| 8th | 3. DESIGNS ON ROME (IRE) 6yo Gelding | JOHN MOORE JOAO MOREIRA | 57.0 $7.90 | |||||||
| 9th | 12. QUEENS RING (JPN) 4yo Mare | KEIJI YOSHIMURA M DEMURO | 55.5 $11.00 | |||||||
| 10th | 1. A SHIN HIKARI (JPN) 5yo Horse | M SAKAGUCHI YUTAKA TAKE | 57.0 $8.60 | |||||||
| 11th | 7. GUN PIT (AUS) 6yo Gelding | CASPAR FOWNES K TEETAN | 57.0 $86.00 | |||||||
| 12th | 11. Helene Super Star (USA) 6yo Horse | A S CRUZ GERALD MOSSE | 57.0 $94.00 | |||||||
The annual LONGINES Hong Kong International Races 2016 have long been recognized as the “Turf World Championships".
