Waikuku made it 3 wins from 4 starts in Hong Kong, and has put himself into the running with a serious chance in the Hong Kong Derby next month. The 4yr old son of Harbour Watch, ran just twice in Ireland and was purchased by Alastair after breaking his maiden, for owner Mr Siu Pak…
SackvilleDonald sourced horses have landed 1st,2nd,3rd,4th and 5th in the January Cup. All five horses were purchased privately by Alastair from Europe, including Frankel’s first group winner in Hong Kong Simply Brilliant. Click here to watch the race
Click here to read the South China Morning Post article on Alastair’s extraordinary achievement of sourcing half of this years field in the January Cup!
Ka Ying Star was impressive on his Hong Kong debut winning a class 2. His next start is the Gr.1 Classic Mile enroute to the Hong Kong Derby in March. He was a private purchase for Alastair last summer after winning at York, when he raced under the name Urban Aspect.
Glorious Empire wins Gr.2, leading all the way. The 7yr old son of Holy Roman Emperor has been around the world and is now loving North America. Earlier in the year he won the Gr.1 Sword Dancer, he was a 90k yearling purchase for sackvilledonald. Click here to read the Bloodhorse article
This time it was Time Warp’s younger brother Glorious Forever, who took the 2018 Gr.1 Hong Kong Cup, with his older brother who won the race in 2017 finishing 3rd. Glorious Forever was bought by Alastair as a yearling at Tattersalls Book 2 for 110,000gns. This was the 3rd Hong Kong Cup win for SackvilleDoanld,…
Tattersalls HIT purchase Morando produced a thrilling finish to win the Gr.3 Legion Stakes at Newbury for King Power Racing and trainer Andrew Balding. Click here to read the article
SackvilleDonald purchased brothers Time Warp and Glorious Forever went head to head in the Gr.3 Sa Sa Ladies’ Purse at Sha Tin in Hong Kong on Sunday. Older brother Time Warp denying younger brother Glorious Forever narrowly under a front running ride. This is likely to be the first of several clashes between the brothers….
River Boyne, a 70,000gns HIT purchase, wins the Gr.2 Twilight Derby in tenacious style at Santa Anita. Surpassing his previous Gr.3 win at Del Mar in August, he is now six wins out of nine in the USA. https://youtu.be/YSqu0L8OeQg
Private purchase Red Warrior kicked off a memorable week in Hong Kong with another win, a very impressive effort from a bad draw at Happy Valley – raced as Rusper in the UK, he looks progressive and could be a Hong Kong derby prospect. Click here to watch the race replay Glorious Forever made it…