Fabulous One, white cap with red stars
HKJC
Dubai was on everyone's lips in the lead-up to the Class 1 Penfold Park Handicap (1200m, dirt) at Sha Tin on Wednesday night with Fabulous One touted as a G1 Dubai Golden Shaheen candidate.
The Trelawney Stud graduate remains set for a plane ride to the emirate despite losing out this time to the gutsy Eroico.
Few in the crowd could have called the result with any confidence as Eroico, Almababy, Dundonnell and the wilting front-runner Fabulous One flashed past the post in a frantic four-way blitz. When the still frame appeared on Sha Tin's big screen, Eroico had it by a nose.
Fabulous One, having his first race since June, took the eight runners through fast early fractions of 22.81s and 22.18s under Oisin Murphy. But lack of a recent race told late on as he faded through the final 400m in 23.69s to finish fourth, a head behind the winner.
"Yes, Dubai is still on," the five-year-old's trainer Chris So declared. "That was a good run. I'm happy with the horse – of course, if he'd won I'd have been happier. But he carried 130 (pounds) and he's run really well.
"The sectionals were quick early and he stayed on well, he just got tired the last strides, which is understandable, this is his first run for a long time and with that weight, too." -HKJC
The Trelawney Stud graduate remains set for a plane ride to the emirate despite losing out this time to the gutsy Eroico.
Few in the crowd could have called the result with any confidence as Eroico, Almababy, Dundonnell and the wilting front-runner Fabulous One flashed past the post in a frantic four-way blitz. When the still frame appeared on Sha Tin's big screen, Eroico had it by a nose.
Fabulous One, having his first race since June, took the eight runners through fast early fractions of 22.81s and 22.18s under Oisin Murphy. But lack of a recent race told late on as he faded through the final 400m in 23.69s to finish fourth, a head behind the winner.
"Yes, Dubai is still on," the five-year-old's trainer Chris So declared. "That was a good run. I'm happy with the horse – of course, if he'd won I'd have been happier. But he carried 130 (pounds) and he's run really well.
"The sectionals were quick early and he stayed on well, he just got tired the last strides, which is understandable, this is his first run for a long time and with that weight, too." -HKJC