Classique Legend, acclaimed as the world’s equal top sprinter in 2020, is likely to return to Australia after he bled from his left nostril following trackwork at Sha Tin on Wednesday morning
Fownes indicated that his final gallop would likely determine the grey’s participation in the Hong Kong Sprint, a race that the handler won in 2011 with the brilliant Lucky Nine
He will join the Caspar Fownes stable and contest the HK$22 million Gr1 Hong Kong International Sprint on 13 December
Les Bridge wouldn’t hear of Classique Legend being beaten in the A$15m TAB Everest at Randwick on Saturday
Alan Greeff’s recent Eastern Cape ‘Triple Crown’ star My Best Shot and the Lucky Houdalakis galloper Musical Score, a 3yo son of Oratorio, and a winner of his last two starts, are the two newbies
It is no mean feat to win at feature level from 1400m to 2400m, but My Best Shot proved equal to the task and set himself up for East Cape Horse Of The Year honours – and maybe a Hollywoodbets Durban July supplementary entry?
