The Jockey Club may have as many as five foreign horses contesting the three Cathay Pacific International Trial events next month with four invitations having already been issued. The Sprint Trial on November 22 looks set to feature three foreign runners, while globetrotting South African trainer Mike De Kock has scheduled the 2008 Hong Kong Cup winner, Eagle Mountain, to return to racing in the Mile Trial the same day, and Luca Cumani has been invited to run QE II Cup winner Presvis in the Cup

The Jockey Club may have as many as five foreign horses contesting the three Cathay Pacific International Trial events next month with four invitations having already been issued.

The Sprint Trial on November 22 looks set to feature three foreign runners, while globetrotting South African trainer Mike De Kock has scheduled the 2008 Hong Kong Cup winner, Eagle Mountain, to return to racing in the Mile Trial the same day, and Luca Cumani has been invited to run QE II Cup winner Presvis in the Cup Trial on November 15.

"Presvis is not a certain runner at this stage but has been invited - Luca Cumani is also considering running him first-up in an all-weather race at Wolverhampton," said Mark Player, the club's international racing manager.

"But we're delighted that Eagle Mountain is coming. He hasn't raced since winning the Hong Kong Cup, but when Mike brought him back from a year off in October last year, Eagle Mountain won a Group Three over a mile at Newmarket before going to the 2,400m of the Breeders' Cup Turf and then here.

"So the mile is a normal point for the horse to kick off again and Mike believes the three-week gap then stepping up to 2,000m in the Cup will suit him perfectly."

In addition to top class Australian sprinters Apache Cat and Scenic Blast, who is already here, the Sprint Trial may feature the North American Cannonball, after he runs at the Breeders' Cup meeting on November 6 and 7.

"His trainer, Wesley Ward, is interested in running here as a lead-up to the international meeting but we'll discuss that further with him after Cannonball runs at Santa Anita," Player said.

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