Dirt sprints do not come any deeper than the Hong Kong Reunification Cup (1,200m) at Sha Tin this afternoon, but Access Years has the quality to take out the holiday feature if he can overcome a tricky draw, reports Racing Post HK.
It may only carry a Class Two classification, but few of our best all-weather sprinters are missing, with Lord Sinclair, Smart Volatility and Access Years (Joao Moreira) all having claims as proper Group class horses and the remainder of the field dotted with talented gallopers capable of upsetting them under the handicap conditions.
John Size-trained Access Years has been one of the finds of this past 12 months, winning five of his nine starts and four of seven this season, including his only two starts on the all-weather over today's course.
Access Years scored the best dirt win of the season when he made his debut on the surface in Class Three two starts back, giving talented Master Kochanwong 18 pounds, coming from behind him and beating him in tremendous run times.
With the advantage of a low draw that night, Access Years did not have to be used in the relatively even initial 400m to find a good position and that enabled him to run through the final 800m in 44.6 seconds. That is low flying in any language.