Hall's hot streak continues with 3-timer at Sha Tin

David Hall's hot streak continued at Sha Tin with the Australian ringing up a three-timer and taking his new acquisition Blaze King into uncharted waters in winning the Panasonic Joba Handicap (1,000m), reports the HK Racing Post. It says: Ridden by Brett Prebble, the gelding was the middle pin of Hall's treble that started with My Goal (Howard Cheng Yue-tin) and wound up with progressive Legend (James Winks), and Hall has racked up seven wins from his 33 runners in recent weeks.Hall took over B

David Hall's hot streak continued at Sha Tin with the Australian ringing up a three-timer and taking his new acquisition Blaze King into uncharted waters in winning the Panasonic Joba Handicap (1,000m), reports the HK Racing Post.

It says: Ridden by Brett Prebble, the gelding was the middle pin of Hall's treble that started with My Goal (Howard Cheng Yue-tin) and wound up with progressive Legend (James Winks), and Hall has racked up seven wins from his 33 runners in recent weeks.

Hall took over Blaze King this season and had everyone's attention after the four-year-old spreadeagled a trial field up the straight last month, but the margin wasn't fancy yesterday as he made the grade to Class One. "I didn't really know what to expect. Yes, he had trialled very well, everyone saw that, but he was tried several times in Class Two last season and wasn't up to it," Hall said.

"So to go straight to Class One with him was a bit of a test today.

"With more maturity and a good preparation he was able to win - not by much but the most pleasing thing for me was the way he switched off, sat behind and finished his race. That makes you think that he might be more than just a 1,000m horse."

Hall said the race had been targeted because it was over the straight course, but Blaze King would soon run out of options if he couldn't do anything else.

"His three wins had all been this trip so we were patient and waited for this to start him off but you're talking about a horse rated nearly 100 after this - if we have to wait to run him only up the straight, then his options get very narrow," he said.

"But we've spent a lot of time getting him to relax and he was workmanlike today. If we can try him around a corner at 1,200m now."