Hong Kong trainers Almond Lee and Paul O'Sullivan believe that the NZ-bred gallopers Nightlign (NZ) (Align) and Fortune Spirit (NZ) (Danzighill) appear to hold their best chances of getting the new season off to a winning start on Sunday, 13 September at Sha Tin. The trainers revealed this information to racing fans at a pre-season roadshow held by the HKJC earlier this week.Nightlign (NZ), trained by Lee will step out in the Class 1 The Hksar Chief Executive's Cup over 1200m, and will be ridden
Hong Kong trainers Almond Lee and Paul O'Sullivan believe that the NZ-bred gallopers Nightlign (NZ) (Align) and Fortune Spirit (NZ) (Danzighill) appear to hold their best chances of getting the new season off to a winning start on Sunday, 13 September at Sha Tin. The trainers revealed this information to racing fans at a pre-season roadshow held by the HKJC earlier this week.
Nightlign (NZ), trained by Lee will step out in the Class 1 The Hksar Chief Executive's Cup over 1200m, and will be ridden by South African jockey Jeff Lloyd. Nightlign (NZ), the 2007/08 New Zealand Champion Two-Year-Old-of-the-Year, arrived in Hong Kong with a perfect three from three race record.
By Align, Nightlign (NZ) proved his competitiveness with a debut class one win, and has since added three HK.3 placings to his race resume. Paul O'Sullivan will send his leading charge, Fortune Spirit (NZ), postward in the Class 4 Quarry Bay Handicap over 1400m. Fortune Spirit (NZ) won his only NZ start at Riccarton in 2008 before his export to Hong Kong.