Vincent Ho put BMW Hong Kong Derby standout Golden Sixty (Medaglia D’Oro) through a gallop at Sha Tin on Friday.
Golden Sixty satisfied Ho and trainer Francis Lui with a routine gallop on the all-weather track this morning as he prepares for the BMW Hong Kong Derby (2000m).
“He just had an easy gallop, it was normal work and he feels his usual self,” Ho said, after working the Derby’s top-rated contender over 1200m alongside Star Shine.
Golden Sixty has already bagged the first two legs of the Four-Year-Old Classic Series – the Hong Kong Classic Mile (1600m) and Hong Kong Classic Cup (1800m) – and he did so in brilliant style. Should he won the Derby, he would become only the second horse, after Rapper Dragon (2017), to complete the Classic Series set.
Lui also has More Than This in the Derby shake-up, the British import having made the frame behind his stablemate in the first two legs.
“Golden Sixty and More Than This are both well, I’m happy with what they did this morning. They just worked on the all-weather track and next Tuesday we will gallop them on the turf,” he said.
The BMW Hong Kong Derby will be run at Sha Tin on Sunday, 22 March.
