Francis Lui edged to the positive side of caution regarding Golden Sixty’s (Medaglia D’Oro) chances of making the Hong Kong Classic Cup (1800m), after leading his Classic Mile winner home from exercise at Sha Tin on Tuesday morning.
Word rattled around the racecourse during Saturday’s meeting that the handler’s rising star was laid low with a high temperature, and that the second leg of Hong Kong’s Four-Year-Old Classic Series, on 23 February, was likely off the agenda.
“He’s still a chance,” Lui said. “His temperature is back to normal but we still have to monitor him for these few days. If he’s okay we will work him next week.
“We’ll see how he is and check his blood and if everything is normal we might carry on. Everything depends on how he works in his track work – he looks okay because he trotted in the trotting ring and he was fresh, but we’ll see.
“We will gallop him next week and that will decide whether or not he runs.”
