Hong Kong, April 30 (TNS): Pakistan Star Sealed the Queen Elizabeth II Cup for jockey William Buick in Hong Kong Sunday, the highlight of three Group One spring races worth $7.4 million.
Known for being unpredictable, the five-year-old stormed to victory by a large margin in the final strides and finished the 2,000-metre course in just over two minutes.
“I was aware of him because he’s quite a famous horse for his antics and I was aware of what he is capable of,” he said after the race, praising Pakistan Star “felt beautiful today”.
The winning Jockey said,”When I came to know that I was going to ride him, I took on board all of the information I knew about the horse and also thought it was quite important to ride him with a fresh mind and just be very positive about the horse,”
The prize money for the Queen Elizabeth II Cup had been boosted up from last year´s HK$20 million to HK$24 million.
Australian jockey Zac Purton was another star of the day, riding four-year-old gelding Ivictory to triumph in the 1,200-metre Chairman´s Sprint race.
Purton claimed his first Hong Kong Cup last year in the city´s Longines International Races, one of the world´s richest race meetings.
Already on a winning streak, Purton snapped up the 1,600-metre Champions Mile with Beauty Generation, surging from a relatively slow start to seal its victory.
“He´s just so honest, he goes out and runs the same race every time. When he gets the circumstances to suit him, you get to see how good he is,” Purton said of the horse.
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