Beauty Generation and Eagle Way fought out a thrilling finish to the Class 2 Jinbao Street Handicap (2200m), with the former edging out his stablemate by a short-head. And, with Helene Charisma – another highly-touted Moore-trained galloper – in fifth, the handler has three candidates for staying honours this spring.
“I was happy with all three of them; we’ll go Queen Mother Memorial Cup (2400m) into the Champions & Chater Cup (2400m) with all of them,” Moore said. “I was watching that hoping it was going to be a dead-heat!”
Moreira made an early move for home on Eagle Way, the 2016 G1 Queensland Derby (2400m) winner, and looked like holding on only for the chestnut to tire close home as Beauty Generation, third in the Derby last time out, left it late to edge the verdict under Purton.
“He’s a thinker, that’s his whole problem.” Purton said of Beauty Generation. “Every race I’ve ridden him in, from the 200 to the winning post, he does the same thing, he doesn’t really attack the line. Today it became more of a staying test and he did what he always does and the other one got tired.”
Moreira landed both of the afternoon’s G2 features as he took the Sprint Cup (1200m) atop John Size’s exciting four-year-old Mr Stunning. The Champion Jockey ended the afternoon with four wins to take his tally for the campaign to 134.
Hong Kong racing resumes at Happy Valley on the evening of Wednesday 12 April.Beauty Generation and Eagle Way fought out a thrilling finish to the Class 2 Jinbao Street Handicap (2200m), with the former edging out his stablemate by a short-head. And, with Helene Charisma – another highly-touted Moore-trained galloper – in fifth, the handler has three candidates for staying honours this spring.
“I was happy with all three of them; we’ll go Queen Mother Memorial Cup (2400m) into the Champions & Chater Cup (2400m) with all of them,” Moore said. “I was watching that hoping it was going to be a dead-heat!”
Moreira made an early move for home on Eagle Way, the 2016 G1 Queensland Derby (2400m) winner, and looked like holding on only for the chestnut to tire close home as Beauty Generation, third in the Derby last time out, left it late to edge the verdict under Purton.
“He’s a thinker, that’s his whole problem.” Purton said of Beauty Generation. “Every race I’ve ridden him in, from the 200 to the winning post, he does the same thing, he doesn’t really attack the line. Today it became more of a staying test and he did what he always does and the other one got tired.”
Moreira landed both of the afternoon’s G2 features as he took the Sprint Cup (1200m) atop John Size’s exciting four-year-old Mr Stunning. The Champion Jockey ended the afternoon with four wins to take his tally for the campaign to 134.
Hong Kong racing resumes at Happy Valley on the evening of Wednesday 12 April.
