Black-Type Analysis: 2025 Longines HKIR On Deck, As Romantic Warrior Goes For History

Black-Type Analysis: Ka Ying Rising And Romantic Warrior Anchor Longines HKIR

Sunday, Sha Tin, Hong Kong, post time: 4:40 p.m., LONGINES HONG KONG CUP-G1, HK$40,000,000, 3yo/up, 2000mT Field: Romantic Warrior (Jpn) (Acclamation {GB}), Bellagio Opera (Jpn) (Lord Kanaloa {Jpn}), Rousham Park (Jpn) (Harbinger {GB}), Galen (GB) (Gleneagles {Ire}), Straight Arron (Aus) (Fastnet Rock {Aus}), Chancheng Glory (Mor Spirit), Quisisana (Fr) (Le Havre {Ire}). Sunday, Sha Tin, Hong Kong, post time: 4:00 p.m., LONGINES HONG KONG MILE-G…

Ka Ying Rising bids to equal Golden Sixty's streak in Hong Kong Sprint

No sprinter in Hong Kong or Australia can keep pace with the 5-year-old gelding Ka Ying Rising, who will be a short price to record another victory in Sunday's Group 1 Hong Kong Sprint at Sha Tin Racecourse in Hong Kong.

Hong Kong Sprint: Ka Ying Rising appears unbeatable

Even a supreme optimist would quickly turn into a pessimist if they attempted to offer a calculated argument why any of Ka Ying Rising’s 11 opponents in Sunday’s Group 1 Hong Kong Sprint could defeat the world’s highest-rated sprinter.  The market again will offer almost unbackable odds for the David Hayes-trained gelding to claim his 16th consecutive victory. “It’s quite amazing to think he’ll be in a Group 1 with very good horses and the secon…