“Every race, you need things to go right and we had things fall right in our favour today, so that was pleasing, but it was more pleasing for him to do what he did.”
“He always had it in his control. I just had Beauty Waves getting on my heels mid-race, firing him up a little bit, but apart from that it all went pretty smoothly."
“I think going forward it’s the most important thing that you’re not a one-dimensional sprinter and what’s good about him is he can follow and join – he doesn’t just have to lead.”
Any questions about Lucky Sweynesse loosening his grip on the world’s best sprinter mantle were swept aside when Manfred Man’s speedster surged to victory in the HK$26 million Gr.1 Hong Kong Sprint (1200m) at Sha Tin on Sunday.
Golden Sixty’s record-breaking performance during the 2022/23 racing season saw Hong Kong’s champion earn the Horse of the Year title for a third consecutive year at a special presentation in Hong Kong on Friday night.
Lucky Sweynesse might be given the chance to extend a phenomenal season in search of a ninth victory after matching Beauty Generation’s record for the most wins in a single Hong Kong campaign.
Established as the world’s highest-rated sprinter of 2023, New Zealand-bred Lucky Sweynesse joined elite company with a runaway win in the HK$20 million Gr.1 Chairman’s Sprint Prize (1200m) at Sha Tin on Sunday.
With another supreme performance at Randwick on Saturday, Mr Brightside earned himself a special place in the 157-year history of the A$4 million Gr.1 The Star Doncaster Mile (1600m).
