All Too Hard's Wellington a Class Above in Hong Kong Sprint

Mark Smith - Sunday December 11

The locals have dominated the Group 1 Longines Hong Kong Sprint (1200m) at Sha Tin and were to the fore again on Sunday with the Australian-bred All Too Hard gelding Wellington.

Wellignton leads an all Aussie bred trifecta in the HK International Sprint - image HKJC

 

Ridden by Ryan Moore for Richard Gibson, Wellington defeated the Magnus gelding Sight Success by three-quarters of a length with a neck back to the Deep Field gelding Sky Field in third.

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It was the fourth Group 1 for the son of All Too Hard, advancing his record to twelve wins and a second from 19 starts.

Bred by Kia Ora Stud, David Paradise, and Steve McCann, Wellington was a $70,000 purchase for  Lauriston Thoroughbred Farm from Kia Ora Stud draft at the 2018 Magic Millions Gold Coast Yearling Sale.

He is the best of three winners from four to race from Group II placed More Than Ready (USA) mare Mihiri, who comes from the family of Group I winners Cerulean Sky and Moonstone.  

Wellington a $70,000 Magic Millions yearling

Wellington’s three-year-old half-sister Rotarua (Star Witness) broke her maiden last week at her second start at Nowra.

Mihiri has no yearling this year and produced a filly by Wellington’s sire All Too Hard on August 24.

Vinery Stud’s All Too Hard has 18 catalogued for the Magic Millions and 20 at the Inglis Classic.

 

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Race Result - The Longines Hong Kong Sprint Gr1 1200m

Sha Tin Track: Good Time: 1:08.76
1
Wellington
- 6g All Too Hard (AUS) x Mihiri (AUS) (More Than Ready (USA))
Tnr: Richard Gibson Rdr: Ryan Moore 57
All Too Hard
2
0.8
Sight Success
- 6g Magnus (AUS) x Tarp (AUS) (Bletchley Park (IRE))
Tnr: J J Size Rdr: C P Lemaire 57
Magnus
3
1.1
Sky Field
- 6g Deep Field (AUS) x Laravissante (NZ) (O'Reilly (NZ))
Tnr: C Fownes Rdr: B Shinn 57
4
1.5
Courier Wonder
- 5g Sacred Falls (NZ) x Fabulist (NZ) (Savabeel (AUS))
Tnr: J J Size Rdr: L Currie 57
5
1.6
Meikei Yell
- 5m Mikki Isle (JPN) x Shiroinger (JPN) (Harbinger (GB))
Tnr: Hidenori Take Rdr: J B Mc Donald 55.5
6
2.5
Lucky Sweynesse
- 4g Sweynesse (AUS) x Madonna Mia (NZ) (Red Clubs (IRE))
Tnr: K L Man Rdr: Z Purton 57
7
2.8
Cordyceps Six
- 4g Star Turn (AUS) x Sandcastles (AUS) (Hinchinbrook (AUS))
Tnr: Richard Gibson Rdr: S De Sousa 57
8
2.9
Super Wealthy
- 7g Epaulette (AUS) x Well Hidden (USA) (More Than Ready (USA))
Tnr: D A Hayes Rdr: C Y Ho 57
9
3.0
Stronger
- 6h Not A Single Doubt (AUS) x Star Pupil (AUS) (Starcraft (NZ))
Tnr: D Whyte Rdr: J Bowman 57
10
4.0
Naran Huleg
- 7h Gold Allure (JPN) x Kelly's Beauty (JPN) (Brian's Time (USA))
Tnr: Yoshitada Munakata Rdr: K Maruta 57
11
4.5
Duke Wai
- 7g Per Incanto (USA) x Swan Lake (NZ) (Green Perfume (USA))
Tnr: P C Ng Rdr: H Bentley 57
12
5.0
Gendarme
- 8h Kitten's Joy (USA) x Believe (JPN) (Sunday Silence (USA))
Tnr: Yasutoshi Ikee Rdr: Damian Lane 57
13
6.3
Resistencia
- 6m Daiwa Major (JPN) x Malacostumbrada (JPN) (Lizard Island (USA))
Tnr: Takeshi Matsushita Rdr: J Moreira 55.5
14
6.5
Lim's Kosciuszko
- 5g Kermadec (NZ) x Jacquetta (NZ) (Keeper (AUS))
Tnr: D Meagher Rdr: D R Beasley 57
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