Shatin G1 Review

Monday, 29 April 2024 by Gavin Haynes

We had a yeilding track on Sunday and its really quite off in HK, the surface is like carpet and the Daily Variant was only 100.5, thats still a Good track in Oz, in the 10 years I have been doing it I have never seen a track what we would call rain affected. When you consider NZ often has tracks with DV's 110, or 10% slower than average, yet when the rain comes results are always mixed.

Romantic Warrior was huge, never on the track, never looked comfortable but still pulled out 116/112 from the Japanese runner Prognosis 115/109, he is an absolute super star.

Golden Sixty just wan't himself, he looked to have every chance but didnt stretch out like normal with 99/109 well below best. The winner Beauty Eternal was ridden by Zac and he was brilliant in the lead with 112/119, runner up Red Lion 106/114, 3rd placed Voyage Bubble 105/115 all ran career peaks. The star 8yo missed the podium, was it the conditions or is the veteran over the top.