Hong Kong Champions & Chater Cup 2020

Hong Kong

Sha Tin · 24.05.20

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Hong Kong Champions & Chater Cup

1stExultant6yo by Teofilo × ContraryUS$803,417

2ndChefano6yo by Silvano × ValdovinoUS$255,053

3rdFurore6yo by Pierro × Stormy ChoiceUS$127,527

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JockeyZac Purton

TrainerTony Cruz

OwnerEddie Wong Ming Chak & Wong Leung Sau Hing

BreederBallygallon Stud

PurseHK$10,000,000

Distance2400 metres

Winning time2m 26.01s

SurfaceTurf

Conditions3-year-olds and up

Runners7

Stories of this Result

Exultant

With this win, Exultant now has 2 Group 1 wins this season. The winning margin over Chefano was 1 length. The horse is by Teofilo out of Contrary. The win was worth USD 803,417 to the winner. The winning time was 2m 26.01s.

Tony Cruz

Tony Cruz also saddled Furore (third) and Time Warp (seventh) in this edition. With this win, the stable moved to 3 Group 1 wins this season, one win behind leader Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott in the trainers' table.

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Result

7 runners · prize money to 4th place

PosHorseJockey · TrainerMarginPrize

1stExultant6yo gelding by Teofilo × ContraryZac PurtonTony CruzUS$803,417

2ndChefano6yo gelding by Silvano × ValdovinoMatthew ChadwickJohn Moore1US$255,053

3rdFurore6yo gelding by Pierro × Stormy ChoiceKaris TeetanTony CruzHeadUS$127,527

4thSavvy Nine4yo gelding by Anodin × Insan MalaJoao MoreiraJohn Moore4 ¼US$89,268

5thHelene Charisma7yo gelding by Air Chief Marshal × LidanaA HamelinJohn Moore4 ¾

6thEagle Way8yo gelding by More Than Ready × Wedgetail EagleV BorgesJohn Moore7 ¾

7thTime Warp7yo gelding by Archipenko × Here To EternityChad SchofieldTony Cruz16

Pedigree of the winner

As of race day 24.05.20

Exultant

TeofiloSire

ContraryDamby Mark Of Esteem

DamContrary

Exultant is out of Contrary (Mark of Esteem), who won a maiden in France in a brief racing career cut short by injury and was then kept for breeding. Exultant is her Teofilo colt of 2014.

Second damCrystal Gaze

Second dam Crystal Gaze (Rainbow Quest) was trained but never reached the racecourse. Contrary was her second foal, and her sons Spirit Quartz (Invincible Spirit) and Caspian Prince (Dylan Thomas) won 28 races between them, including six stakes races, three of them at Group level.

Third damJumilla

Third dam Jumilla (El Gran Senor) visited Rainbow Quest in her first season at stud and produced the useful Desert Quest, followed in 2001 by his full sister Crystal Gaze.

Connections

JockeyZac Purton

TrainerTony Cruz

OwnerEddie Wong Ming Chak & Wong Leung Sau Hing

BreederBallygallon Stud