26 April 2026
Ka Ying Rising makes it 20 straight
As expected, Ka Ying Rising (NZ) (Shamexpress) has made it 20 successive wins with ease, narrowly breaking his own track record in the Gr.1 Chairman’s Sprint Prize on Champions Day at Sha Tin on Sunday.
David Hayes’ superstar sprinter cemented his undisputed status as the world’s fastest horse in his usual stunning fashion, producing a jaw dropping turn of foot at the 300m mark and putting a space on one of Japan’s finest in Satono Reve.
Though the immediate post-race chat suggested an even early tempo may have ruined Ka Ying Rising’s chances of another track record, he remarkably shaved off another 0.02 seconds, stopping the clock at 1:07:10.
“We’re just involved in something really, really special,” Zac Purton said post-race.
“It’s amazing what this horse is able to do and the animal he’s turned into.
“Obviously Japan sent their best sprinter over here again, and he’s just toyed with them as he does every time.
“He’s a freak.”
Bred by Marton trainer Fraser Auret under his Grandmoral Lodge banner, Ka Ying Rising is out of the Per Incanto mare Missy Moo. - Racing.com
Winner: Ka Ying Rising (NZ) 2020
Owners: Ka Ying Syndicate
Trainer: David Hayes / Sha Tin
Breeding: by Shamexpress out of Missy Moo by Per Incanto (USA)
Breeder: Grandmoral Lodge Racing
Single Red seals Queensland trip
The Andrew Forsman-trained Single Red (NZ) (Vanbrugh) secured her ticket across the Tasman with a dominant front-running win at Te Rapa on Saturday.
The winner of two of her previous five starts, Single Red also placed in the Gr.2 David And Karyn Ellis Fillies Classic (2100m) and Gr.1 New Zealand Oaks (2400m) behind subsequent Gr.1 Australian Oaks (2400m) victor Ohope wins, and she was duly backed into a $1.40 favourite for her resuming run.
The daughter of Vanbrugh was ridden accordingly, with jockey Craig Grylls riding with intent out of the barriers, and while they had to spend a bit of petrol early, Single Red soon found the top.
The three-year-old filly looked full of running at the turn and quickly extended her lead down the straight, and while More Bliss was strong late, Single Red held on to win by 1-1/2 lengths over the Lance O’Sullivan and Andrew Scott-trained filly.
“She had to do a little bit more than we thought, especially in that first furlong or so, and was potentially soft very late, but I think that shows there is good improvement there,” assistant trainer Joe Walker said.
“She has got a bit of class, she has shown enough right from the start, and hopefully it is on to some nice Queensland targets now.
“There is a fillies series there, so on the 9th of May there is an 1800m race at the Gold Coast (Listed Gold Coast Bracelet), two weeks later into The Roses (Gr.2, 2000m) and two weeks later into the Oaks (Gr.1, 2200m).
“All going well, we would love to get her to all three, but it is certainly initially the first two.”
Bred by Ben Kwok, Single Red is by Windsor Park Stud resident stallion Vanbrugh and out of High Chaparral mare Sea Dweller, who is also the dam of Group Three winner Russian Alliance.
Kwok races the filly in partnership with trans-Tasman syndicator OTI Racing, with the filly carrying the latter’s distinctive colours. She has now won three and placed in two of her six starts to date and earned more than $186,000 in prizemoney. - Joshua Smith LOVERACING.NZ News Desk
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Joshua Smith
Joshua Smith
NZ Racing Desk
