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.
