Local horse Noah From Goa heads for rich race in Hong Kong
The grade 2 racer is now trained in Singapore so flight time will be reduced
SA has enjoyed considerable success in Hong Kong over the years, and former Cape Guineas winner Noah From Goa is being aimed at one of the rich grade 1 races to be run at Sha-Tin race course on December 9. Noah From Goa was trained here by Mike de Kock and — apart from the horse’s Cape win — he was placed in grade 2 races in Dubai in 2017. He cost R325,000 when sold at the Emperors Palace National two-year-old sale. Noah From Goa is now trained in Singapore by Pat Shaw’s former assistant, Ricardo le Grange, so it is in the horse’s favour that he does not face a long journey to Hong Kong. In contrast, European entries will have to endure tiring flights. Of the 262 entries received by the Hong Kong Jockey Club fort he December 9 meeting, 67 are grade 1 winners, so the comment from Andrew Harding, executive director of racing at the club, is understandable. “It is very pleasing to see such exciting quality among the nominations for this year’s Longines Hong Kong international races. Ho...
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