HORSE RACING
Glorious Forever gallops to victory in Hong Kong Cup
Hong Kong — Glorious Forever galloped to a clinical win at the Hong Kong Cup on Sunday at the city’s Longines International Races, one of the world’s richest race meetings with a total purse of almost $12m. Star Brazilian jockey Silvestre de Sousa dominated the race from start to finish with the four-year-old gelding, and ran the 2,000m course in just over 2min 1sec. French rider Christophe Lemaire was second on Deirdre, while Time Warp, ridden by Australian jockey Zac Purton, finished third. "I didn’t want to overdo it in front but to make sure Time Warp didn’t come around, I had to make sure we were going a true gallop," De Sousa said. "I won the battle for the first 300m and I was going so well at the 800m, I thought to myself they would have to be very good to pick him up." The Hong Kong Cup is the highlight of the four Group One events at the annual meet at Shatin Racecourse — which includes the Hong Kong Mile, the Hong Kong Sprint and the Hong Kong Vase. It is also the city’s ...
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