HONG KONG VASE ACTION

The Hong Kong Vase has been a great race in recent years with many champs running. This year is no exception. Jenny's My Gal has been brave and honest lately and I don't think he will get beaten again today. He should add the vase to his Cup win last year.



Here are some past winners and the results.



2004- In the inaugural Photo Finish Hong Kong Vase, Chatterbox won from a desperately unlucky Memcay. Blushing Approval wasn't far away in third. Among the beaten brigade was Nightwing, who was a star racehorse who is now standing at Otsego Farms. Chatterbox was impeccably bred, by Victory Speech and Sunline. Sunline herself won a Hong Kong Mile once. Chatterbox was the winner of $7,975,000 and she had 20 starts for 11 wins. Among her other wins was two Breeders Cup Turf's. One of Chatterbox's main rivals was Memcay, and in 6 starts Memcay beat Chatterbox home 5 times. Amazingly, this race was the only time that Chatterbox beat Memcay home in a race. Chatterbox has been owned by Rainbow and Stonewall Stables.

NOTE: Sunday Rose was scratched. She is the dam of my 2yo Crowley Magic, who is racing in the Dermody Stakes this week.



2005- Memcay made up for last years defeat with a great win in the Vase. At the short odds of 4/5, Memcay narrowly defeated the outsider Maxwell. Memcay was one of the first champions of the game, winning the Caulfield Cup, Melbourne Cup, Sydney Cup, Breeders Cup Endurance and the BMW Stakes among others. He won a magnificent $13,161,000 and he is also proving a sensation at stud, breeding the Arc winner Malvern Hill, the classy Confederation and Eminem and Yatterbox, by his racing companion Chatterbox.

2006- Star Studded showed great class by holding off the top performer Madam De Francais. Star Studded was a top class winner, having won in excess of $10 million dollars. He was consistent horse, racing to 5yo but having 52 starts. He later raced to 2nd and 9th in his other runs in the HK Vase. Star Studded's first foals go to the racetrack next year.

2007- The consistent Flow Diagram won the Hong Kong Vase, beating the unlucky Star Studded. Flow Diagram has been around for years, and has never disappointed her connections. She has won over $9 million, and at her last start she won the PJ O'shea Stakes, braking another track record in the process. Flow Diagram is currently owned by Eureka Racing Stables,

2008- Flow Diagram made it back-to-back wins in the Hong Kong Vase with a stunning performance to beat Braveheart by a head. A Bus finished fifth, proving the class of the race. Flow Diagram is still racing at the top level and whether she races at Hong Kong this year remains to be seen.

2009- Perfect Bell put an end to Flow Diagram's magnificent run with a 1- 1/4 len win. Perfect Bell is no slouch, having won over 10.5 million bucks. She had also won an Australian Derby and a Prix De L'Arc De Triomphe. Perfect Bell has had one foal so far, by Memcay. He is called Gradient. It will be interesting to see how that foal turns out!

8- Hong Kong Vase 4.40
2400m $1,800,000 and trophy. 3yo & up. G1. No claims.
1 11132 JENNY’S MY GAL, 2 Foxies Lodge 59 2.00f
2 31324 RETRIBUTION, 6 Spartan Racing Stables 59 7.00
3 65056 DOUBLE DOME, 1 FDL Lodge 59 21.00
4 23115 NARSIL, 5 Rivendell Stables 56 10.00
5 72815 TOWER COUP, 7 Goforwand Stables 56 15.00
6 53111 MELKOR, 3 Rivendell Stables 56 18.00
7 50241 MEMZERI, 4 Chiquita Lodge 54 26.00
Jenny’s My Gal 1, Retribution 2, Narsil 3, Double Dome 4

1-JENNY’S MY GAL is the champion here and he should bounce back with a flogging today. 2-RETRIBUTION is always around the mark and he should improve on his 3rd and 4th in past Vases here. 4-NARSIL is in great form, don’t dismiss him on his Breeders Cup Classic run. 3-DOUBLE DOME is a nice chance at odds. 6-MELKOR is another of Rivendell’s super horses. 5-TOWER COUP ran a great race in the Breeders Cup Classic. 7-MEMZERI is going great but I’m not sure if she’s up to this class but you’d love to own her.