IS THE HONG KONG CUP GOING TO A NOBLE NEWCOMER?

Noble Farms has been an immediate success this year, with all his runners at least running a place. He has four horses. Arctic Memories, a Cox Plate winner who has won 2 from 3 for Noble so far. Quick Step, an up and coming horse who has had 3 starts for Noble Farms for a Gr.2 win, a nose second in the Cigar Mile and a Gr.3 placing. He also has Pulp Fiction, who has had a Gr 2 win and a Gr 3 fifth from two starts and Papillion who has had two starts from a second and a third. Now that is a brilliant start, and has got him well prepared for a long career as a trainer on this magnificent racing game.

But now lets get to the Hong Kong Cup. He has the top-weight Arctic Memories, who is primed for a top performance on the back of a great win over SCENIC SHEBA and TAJ MAHAL at his last start. I was fairly surprised but then I thought that Arctic Memories will be even better over 2000m. So Arctic Memories is the current favourite for the cup but it would be an intriguing prospect if Color Of Fame or Malvern Hill lines up today. Also flying the flag for the new comers is Eminem, who has raced with distinction for Royal Flush Farms.

Past winners:
2004- Thunder Arctic
2005- Alytrain
2006- Smart Money
2007- A Bus
2008- Broken Dream
2009- Jenny's My Gal
2010- ??????????????


7- Cathay Pacific Hong Kong Cup 4.00
2000m $2,300,000 and trophy. 3yo & up. G1. No claims.
1 33043 HOLD THAT TRAIN, 7 Pointgiven Stables 59 10.00
2 54311 ARCTIC MEMORIES, 1 Noble Farms 59 2.40f
3 21341 FALDO, 6 Olmo Dorato 56 6.00
4 43013 CAMENA’S THUNDER. 2 FDL Lodge 56 15.00
5 11121 TRIGUN, 9 Rivendell Stables 56 3.20
6 33240 ELEGENT TOWER, 4 Goforwand Stables 56 31.00
7 12333 EMINEM, 5 Royal Flush Farms 56 14.00
8 13532 DALATOMBE, 3 Spartan Racing Stables 56 16.00
9 61111 TRAIL FINDER, 8 Rainbow 56 21.00
Arctic Memories 1, Trigun 2, Eminem 3, Camena’s Thunder 4

2-ARCTIC MEMORIES is a Cox Plate winner who showed great class in beating SCENIC SHEBA and TAJ MAHAL last start. He is going along great and gets his ideal distance here. 5-TRIGUN beat a top class field last start in the Doomben Cup. Is lightly raced and is placed to perfection here. 7-EMINEM is on the way up and he looks ready to strike here. Very consistent. 4-CAMENA’S THUNDER is going as well as anything and has been close up behind the likes of Malvern Hill, Jenny’s My Gal and Color Of Fame lately. 3-FALDO beat the highly rated ARCTIC SLICKER four starts ago in the Group 1 Man O’ War Stakes. Should enjoy a nice pace here. 1-HOLD THAT TRAIN is a Breeders Cup Classic winner who will be over the odds today. Forgive 6-ELEGENT TOWER on his last run. 9-TRAIL FINDER is in great form. 8-DALATOMBE is a chance in what ever he runs in.