Karaka graduate Sacred Capital (NZ) (O’Reilly) continued his dominant form in some of Macau’s biggest races with another runaway victory in Sunday’s M$800,000 Macau Gold Cup (1800m).
You Hyun Myung has ridden his 1000th career winner. The two-time Busan Champion Jockey became only the third Korean rider – and the first who has spent the majority of their career at Busan - to reach the milestone with victory on Grand Jilju in race 3 at Busan on Friday.
I’m Incredible (Lope de Vega) was thrown in at the deep end by trainer Shane Baertschiger in Sunday’s S$175,000 Committee’s Prize (1600m), and the Karaka graduate rose to the occasion in style.
When Kiwi trainer Stephen Gray was told he had saddled his 700th winner at Kranji with Larry on Sunday, his face lit up with surprise and delight first, but a more solemn sense of self-reflection and nostalgia soon took over.
With a spate of feature races run and won over the past few months, Royce Newton looks back with a mid-season review of Korean racing and who has impressed, surprised and disappointed as we head into the second half of the year.
