The Katsuhiko Sumii-trained DELTA BLUES (Dance in the Dark) and POP ROCKS (Helissio),
who completed a landmark exacta in Tuesday’s Melbourne Cup (Aus-G1), could
travel to the Hong Kong International Races meeting on December 10.
Owner Katsumi Yoshida’s racing manager David O’Callaghan told Australian
Associated Press that the team was examining the logistics of transporting the
horses to Sha Tin for the Hong Kong Vase (HK-G1) run over 2,400 meters.
“We are looking into Hong Kong as long as the horses are well,” O’Callaghan
told the publication. “We are not sure yet whether they would go there from here
or go back to Japan and then on to Hong Kong.”
Mark Player, international racing manager for the Hong Kong Jockey Club is
pulling out all the stops.
“There is a lot to work through, in terms of quarantine problems and
logistics, but their entries are in and we are very hopeful these great stayers
can be part of the International Races program,” Player told South China
Morning Post. “We’ll be doing everything we can to make it happen.”