If Ka Ying Rising flaunted champion-grade talent in his course-record prep at Sha Tin, he had to summon a different quality of champions – the ability to overcome circumstances – in Sunday’s Hong Kong Sprint (G1).

Trainer Richard Gibson’s confidence in Wellington proved well founded in Sunday’s Hong Kong Sprint (G1), as the divisional champion reasserted himself at Sha Tin.

Sunday’s Hong Kong Sprint (G1) serves up a rubber match between the establishment, epitomized by Wellington, and the upwardly mobile Lucky Sweynesse.

Sky Field held off the closing Resistencia in the Hong Kong Sprint (G1), but thoughts were all for the horses and riders involved in a catastrophic spill.

Sunday’s $3 million Hong Kong Sprint (G1) shapes up as perhaps the most evenly-matched of the four Hong Kong International Races (HKIR) at Sha Tin.