Co-trainer JD Hayes has credited Victoria’s jumps circuit for helping Port Guillaume find his best again at Flemington on Saturday.

Despite starting an unwanted $30 chance, the son of Le Havre swept around the field and finished too strongly to claim the Murray Cox Handicap over 2540 metres.

The French import’s last European start was in the Group 1 Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe, but he struggled after arriving in Australia for the Spring features.

He finished in the top two in every leg of this year’s Classic Series aboard California Spangle and Zac Purton is hoping a galloper who followed him across the line on all three occasions will be a horse worth sticking with this season.

Purton partners The Irishman in Sunday’s Class Two Swan Handicap (1,400m) and hopes the Francis Lui Kin-wai-trained five-year-old can go to another level in his second Hong Kong campaign.

“Sometimes with the four-year-olds, they weren’t quite up to it at the time, they hadn’t quite acclimatised, they were running nice races but always running third, fourth, fifth, but then they have that break, and they seem to develop more than the horses who were finishing in front of them,” Purton said.

“It’s happened to me before – Beauty Generation was in that category, so were Exultant and Military Attack. I’m not saying he’s in the league of those horses, but that’s what can happen.”

今朝(20日)沙田馬場舉行5組泥閘，當中不乏質新當起的勇馬。其中第1組1200米泥閘，上屆打吡季軍「發財先鋒」以及上年未失三甲嘅「美麗同享」都一齊試閘，當中東廐「美麗同享」出閘後雖然喺較後位置，但入直路後追勢甚強，最後追入一席第3名。潘頓試閘後指，「美麗同享」今日慢閘，出閘後早段唔太肯走，但入直路後卻交出應有追勢追趕對手，所以對於佢嘅表現都尚算滿意。

「美麗同享」現評117分，以其出色表現，當然有不少馬迷均期待此駒今年復出之戰，而潘頓於試閘後透露，「美麗同享」將會在10月16日1600米G2沙田錦標復出，其後就會跑11月6日1800米G3莎莎婦女銀袋，跑完呢兩場睇吓佢嘅表現如何，再決定向1600米定2000米發展。

由比安希斯及詹希斯訓練的「巨富港」，今日（八月廿八日）於澳洲維省巴拉烈馬場首度出戰跳欄賽，結果勝出這場三二五〇米賽事。

@PatemanRacing
likes what he sees in jumps debutant Port Guillaume

紐西蘭雅旺第馬場今日（八月十六日）有多組公開試閘，當中第七組閘由一匹Vancouver子嗣首名過終點，這匹三歲馬前速不俗，末段仍能保持良好走勢。此駒在周歲時由Hong Kong Bloodstock購入，現已做好基礎訓練，暫定於十一月抵港，屆時會加盟黎昭昇馬房。此駒母系為Gem of Gems，母線家族有Precious Gem曾於澳洲贏一級賽，值得留意。

Australian Guineas placegetter Bon's A Pearla is officially on her way to Hong Kong, with the three-year-old filly headlining the latest shipment of Australian horses bound for the Asian city.

Steadily bridging the gap to Joao Moreira in the Hong Kong jockeys’ championship with a four-timer, Zac Purton was stunned by Beauty Joy’s incredible G3 Premier Cup Handicap (1400m) triumph at Sha Tin on Sunday after the talented gelding conceded rivals a huge start before winning emphatically.

澳洲外電透露，練馬師大衛希斯落實以約160萬澳元(接近900萬港元)，為旗下馬主購入由練馬師郭兆天(Kevin Corstens)訓練之3歲馬女Bon's A Pearla，下季來港作為進軍打吡重要籌碼。

on's A Pearla has run her last race in Australia after being sold to Hong Kong interests.

The Kevin Corstens-trained galloper will be transferred to David Hayes after a deal was finalised on Wednesday.

Fillies racing in Hong Kong is extremely rare, with Hayes also training another in the unraced Dragon Lady.

Bon's A Pearla won the Group 2 Tranquil Star and was a placegetter in the G1 Australian Guineas.

"It is with some regret the owners have agreed to sell Bons A Pearla to Hong Kong interests but the offer was too good to refuse," breeder and managing owner Ken King said.

今日大賽日，頭段場次仲未見榜首兩強騎師贏馬，終於第5場見到佢哋嘅身形，潘頓策騎2.4倍大熱門「美麗同享」順利勝出，騎師上個賽日交白卷之後，今日重響勝鼓，更加係佢在港策騎以來第1,400場頭馬，而串Q嘅係莫雷拉「喜駿駒」，兩大高手連贏有11倍分頭，相信捧場客又有馬本了。今場跑第3名為「都靈太陽」，「勤德兼備」後上第4。

「包裝」系馬主李文斌名下的賽駒Barretta昨日（三月三十一日）在澳洲百肯南馬場勝出，雖然僅以短距離取勝，但馬匹贏馬姿態非常驚人，且看將來有否機會看到此駒在港服役。這匹「澳大利亞」子嗣去年八月尾在愛爾蘭一出即勝千六米，昨天首度在澳上陣，角逐嫌短的千四米亦能克服不利場地及重磅大後上贏馬，表現非常出色。

「美麗同享」周日出戰第3場二班田草1600米，鞍上人繼續是潘頓，當日為呢匹5歲今季首度出爭田草1600米，將會在6檔起步，騎者今早表示，今仗跑法完全取決於牠出閘反應，因為牠有時起步會慢咗，佢都唔肯定隻馬可以守係咩位，而少馬場合抽6檔亦未必太理想，但如果到時形勢造就，則有機會勝出。
潘頓續說，「美麗同享」早前於沙田只跑1400米，但近期已經轉爭谷草一哩，因此今回角逐田草1600米，問題不會太大。此駒今季上陣4場，獲2冠1亞1季，上名率100%，2W都是在潘頓胯下取得。他說最欣賞牠每次陣上均能放鬆心情競跑，各方面都展現其最好一面給他及馬迷看。

上賽遇上極慢步速留後兜外圈撲近的沈廐馬「包裝風雲」，今晚第3場增程跑谷1800米，更換來雷神操刀，所以臨場熱到2.1倍，今場排4檔嘅「包裝風雲」執意走內欄，結果成棚馬出彎篩晒出去，佢就攝內檔長驅直進，走勢相當強勁，最終擊敗10倍馬「勁力威龍」及走外疊蝕位的「瑪神滿紛」，取下在港首勝。今晚已起孖升到83W嘅雷神，賽後見到佢雙手緊握豢頭，好有Heart、好滿意自己發揮，係喇馬迷就係要呢火喇！

Very happy to have secured Lot 425 today at 2022 Inglis Melbourne Premier Yearling Sale, a bay colt by TORONADO

Extremely delighted to secure the son of Tivaci, out of an unraced mare SORELLINA, full sister to NZ Champion - KATIE LEE

Very happy to have secured Lot 513 today at KARAKA 2022, a brown colt by IFFRAAJ

本年度紐西蘭卡拉卡拍賣會於三月七至九日舉行，當中Lot597的「部族狼神」子嗣由Hong Kong Bloodstock購入，稍後有機會來港服役。Lot597母系Sorellina雖然從未上陣，但她是紐西蘭頂級雌馬Katie Lee的全妹。Katie Lee在2009年先後攻下紐西蘭一千及二千堅尼，成為一時佳話。

$300,000 for Rubick X Black Tulip, thank you to all involved inc Anthony Fan
@magazine_ma. also thank you to Adrian @woburnfarm
and Dave @cannon_stud.
@inglis_sales

希斯馬房件「肥仔叻叻」出戰香港短途錦標遇上意外離世，馬房上下均覺得十分可惜，不過另一匹同主生力軍「肥仔寶寶」也隨之而補上，近期操練工夫已進行得如火如荼，呢匹愛爾蘭4歲自購馬型格長相俱不俗，早前兩試大閘走勢含蓄，有隱隱而未發之感，但今朝出試第3組谷閘已難掩鋒芒，即時受到眾人注視。

Dual New Zealand Group 1 winner Mini Force X is on paper the best horse to have joined Young Keah Yong in his five years as a trainer at Kranji, but that still doesn’t mean the Singaporean will cut corners with his precious charge just for the sake of getting more bang for the owners’ buck.

Short-priced favourite Incentivise has drawn the outside barrier for Saturday's $5m G1 Carlton Draught Caulfield Cup (2400m).

Lindsay Park will use Saturday’s Bart Cummings to plot their course with highly touted import Port Guillaume, who caught the eye of many with his closing sixth in the Naturalism Stakes.

Lindsay Park hope to have unveiled a Caulfield Cup contender by the name of Port Guillaume at Monday’s Cranbourne trials, with the French import extending nicely under Cory Parish in a 1190 metre heat.

Ben Hayes is excited for the spring after Crosshaven and Port Guillaume produced strong jump outs recently.
@lindsayparkrace

The star Australian pilots Frankie Lor’s four-year-old to victory at Sha Tin on Sunday, leaving him right on the cut-off for a spot in the prestigious race

多匹四歲賽駒均有列陣今日 (3月7日星期日) 的沙田賽事，力求取得佳績以提升入選今屆寶馬香港打吡大賽 (2000米) 的機會，當中由羅富全訓練的「旗幟輝煌」於第九場的第三班風信子讓賽 (1600米) 中的表現未有令人失望，以大熱門身分掄元，而夥拍「旗幟輝煌」的騎師潘頓，更在今日大演帽子戲法，三勝頭馬，這位澳洲好手，於過去兩次賽事合共取得八場勝利。

Tony Cruz maintains Beauty Smile is still a work in progress after the Irish import’s dominant performance to claim the Class 1 Chinese New Year Cup Handicap (1400m) with the four-year-old impressively eclipsing older and more accomplished opposition.

星期日跑大賽，除了2場一級賽之外，4歲馬經典系列賽都係焦點所在，包裝系除了派「包裝永勝」出戰之外，另外2匹4歲馬「包裝永旺」與「包裝太保」分途出擊，有力包辦三寶。

周日除咗3場大賽外，尾場三班1200一樣有超強戲碼，兩匹明星佳駟「包裝太保」、「好眼光」大鬥法，挾兩出兩捷再來嘅「好眼光」，今次排12檔，形勢比上次2檔早早攝內欄有天淵之別，咁究竟潘頓一出以凌厲後勁贏馬嘅「包裝太保」，可唔可以殺敗擂台躉呢？