'He's in the Japan Cup next month and after a wonderful win like that, I very much hope he will be invited,' says Allan
High-class miler Self Flit will be Hong Kong's next overseas Group One representative as his mercurial trainer Ivan Allan seeks to avenge Indigenous' defeat in the Japan Cup of 1999.
Self Flit ($49) and the grand mare Elegant Fashion ($22 favourite) indelibly franked the Hong Kong Derby form with their one-two result in yesterday's $2.3 million Sha Tin Trophy over 1,600 metres.
But while the Australian-bred mare emerged the winner in the $14 million classic race back on March 23, it was Self Flit's turn yesterday at his preferred trip.
In fact, this was his second big win over the Sha Tin mile circuit, having lowered the boom on Bowman's Crossing in the Group One Classic Mile there in February.
Although Self Flit's form chart looks like that of a specialist miler whose class sees him manage 2,000 metres almost as effectively, the big-race maestro has announced plans to develop him into a 2,400-metre horse in the next five weeks.