The errant John Moore-trained five-year-old, Majestic Falcon, will attempt to become the third horse to do the interport double later this season, after doing his level best to throw away the Hong Kong Macau Trophy (1,400m) yesterday.
Moore claimed his second interport race - but passed the post in front for the first time - when Majestic Falcon (Jeff Lloyd) relished the solid tempo and arrived in the shadows of the post to claim the John Size pair of Fulfil A Wish (Keith Yeung Ming-lun) and Voile Rouge (Tim Clark).
'But he was doing his best to throw it away,' said Lloyd, who was on one rein coming to the line as Majestic Falcon laid in but still managed to put a head margin in his favour over Fulfil A Wish, who also looked to be giving Yeung a few difficulties in keeping him straight.
'When I won on him before, we came through between horses and Majestic Falcon went pretty straight. Maybe it all just caught him by surprise that day as he burst through. Today, out in the centre, he was fine for a while as he was coming to gather the leading horses in, but then he started his antics and nearly cost himself the race.'
Moore (pictured) claimed a Hong Kong Macau Trophy five years ago with Tiber, but not until some time after the event, as the winner on the day, Crown's Master, was disqualified with a positive swab.
So Crown's Master winning the return leg in Macau, as he did, doesn't count as doing the double and that feat still belongs only to inaugural winner Crown's Gift from Macau, and Hong Kong's Helene Pillaging, but it's something Moore hopes to change.