https://www.scmp.com/rss/315985/feed The 2014 Longines Hong Kong Vase is a Group 1 flat horse race open to thoroughbreds aged three years or older, held on December 14th 2014. It is run over a distance of 2,400 metres. It is one of the four Hong Kong International Races, and in 2014 offers a purse of HK$16.5 million. en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com Persistence paid off for prolific owner Prince Khalid Abdullah as Flintshire's class prevailed in a slowly run Longines Hong Kong Vase, snapping a sequence of seconds in big races for the four-year-old and finally giving Juddmonte Farms a long sought-after international day success at Sha Tin. He ran a huge race in the Arc, and a blinder in the Breeders' Cup, but the huge thing was the way he trained into this race. Teddy Grimthorpe Flintshire had gone winless in five frustrating starts this... https://www.scmp.com/sport/article/1662878/flawless-flintshire-finally-seals-big-win?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/article/1662878/flawless-flintshire-finally-seals-big-win?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 14 Dec 2014 16:15:15 +0000 Fifteen years ago, after Indigenous won the Hong Kong Vase for the local team in 1998, Andre Fabre struck back to take the trophy back to Europe with Borgia. On Sunday, he repeated the dose, taking the HK$16.5 million staying feature with Arc de Triomphe and Breeders’ Cup Turf runner-up Flintshire, a year after Dominant won for the home team. I was worried about the speed. I was yelling from the stands for them to go faster in front, but in the end he was too good anyway Teddy... https://www.scmp.com/sport/racing/article/1661864/andre-fabres-flintshire-stamps-his-class-hong-kong-vase?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/racing/article/1661864/andre-fabres-flintshire-stamps-his-class-hong-kong-vase?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 14 Dec 2014 06:45:15 +0000 So obvious a first choice is Flintshire in the HK$16.5 million Longines Hong Kong Vase on his form and on his brilliant work this week, it's almost tempting to suggest he won't win for those very reasons - almost. The glaringly obvious is nobody's friend in racing and the history of the longest of the four internationals backs that up, but Flintshire (Maxime Guyon) still looks the one most likely to have his head in front at the end of 2,400m at Sha Tin this afternoon. Words like Arc runner-up... https://www.scmp.com/sport/racing/article/1661701/matter-too-good-be-true-flintshire?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/racing/article/1661701/matter-too-good-be-true-flintshire?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 13 Dec 2014 14:30:45 +0000 The Workforce team will turn its attention to Sha Tin on Sunday with a lightly raced staying talent in Snow Sky, who took the honours as star of the morning at headquarters on Friday. Snow Sky, winner of two Group races in England this year, bowled over 1,400 metres on the course proper, increasing the tempo after the 1,000m. He galloped out nicely over the final 800m in 53.3 seconds, the last 400m in 23.76 and the final 200m in 11.46. It was a benchmark for the morning that never looked under... https://www.scmp.com/sport/racing/article/1661523/snow-sky-sets-benchmark-high-after-gallop?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/racing/article/1661523/snow-sky-sets-benchmark-high-after-gallop?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 12 Dec 2014 14:45:00 +0000 The towering presence of Flintshire at Sha Tin yesterday was a vivid reminder the "Turf World Championships" are in progress, and the highest-rated thoroughbred at Sunday's meeting was not about to let anyone down. Flintshire has been the elephant in the room at Sha Tin trackwork sessions in recent days - everyone knows who he is, but his rivals prefer to pretend he is not there. But yesterday, the handsome Dansili colt made a statement that was impossible to ignore. The ground here is fast... https://www.scmp.com/sport/racing/article/1660089/fluid-flintshire-simply-oozes-class-ahead-international-day?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/racing/article/1660089/fluid-flintshire-simply-oozes-class-ahead-international-day?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 10 Dec 2014 15:09:29 +0000 Before the 2012 Dubai World Cup, former chairman of the Hong Kong Jockey Club and long-time racehorse owner Ronald Arculli said: "There are a small number of horses who are able to travel - that's the trick, the best horses don't necessarily travel well." It seems odd now that Arculli was actually talking about his sprinter-miler, Red Jazz, for if the words were applied to his over-achieving stayer, Red Cadeaux, they would have been remarkably prophetic for a horse that has since rewritten the... https://www.scmp.com/sport/racing/article/1657046/ronald-arcullis-seasoned-traveller-red-cadeaux-back-and-looking-win?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/racing/article/1657046/ronald-arcullis-seasoned-traveller-red-cadeaux-back-and-looking-win?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 06 Dec 2014 14:45:30 +0000 A clever Zac Purton ride last year saw Hong Kong steal the HK$16.5 million Longines Hong Kong Vase from the visitors for the first time since 1998, but the presence of headline stayer Flintshire augurs well for the trophy returning to its usual European home next month. Europeans have dominated the 2,400m Group One's history and a questionable local defence team and a lone Japanese representative stands between them and victory next month. Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe and Breeders' Cup Turf... https://www.scmp.com/sport/racing/article/1649428/flintshire-headlines-european-quest-regain-vase?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/racing/article/1649428/flintshire-headlines-european-quest-regain-vase?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 26 Nov 2014 13:49:29 +0000 Last year, Hong Kong stole the $16.5 million Longines Hong Kong Vase from the visitors for the first time since 1998, but the prospect looks less likely this time around, with a list of foreign stayers headed by Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe and Breeders' Cup Turf runner-up, Flintshire. The Andre Fabre-trained Flintshire, one of two runners for Khalid Abdullah who also has UK-trained three-year-old Snow Sky in the race, carries an international rating of 124 to make him the fourth-highest rated... https://www.scmp.com/sport/racing/article/1649299/hong-kong-vase-field-arc-runner-flintshire-leads-pack?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/racing/article/1649299/hong-kong-vase-field-arc-runner-flintshire-leads-pack?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 26 Nov 2014 07:58:39 +0000 Top European stayer Flintshire is among the first names locked in for the Hong Kong international races, confirmed for a tilt at the HK$16.5m Longines Hong Kong Vase (2,400m). Raced by Khalid Abdullah's Juddmonte operation, Flintshire has not won since last year's Grand Prix de Paris but is coming off seconds behind Treve in the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe and Main Sequence in the Breeders' Cup Turf. In the latest rankings released last week, he is the equal ninth highest rated horse in the... https://www.scmp.com/sport/racing/article/1642088/arc-runner-flintshire-confirmed-visitor-hkir?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/racing/article/1642088/arc-runner-flintshire-confirmed-visitor-hkir?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 17 Nov 2014 06:50:48 +0000 The deaths of two horses in Tuesday’s Melbourne Cup have stolen headlines around the world – what’s a little hysteria between friends – but the real story out of the race for us horse lovers is phenomenal warhorse Red Cadeaux. The English galloper, trained by Ed Dunlop and owned by former Hong Kong Jockey Club chairman Ronald Arculli, finished second for the third time in the world’s most coveted handicap under Gerald Mosse, a truly stunning effort despite being four lengths adrift of the German... https://www.scmp.com/sport/racing/article/1633694/what-champion-red-cadeaux-racehorse-world?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/racing/article/1633694/what-champion-red-cadeaux-racehorse-world?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 06 Nov 2014 13:45:45 +0000 Breeders' Cup day at Santa Anita didn't go well for Hong Kong on the surface of it when Rich Tapestry failed, but there may have been some good news to come out of the meeting with plans for Breeders' Cup Turf winner, Main Sequence. The Graham Motion-trained five-year-old charged home for his fourth successive Group One win in the 2,400m turf event and Main Sequence might now be turned towards Sha Tin in December. "We've been invited to Hong Kong, we've been invited to the Japan Cup and then... https://www.scmp.com/sport/racing/article/1630893/main-sequence-set-motion-towards-hkir?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/racing/article/1630893/main-sequence-set-motion-towards-hkir?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 02 Nov 2014 16:00:45 +0000