Chengdu’s National Speed Racing Tournament stands in the crosshairs of the CHC China’s Head Trainer Quinton Cassidy after he successfully orchestrated a dominant stable performance at the high profile CEA Champions Tour in Wuhan last month.
CHC China’s Head Trainer Quinton Cassidy
The CHC Racing Team won each of the three events it target including a ‘1-2’ finish in one and a ‘1-3’ in a second and was crowned leading owner of the event that attracted competition from the country’s most successful stables.
Alcott dominated the 3000m Champions Race leading from the start before building upon his lead with a relentless display of high quality staying. His winning margin was an estimated 10 lengths with stablemate North Dakota his nearest rival on the line. The display frank his exceptional win in the Hurun Report Cup (2400m) during the CECF Zhejiang Nine Dragons Hill National Jockeys Challenge – 2014 CECF.
Alcott , winner of the recent 3000m race, 2014 China Flat Racing Tournament, Wuhan station, 26 Oct 2014
Endzone, who hadn’t competing since romping away with a 2000m win at the Shangxi CEA Champions Tour earlier in the year, was again ruthless over the same distance providing nothing else as chance as he plowed through the Wuhan sand. Stableamate Beat of the Drum, the 2013 Pengxin National Breeders Cup winner, was a determined third at what was only her second run for the season.
Endzone, winner of the recent 2000m race, 2014 China Flat Racing Tournament, Wuhan station, 26 Oct 2014
Vinson Massif has built a case for being China’s premier sprinter after posting a second successive win in the 1000m sprint division at Wuhan. The athletic entire was given a brilliantly judged ride and exploded away from rivals when asked. The trio will form the nucleus of Cassidy’s Chengdu team which is competing this coming weekend.
Vinson Massif, winner of the recent 1000m race, 2014 China Flat Racing Tournament, Wuhan station, 26 Oct 2014
“The team has settled into Chengdu very well, every horse has recovered well from the trip from Wuhan and I enjoyed watching their first training session at the track this morning,” the trainer said.
“Our jockeys are reporting that all horses are feeling well and are relaxed and some may have improved from Wuhan which is a good sign. We will have access to the turf tracks over the next two mornings and that should see them fine-tuned before the weekend.”
Many of the CHC’s racehorses have shown a preference to turf and Cassidy is mindful of this as he looks to have up to nine horses competing. The likes of 2014 Sir Owen Glenn Sprint Cup winner (1000m) The Ferryman is one such example and the strapping some of Galileo will be tried in China over 2000m for the first time, a distance Cassidy sees as his optimum now that he has matured.