Zac Purton bagged a fantastic four-timer on Wednesday at Happy Valley to gain the top spot on the premiership table with six wins, and he heads to the big course on Sunday with nine chances on the 10-race card, including last-start winner Regency Master (NZ) (Savabeel) in the Class 4 Tsim Sha Tsui Handicap (1600m).
“I thought his last win was a solid effort, he had been working his way toward putting a performance like that together; he was a little bit weak and it just took him a little bit of time, and he needed to get up over a little bit of ground,” Purton said.
The Danny Shum-trained galloper pieced it all together at his sixth Hong Kong start and draws gate one for Sunday’s contest against nine opponents.
“It was probably the first time he’s actually got out of the gates as comfortably as he did and been able to travel like he did in the run, the pace really suited him, he was in a nice rhythm and it all unfolded well for him but he still had to do it – he’s a young horse that is going to improve,” Purton said.
Regency Master was a $500,000 purchase by bloodstock agent Stuart Hale out of Ohukia Lodge’s 2018 New Zealand Bloodstock Ready To Run draft.
