Accelerating a push for a fifth jockeys’ championship, Joao Moreira surged to a century of winners in a Hong Kong season for the seventh time with a double at Sha Tin on Sunday when exciting New Zealand bred Running Glory (NZ) (Kermadec) swept home in the Class 3 Sha Lo Wan Handicap (1800m) for trainer John Size.
“It’s nice to hit that mark – fantastic,” Moreira said.
Moreira was especially delighted to reach his latest century aboard Running Glory.
“He’s such a genuine horse. He tries so hard so, honestly, it’s not a surprise that he won today,” he said.
“He had a beautiful run through the race and he needed just a little bit of luck on him. I’m just a lucky boy to be steering him.”
Running Glory was purchased by Patrick Payne for $70,000 from Wentwood Grange’s 2019 Book 1 New Zealand Bloodstock National Yearling Sales draft and won a trial at Tatura prior to his export to Hong Kong, where he has won four of seven starts.
Running Glory was bred by the Hawkins family of Wentwood Grange under their Llanhennock Trust banner.
The Hawkins also bred and sold his multiple Group One winning sire Kermadec, with Running Glory out of the stakes-placed Dubawi mare Hannah Mary.
