“Rebellious Romance” introduced Charlie Appleby his first championship in Hong Kong when he received the Customary Chartered Championship and the Chater Cup Group 1 Championship in Shatin.
The globe-trotting six-year-old has beforehand received within the UK, UAE, Germany, USA and Qatar, and most not too long ago landed on the Dubai Shima Basic.
It was his fifth win on the elite stage and his thirteenth in 19 profession begins.
William Buick ran a mile and a half to place odds-on favourite Insurgent’s Romance in second, behind Moments In Time however pushing ahead on the flip , and continued to advance with 300 meters left within the race.
From that time on, the result was not within the steadiness, with the son of Dubawi ending two lengths forward of second-place finisher 5 G Patch.
Blue Dot was Appleby’s solely earlier entrant in Hong Kong, ending final within the 2018 Chairman’s Dash Awards.
“I am delighted and to begin with I might prefer to thank the Hong Kong Jockey Membership for all the assistance and assist they’ve given us since we have been right here,” stated the supervisor of Malton Paddock.
“I am delighted for His Highness Sheikh Mohammed and Group Godolphin. It is all the time been on our want listing to attempt to win a race in Hong Kong and I am delighted we’ve got the suitable horse.
“He received the Emirates Derby as a three-year-old however he was an enormous horse and sadly he was very weak.
“We have not seemed again since he got here again to racing. He was clearly a bit inconsistent final 12 months and whereas we have been getting ready for Sword Dancer he had a little bit incident (rider seated) which value him a while. It took a while to regain his confidence.
“He’s a horse son of Dubawi and likes to journey. He’s now a professional and prefers being on a aircraft than in a steady!”
