Cathay Pacific Hong Kong Cup 2010

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Wow, this year's Cup is in the books and it was a clean sweep for descendants of Northern Dancer taking top 3 honours in all 4 races adding another 60 million HK$'s to the earnings of our little Dancer's offspring.

It was the three-year-old British filly Snow Fairy coming from second to last at the top of the stretch to win over Irian and Packing Winner in the Cup. That meant the four races were won by four different geographic regions Britain, Hong Kong, South Africa and the UAE. What can we say - Northern Dancer got around.

Snow Fairy - great great great granddaughter x2
Irian - great great great great grandson x2
Packing Winner - great great grandson x2

thanks to CXHKIR for the photos and great coverage - click on any of the beautiful photos to enlarge them.

video of the race
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cfVOjcYnpTc

Cathay Pacific Hong Kong Mile 2010

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It's been a pretty good day for Northern Dancer descendants with another 1-2-3 finish in the Mile. Favourite Able One was a late scratch but it was another New Zealand bred - the handsome chestnut Beauty Flash winning the Mile with Gerald Bosse aboard.

Beauty Flash - great great great grandson x4
Royal Bench - great great great grandson x2
Sahpresa - great great granddaughter

video of the race
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AgtEMM4AQzU

Cathay Pacific Hong Kong Vase 2010

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Just another 1-2-3 finish for the Dancer's lines. Frankie Dettori rode the Godolpin Colt Mastery to an easy victory in this year's Vase with Redwood second and Melbourne Cup winner Americain third.

Mastery - great great great grandson x4
Redwood - great grandson x2
Americain - great great great grandson x2

video of the race
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ob5kE9kzATE

Cathay Pacific Hong Kong Sprint 2010

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It was a 1-2-3 finish for descendants of Northern Dancer in an exciting Sprint this year featuring the fastest horses on the planet. South African bred JJ The Jet Planet nosed out Rocket Man at the wire with Sacred Kingdom a game third.

JJ The Jet Plane - great great grandson x2
Rocket Man - great great great great grandson
Sacred Kingdom - great grandson

video of the race
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-iEyE-odNDQ

Hong Kong Internationals 2010 go Sunday

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Usually great coverage from the Hong Kong Jockey Club. Here is Rocket Man warming up Friday morning. This Australian bred great-great-great-great grandson of Northen Dancer will be running in the Hong Kong Sprint - the first of four classic races.
The top photo is Hong Kong Sprint favourite Sacred Kingdom warming up on Saturday, he is a great grandson of the Dancer. Thanks to Hong Kong Jockey Club for pics. (click on photos to enlarge).