Almanzor at double in HK

A pair of Almanzor four-year-olds continued their hot Hong Kong form to credit our resident stallion with a winning double at Hong Kong.

Stud graduate Szeryng easily accounted for his Class 4 rivals over 1200 metres and earlier on the program The Auspicious was victorious in the same grade over 1600 metres.

We bred and sold the John Size-trained Szeryng, who was successful in the hands of Zac Purton and has now won two of his five starts.

He was sold through our 2023 New Zealand Bloodstock National Yearling Sale draft to Patrick Payne for $150,000 and purchased by Hong Kong interests after winning a Seymour trial for the Victorian trainer.

Szeryng is a son of the Shamexpress mare Choctoc who is from the family of former champion three-year-old and multiple Group 1 winer Samanthan Miss.

Choctoc’s Hello Youmzain filly was sold at Karaka last year to KPW Bloodstock for $120,000 and she has since produced a daughter of Sword Of State, most recently a colt by Hello Youmzain before returning to Sword Of State.

The Monovale-bred The Auspicious was a $25,000 Inglis Classic Yearling Sale buy for Enigma Farm and relocated to Francis Tsui’s stable after placing in a juvenile trial from Ben and Ryan Foote’s stable.

He has won his last two starts with an overall record of three victories and five placings from 16 appearances.

The Auspicious is out of the Dylan Thomas mare Holly Holy, who won 10 races and her dam is a three-quarter sister to the G1 New Zealand Derby winer Hades.

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