BEAUTY GENERATION - A CHAMPION FULL OF BITE

By Darren Winningham | Friday, April 26, 2019

Hong Kong star Beauty Generation will start from gate two in a seven-horse field in Sunday's Group One Champion's Mile (1600m) at Sha Tin. The draw really is academic in the small seven horse field as he should dominate the field and the betting.

While there'll be an international presence in the two other Group Ones on Sunday, that isn't the case in the Mile.

Beauty Generation will face a field exclusively made up of locals, and he's set to start a short-priced favourite.
Beauty Generation put in his final serious gallop on Thursday morning ahead of Sunday's HK$18 million contest, where he is hoping to complete the perfect season in which he is unbeaten. He is attempting to take his winning streak to nine and was ridden by local rider Romain Claveur under the close eye of trainer John Moore.

The reigning Hong Kong Horse of the Year is the defending champ in the race.

With the Hong Kong record for prize money in sight, connections of Beauty Generation have set a new target for their superstar - hunt down Silent Witness' winning streak of 17.

Earlier this season, the Kwok family, who own the horse, outlined their desire for Beauty Generation to chase down Viva Pataca's haul of HK$83,197,500 - which he will claim with victory in Sunday's Group One FWD Champions Mile, something which looks virtually assured.

If Beauty Generation salutes as expected he will have won nine straight races, so while doubling that is an ambitious objective, it is one Moore is willing to take on.

"The new target that has been set is to beat Silent Witness' record, so I'm under pressure," Moore said. "A target of 18 wins, that's difficult.

"He worked enormous. He enjoyed every minute of it. He couldn't be better."

"He had a good blow. He enjoyed the work but he needed that little bit of a blow-out because he's a brute of thing - that was work that was needed."

Moore went on to qualify the comment of a brute of a thing.

"We were hosing him down and putting hot towels on him after the work. All of a sudden he went to have a go at me. He tried to double barrel me! He will bite you and everything you have to be very aware of him".

Moore said he knew he was very fresh when he went to have a go at regular track rider. "He loves Romain and he even had a go at him - he started to get a little stroppy after his work this morning".

Moore finished up in praising his good fortune in finding this horse after turning down opportunities with the broodmare and a filly out of the mother. I was lucky to fall on a horse like this - he is a freak".

Regular jockey Zac Purton takes the ride on Sunday and he heads into the race in good form, having warmed up for Champions Day with a treble at Happy Valley on Wednesday night.

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