Trainer Jimmy Ting was confident his private purchase Yee Cheong Baby would win at his Hong Kong debut and the Australian import did not let him down at Happy Valley tonight (24 April).

Pakistan Star’s apogee seems a long way distant now. That April day when Kerm Din’s pride stormed to a euphoric victory in the G1 QEII Cup (2000m) is now a bright memory shrouded in the shadow of seven straight defeats.

Chad Schofield remembers watching - from a tree house he’d built in the jockey’s Sha Tin housing block - his father Glyn win one of Hong Kong’s two Group 1 International Sprints.

Romain Clavreul remembers the day a horse hit him so hard he was knocked out for two days. In truth, he remembers everything up to the moment when his head felt the brute force of an equine skull travelling at racing velocity.

Talented mares Deirdre and Viddora may hail from different hemispheres, let alone countries or stables, but they have become close companions as the FWD Champions Day hopefuls travelled together from Dubai and had the Sha Tin quarantine stables to themselves for a week after their arrival.

John Moore-trained Beauty Generation (No. 1), ridden by Zac Purton, clinches the G2 Chairman’s Trophy (1600m) at Sha Tin Racecourse.

The Richard Gibson-trained Rattan (No.3), ridden by Chad Schofield, took the G2 Sprint Cup at Sha Tin Racecourse.

The Frankie Lor -trained Furore (No. 3), ridden by Hugh Bowman, produces a terrific turn of foot to win the BMW Hong Kong Derby, the final leg of the Four-Year-Old Classic Series, at Sha Tin Racecourse.

Mr Joseph Lau, Managing Director, Hong Kong and Macau, BMW Concessionaires (HK) Ltd; Mr. Martijn Oremus, Managing Director, BMW Hong Kong Services Ltd; Dr Anthony Chow, Chairman of The HKJC; and Mr. Winfried Engelbrecht-Bresges, CEO of The HKJC, officiate at the BMW Hong Kong Derby barrier draw ceremony at the Sha Tin Racecourse parade ring.

The Derek Leung-ridden Mission Tycoon, trained by Frankie Lor, wins the Hong Kong Classic Cup (1800m) at Sha Tin Racecourse.