Beauty Generation strode out down the back-side at Sha Tin this morning (Thursday, 4 April) in a workout that pleased trainer John Moore ahead of Sunday’s (7 April) Group 2 Chairman’s Trophy (1600m).
“He’s done everything he had to do this morning,” Moore said as he watched the powerful bay exit towards his stable after breezing an easy 800m clocked at 59 seconds.
“Everything’s gone to plan,” he added. “There have been no glitches.”
The champion has not had a race-day glitch in seven starts; not since he ran a close-up fifth in last year’s edition of this weekend’s feature. That reversal came at a time when the Road To Rock gelding was still establishing a foothold at the top level, with Moore using the race as a warm-up to a subsequent G1 Champions Mile triumph.