Pierre Ng will chase a notable piece of history when Duke Wai lines up in the HK$20 million G1 Chairman’s Sprint Prize (1200m) at Sha Tin on Sunday, 30 April.
The son of former trainer Peter Ng, Pierre is looking to etch his name on the race’s honour roll which features five wins to his father from two horses, Mystic (1985 & 1986) and Quicken Away (1989-1991), with the latter’s trio of wins a record in the race.
“Quicken Away was a special horse, he was a sprinter, miler and even over 1800 metres. He was quite amazing,” Ng said. “Hopefully one day, hopefully next week is that day, but I don’t think it will be that soon. Hopefully in the future we get more and more runners in the race and that gives us more chances to get it.”
Veteran galloper Duke Wai will represent Ng in his quest for Chairman’s Sprint Prize glory on FWD Champions Day, fresh following a campaign to Dubai where he finished a slashing fifth in the G1 Al Quoz Sprint (1200m) over the straight course at Meydan.
“Since returning from Dubai, he has recovered very well from that trip. I was very happy with him,” Ng said. “We’re planning for that (Chairman’s Sprint Prize) and it’ll probably be his last run for the season as well.”
Ng was granted a licence to train in Hong Kong ahead of this season, while his well-known father led a highly successful stable for over 30 years and accumulated a trio of Horse of the Year titles with Mystic (1984/85) and Quicken Away (1988/89 & 1989/90).
