{"id":142232,"date":"2026-02-23T02:23:33","date_gmt":"2026-02-23T02:23:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/142232\/"},"modified":"2026-02-23T02:23:33","modified_gmt":"2026-02-23T02:23:33","slug":"ka-ying-rising-joins-hong-kongs-all-time-greats-with-the-promise-of-more-to-come-hk-racing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/142232\/","title":{"rendered":"Ka Ying Rising joins Hong Kong\u2019s all-time greats with the promise of more to come | HK Racing"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ka Ying Rising has to be rated one of Hong Kong\u2019s all-time great racehorses and will have the chance to sit at the top of that tree if he continues his incredible winning streak.<\/p>\n

The world\u2019s best sprinter broke Silent Witness\u2019 21-year record with an 18th consecutive triumph in Sunday\u2019s Group One Queen\u2019s Silver Jubilee Cup (1,400m), smashing the track record in another dominant success.<\/p>\n

He has been an unstoppable force since starting the streak two years ago, just after the only two defeats of what has become a glittering career.<\/p>\n

Now at the age of five, Ka Ying Rising is racing at the peak of his powers and has \u201canother couple of seasons\u201d of continuing his dominance if he stays sound, trainer David Hayes said.<\/p>\n

That is a frightening prospect for his rivals but exciting for his connections and Hong Kong racing fans.<\/p>\n

Opinions will vary. There will be many who still rate Silent Witness above Ka Ying Rising in the pecking order of all-time greats, despite the latter breaking his record.<\/p>\n

Then there are a host of other past champions, including Beauty Generation and Able Friend, and more recent legends like Golden Sixty and Romantic Warrior, who currently holds the title of the world\u2019s highest-earning galloper of all time.<\/p>\n

He isn\u2019t there right now but when Ka Ying Rising\u2019s career does come to a close, there is every chance he is spoken about as the city\u2019s best ever galloper.<\/p>\n

\"Tony<\/p>\n

Tony Cruz, the trainer of the great Silent Witness, still believes his stable champion stands above Ka Ying Rising.<\/p>\n

\u201cSilent Witness was unbeaten from his first 17 runs. You can\u2019t compare that,\u201d Cruz said.<\/p>\n

\u201cKa Ying Rising is in this time a superstar and has many, many more wins ahead. There are many more races he can keep proving himself \u2013 not just in Hong Kong, but elsewhere. He is a world champion.\u201d<\/p>\n

Size\u2019s Stellar straight specialist<\/p>\n

Stellar Express continued his affinity with Sha Tin\u2019s 1,000m straight course when he held off Colourful King to complete a hat-trick on Sunday.<\/p>\n

\"Stellar<\/p>\n

Fresh from a dominant success in the Group Three Bauhinia Sprint Trophy (1,000m) over Colourful King, John Size\u2019s in-form sprinter again proved too slick for David Eustace\u2019s galloper despite a 7lb swing in the latter\u2019s favour.<\/p>\n

Sent to the front by Andrea Atzeni, the $4.8 second favourite Stellar Express kept on strongly to hold the $1.5 favourite Colourful King by a nose, with Group One winner Invincible Sage a distant third.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think being a track specialist makes a big difference \u2013 that\u2019s what he wants, the straight 1,000m. Five wins at the course and distance now jumps off the page doesn\u2019t it?,\u201d Size said.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo therefore he\u2019s going to be hard to beat in any of those contests.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"Trainer<\/p>\n

With his rating set to soar from 99 into the 100s, Stellar Express will be difficult to place but Size is nonetheless thrilled with what the French import has achieved in his local career so far.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe\u2019s hard to place, there\u2019s always that, but for what he is, he\u2019s done very well,\u201d said Size.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe\u2019s climbed in the ratings and matured \u2013 the Europeans sometimes take a little bit longer, but he\u2019s found his niche.\u201d<\/p>\n

Moreira to return to HK?<\/p>\n

Joao Moreira could be back in Hong Kong, with speculation mounting at Sha Tin on Sunday that the superstar jockey will return for a short stint at the end of the season.<\/p>\n

\"Joao<\/p>\n

Much of Moreira\u2019s global success has come in Hong Kong including four championships, 1,235 winners, a record eight at a single meeting and a host of Group One victories.<\/p>\n

He left the city in December 2022, citing the mental toll of being a jockey in Hong Kong during the coronavirus pandemic while battling a chronic hip injury.<\/p>\n

Moreira had hoped to rejoin Hong Kong\u2019s riding ranks earlier this season as Caspar Fownes\u2019 stable jockey, but the move was denied by the Jockey Club because the riding roster was full at the time.<\/p>\n

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