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HONG KONG NEWS
Exultant, the tough kingpin of Hong Kong's staying division, took a crucial step closer in his bid to become the second horse in history - after Eishin Preston in 2003 - to successfully defend his crown in Sunday week's (25 April) HK$25 million G1 FWD QEII Cup (2000m) with a smart trial effort at Sha Tin this morning (Tuesday, 13 April).
With five G1s and HK$81.4 million in the bag, the rising seven-year-old, adored by Hong Kong as one of the jurisdictions greatest ever stayers, tuned up with a smart second-past-the-post effort as Packing Waltham led home a Tony Cruz-trained first three in 1m 38.16s (1600m) while fellow FWD QEII Cup contender, Furore, filled third.
Rolling forward from the break under the hands of Zac Purton, the Teofilo seven-year-old stretched out for a solid hit out under light urgings from the four-time champion jockey.
"He jumped out well, he cruised along and I let him go whatever speed he wanted to go and he did what he always does," Purton said. "He kept galloping along in the straight, he's honest, he feels alright, he's got a chance in the race but he is getting older, it is getting hard for him but in saying that he's just so honest, he always gives his best."
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