Military Attack is a Hong Kong stalwart, a one-time Horse of the Year with a pair of major Group 1 wins and a hatful of other top-class performances to his name.

Australia’s Tommy Berry has the chance on Sunday to improve his already excellent record in Hong Kong’s major races when he partners Chautauqua in the 2016 Chairman’s Sprint Prize (1200m) at Sha Tin racecourse.

Rising Romance is the lone Australian-trained runner among the final 14 horses selected for the Audemars Piguet 2016 QEII Cup in Hong Kong.

A good international season at the highest level for Irish-bred horses continued last weekend in Hong Kong and Australia.

Military Attack burst into the big time with victory in the 2013 Citi Hong Kong Gold Cup (2000m), the first of four consecutive wins that swept him to the pinnacle of Hong Kong racing and clinched that season’s Horse of the Year crown.