Six-runner Celebration Cup concerns Ricky Yiu: ‘it’s not healthy’
The first Group contest of the new season at Sha Tin has a field of six runners. It's the smallest in the history of a race that dates back to 1999. The Jockey Club announced a raft of prize-money increases earlier this year to boost the horse population. There are currently 1,100 horses in Hong Kong. Trainer Ricky Yiu Poon-fai hopes to alleviate the problem. Zac Purton is excited about riding California Spangle in a HK$3.9 million Celebration Cup. He won the Classic Cup with California, second to Romantic Warrior in the Hongkong Derby and Golden Sixty in Group One Champions Mile.
