In a performance similar to another LA connected winner on the same card, the LA bred Regency Bo Bo (Denman-Tsukioka by Flying Spur) made an impressive winning debut in Hong Kong on Sunday.
Bought from LA’s 2015 Karaka Premier draft by Cambridge bloodstock agent Stu Hale, the debutant showed a turn of foot associated with horses in much higher classes of racing, making up a number of lengths over the final 300m to win the 1200m event in a slick 1.09.52.
The Denman gelding may have left NZ shores unraced however a placing behind subsequent NZ 2000 Guineas winner Ugo Foscolo as a two-year-old, probably had a fair bit to do with him starting a warm favourite for his Hong Kong debut.
Regency Bo Bo’s ability will come as little surprise to those familiar with the female family of the three-year-old gelding, least of all his purchaser, who acquired his close relative and now Waikato Stud stallion, Rios (Hussonet-Gussy Godiva by Last Tycoon), from LA’s2006 Karaka Premier Sale draft.
Later on the Sha Tin card, Baba Mama (Per Incanto-Irish Magic by O’Reilly) by LA’s exciting sire Per Incanto, continued his relentless march towards Class 1 racing, with another head-turning performance in taking out a 1400m event, his fourth win from his last five starts.
