DUBAI BOUND VIVA PATACA IS TATTERSALLS HORSE OF THE MONTH FOR FEBRUARY
VIVA PATACA is the Tattersalls Horses of the Month for February following his sublime victory in the Group 1 Citi Hong Kong Gold Cup at Sha Tin on Sunday. The win took his record to thirteen wins, five of which have been at Group 1 level, from 25 starts for prizemoney of more than £2.7 million. The six-year-old, who has won the Tattersalls Horse of the Month award three times during the last three years, looks set to face the world’s best in the Group 1 Sheema Classic in Dubai on World Cup night and judging by the ease of his win here, should be hard to beat.
VIVA PATACA winning the Group 1 Citi Hong Kong Gold Cup
The win of VIVA PATACA continued the excellent run of graduates of Book 1 of the Tattersalls October Yearling Sale who have dominated the 2008 Group 1 calendar with victories from HELENE MASCOT in the Hong Kong Classic Mile and two from the South African wonder filly DANCER’S DAUGHTER. The trio stand as a continuing reminder of the great value to be found at Europe’s premier yearling sale with VIVA PATACA purchased for a mere 26,000 guineas, whilst HELENE MASCOT and DANCER’S DAUGHTER were snapped up for 45,000 guineas and 52,000 guineas respectively.
VIVA
PATACA and his winning connections
at Sha Tin following his
victory in the
Group 1 Citi Hong Kong Gold Cup
VIVA PATACA, a son of MARJU out of the BE MY CHIEF mare COMIC, raced initially as COMIC STRIP when under the tutelage of Sir Mark Prescott, before being sold privately to Stanley Ho in Hong Kong in a deal organised by Kern Lillingston’s Alistair Donald.
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