Joy And Fun may be 8 years old but he raced like a 3yo winning the Chairman's Sprint Prize over the 1200m at Sha Tin on Sunday.
So he will be off to the sun in Dubai and a continued journey on to Ascot has not been ruled out. Lucky Nine should have a name change as he keeps getting stuck in traffic and had to settle for second. Sunny King was impressive in third and the increased distance of the next leg in the Speed series will be to his advantage. Leading City was also a good run in fourth, with Rich Unicorn, who was fancied here, perhaps a touch disappointing in fifth. The big disappointment was Eagle Regiment who managed the turn but then had no answer in the straight.
The Amber Handicap saw a huge plunge on Berio that led to him starting favourite and since he's a nice horse he obliged with the win. Finezza was flying home from back in the field to get second and there was an impressive run from the debutant Dan Excel (Dunboyne Express) in third. Carthage was fourth.
