Hong Lok Golf steps into the unknown: ‘If you never try, you never know’

Hong Lok Golf delivers at Class Two level on May 4. Photo: Kenneth Chan

Hong Lok Golf will put his winning streak on the line when he faces a tricky test on Happy Valley debut this Wednesday night.

Victorious in five of six career starts – all at Sha Tin – including the past three on the bounce, Hong Lok Golf will step into unfamiliar territory for the Class Two Cheung Sha Handicap (1,650m).

Fresh from a successful Sha Tin Sunday thanks to the victory of Perfectday, trainer Chris So Wai-yin is confident his stable star will take to the city circuit despite having never even trialled there.

“We didn’t have too many options for him but owner [Jackie Wong See-sum] really wanted to race him again, so we picked Happy Valley,” said So.