David Hayes has labelled three-year-olds My Mars and Happy Promise the best of his seven-strong squad at Sha Tin on Sunday as he bids to keep in touch with the trainers’ championship leading pack.
Six wins behind championship leader Danny Shum Chap-shing with 48 this term, Hayes is confident he can strike on Sunday with My Mars in the Class Three Standard Chartered Renminbi Business Handicap (1,200m) and Happy Promise in the second section of the Class Four Standard Chartered Sustainable Finance Handicap (1,400m).
Irish import My Mars looks poised to continue an encouraging start to his Hong Kong career after a strong win on his local debut and close second to Turquoise Velocity last start.
“I can’t see him running a bad race from barrier four,” Hayes said.
“He’s run into three really good Class Three races, but he’s done extremely well because at his age, if he was unraced, he could be in the Griffin races. So that’s a good effort and he’s held his form, so I can’t see him running a bad race.”
