Kazeem team eye Hong Kong trip - Updated: October 20 2014
Al Kazeem is in line for a trip to Hong Kong following his gallant effort in defeat at Ascot on Saturday.
The Roger Charlton-trained six-year-old returned to training this season having proved sub-fertile at stud, and has gradually rediscovered his best form, finishing just over five lengths behind Treve in the Arc before going down fighting to Noble Mission in the QIPCO Champion Stakes.
Charlton told his website,
www.rogercharlton.com: ``We will consider going to Hong Kong with him in mid-December to run in either the Longines Hong Kong Cup over 10 furlongs with a first prize of nearly $1.1million or the Longines Hong Kong Vase over 12 furlongs.
``I have always been of the opinion that he is better suited going right-handed, as his record suggests. He is likely to remain in training next year and races like the Ganay and the Tattersalls Gold Cup could be on his agenda in the spring.
``Al Kazeem happily led the string out this morning, as he always does, and his regular rider James Horton reported him to be in fine form, and suggested that you wouldn't know that he had had a race!
``What a remarkable horse.''
