Designs On Rome
Designs On Rome | |
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Moyglare Stud | |
Owner | Mrs Patrick J. Flynn Cheng Keung Fai |
Trainer | Patrick J. Flynn John Moore |
Record | 25: 10-3-2 |
Earnings | £5,459,373 (HKD$59,009,325) |
Major wins | |
Sha Tin Mile Trophy (2013) Hong Kong Classic Cup (2014) Hong Kong Derby (2014) Queen Elizabeth II Cup (2014) Hong Kong Cup (2014) Centenary Vase (2015) Hong Kong Gold Cup (2015, 2016) | |
Awards | |
Hong Kong Horse of the Year (2013/14) Hong Kong Most Popular Horse of the Year (2013/14) Hong Kong Champion Middle-distance Horse (2013/14) |
Designs On Rome (foaled 17 March 2010) is an Irish-bred Thoroughbred racehorse. He is best known for his performances in Hong Kong where he was named Horse of the Year in 2014.
Background
Designs On Rome is a bay gelding bred in Ireland by the
Racing career
2012: two-year-old season
Designs On Rome ran five times as a juvenile in 2012. In May finished third in a
2013/2014 season
In 2013, Designs On Rome was bought by Cheng Keung Fai and sent to Hong Kong where he was trained by John Moore. On his first appearance for his new connections he won the Sha Tin Trophy, a one-mile handicap race at Sha Tin Racecourse. In January 2014 he finished second to the favoured Able Friend Hong Kong Classic Mile, before defeating the same horse to record his first major success in the Hong Kong Classic Cup a month later. Designs On Rome met Able Friend for the third time in the Hong Kong Derby over ten furlongs in March and won again, prevailing over his rival by half a length. In April Designs On Rome won the Queen Elizabeth II Cup, beating Military Attack by a neck, with the South African runner Vercingetorix in third and Epiphaneia in fourth. When moved up in distance for the Hong Kong Champions & Chater Cup over 2400 metres in May he started the 2/5 favourite, but finished fifth of the eight runners behind Blazing Speed. He was ridden by Tommy Berry in this season's major races.
2014/2015 season
In this season, Designs On Rome is ridden by
2015/2016 season
Designs On Rome came back from the surgery with his seasonal debut in the Jockey Club Mile as a prep race for the Hong Kong Cup, in which he finishes sixth. He then steps up to his best trip of 2000M in the Hong Kong Cup, which he won the year before. But this time he could only manage to fourth behind the Japanese A Shin Hikari and Nuovo Record. In his next start in the one mile Stewards' Cup, he disappointed, finishing eighth. He races again a month later at his optimum trip of 2000M in the Hong Kong Gold Cup, but this time ridden by his old partner Tommy Berry, according to the owner's will. He stayed in the tail of the field, but being pushed 800M from home, setting off his trademark early run. He sustained his momentum and held off stable companion Helene Happy Star by a comfortable half-length margin, claiming back-to-back victories in the Hong Kong Gold Cup. Designs On Rome proved his class and demolished all the suspicions that he would not return to his best again after the injury. He then finished third in the Group 2 Chairman's Trophy as a lead-up for the Queen Elizabeth II Cup.
Assessment and awards
In the Hong Kong Jockey Club Champion Awards for the 2013/2014 season, Designs On Rome was named Horse of the Year, Most Popular Horse of the Year and Champion Middle-distance Horse.[5]
Pedigree
Sire Holy Roman Emperor (IRE) 2004 |
Danehill (USA) 1986 |
Danzig | Northern Dancer |
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Pas de Nom | |||
Razyana | His Majesty | ||
Spring Adieu | |||
L'On Vite (USA) 1986 |
Secretariat | Bold Ruler | |
Somethingroyal | |||
Fanfreluche | Northern Dancer | ||
Ciboulette | |||
Dam Summer Trysting (USA) 1992 |
Alleged (USA) 1974 |
Hoist The Flag | Tom Rolfe |
Wavy Navy | |||
Princess Pout | Prince John | ||
Determined Lady | |||
Seasonal Pickup (USA) 1981 |
The Minstrel | Northern Dancer | |
Fleur | |||
Bubinka | Nashua | ||
Stolen Date (Family: 8-f)[3] |
- Designs On Rome is inbred 4 x 4 x 4 to Northern Dancer, meaning that this stallion appears three times in the fourth generation of his pedigree.
References
- ^ a b "Designs On Rome pedigree". equineline.com.
- ^ "Holy Roman Emperor - Stud Record". Racing Post. Retrieved 13 December 2014.
- ^ a b "Remembrancer Mare - Family 8-f". Thoroughbred Bloodlines. Retrieved 13 December 2014.
- ^ "Naas maiden race result". Racing Post. 6 August 2012. Retrieved 13 December 2014.
- ^ "Designs On Rome crowned Horse of the Year at Hong Kongs Champion Awards". hkjc.com. Retrieved 13 December 2014.