Paul Vettise, LOVERACING.NZ News Desk 26 May 2026
The hot run of form from Wrote’s progeny has continued in Hong Kong with the Highview stallion represented by a winning double at Sha Tin on Sunday.
He sired the first two winners on the program with the David Hall-trained Flying Amani and Jimmy Ting’s Come Fast Fay Fay scoring respectively over 1600 and 1400m, with Zac Purton guiding both to victory.
“Flying Amani is a new individual winner for Wrote and that brought his tally for the month of May to six individual winners from seven runners, that’s quite phenomenal,” Highview’s Brent Gillovic said.
The four-year-old Flying Amani is a homebred who was a trial winner as Baldacci at Te Awamutu before relocating to Hong Kong and is out of the Rock Of Gibraltar mare My Rose Maree.
She is from the family of Group One winners and sires Bivouac, Sepoy and Canny Lad and made a return visit to Wrote last season while Come Fast Fay Fay is a son of the now retired Towkay mare Madrekay.
“Wrote’s total stake earnings of his progeny in Hong Kong has now surpassed HK$50 million (NZ$10.8 million),” Gillovic said.
Pedigree and temperament, combined with the obvious ability factor, have contributed to the Group One-winning son of High Chaparral prospering there.
“Over many years, Hong Kong has suited many breeds, and the High Chaparral sire line has done particularly well,” Gillovic said.
“Toronado is probably the hottest sire up there, Deep Field has done a great job over the years and so has Per Incanto of course, it’s definitely horses for courses for whatever reason.
“They are very firm tracks at Sha Tin and Happy Valley and Wrote’s now had 14 runners there for 11 individual winners and the other three that haven’t won have been placed second.”
Wrote’s leading representative has been the Gr.3 HKJC National Day Cup (1000m) winner Fast Company, who has twice finished third behind champion performer Ka Ying Rising at Group One level in the Hong Kong Sprint (1200m) and Centenary Cup Sprint (1200m).
Closer to home, his flagship performer has been the Gr.1 New Zealand Oaks (2400m) winner Pulchritudinous while Wrote To Arataki is a multiple Group winner in Australia.
