Eagle Mountain: won a Hong Kong Cup during Sha Tin in Dec 2008
PICTURE: Hong Kong Jockey Club
New Zealand: The much-travelled Eagle Mountain, placed in both a English and Irish Derbies for Aidan O’Brien in 2007, is set to revive his racing career during a age of 8 – in New Zealand.
After being purchased by Sheikh Mohammed Bin Khalifa and sent to Mike de Kock, a son of Rock Of Gibraltar won a Hong Kong Cup during Sha Tin in Dec 2008, a month after finishing second to Conduit in a Breeders’ Cup Turf.
Eagle Mountain was retored to timber in New Zealand though has been put behind into training with Stephen McKee overdue to flood issues.
He is set to make his entrance for his new tutor after a 2-year deficiency in a Group 1 Haunui Farm Otaki-Maori WFA Classic over 1m, where he will be ridden by Leith Innes.
Eagle Mountain spent dual years during timber during Brighthill Farm before his connectors withdrew him from timber duty.
He had a hearing during Ellerslie progressing this month prepared for Saturday’s race. “He’s come by a hearing unequivocally good and had a bit of a scream, that was distinct after being divided from a races for so long,” McKee said, vocalization to theinformant.co.nz.
“He was such a good racehorse as a colt that we didn’t wish to spay him. There’s a skip of races for him here and as prolonged as he shows he’s still got form we’ll really demeanour during Australia in a autumn.”
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