Why is the news that Hong Kong owner John Yuen has moved his great former Hong Kong champion miler Good Ba Ba to Oz and where, we understand- gawd no- Rick Hore Lacy, below, will train it comes as no surprise? In fact, it could be a marriage made in fung shui hell.
After all, one is an old Hore, the owner is a racing pimp and in the middle of it all is the once-great galloper that is now a rising ten year old galloper.
Instead of retiring this great horse which amassed over HK$55m in prize money for him, Yuen seems adamant in seeing his horse die on a racetrack. This is the same owner who consults his fung shui man before making any decisions about this horse and which saw it move from stable to stable- from being bought for Yuen by “Millie” Millard and then given to Alex Wong Yu-on, then moved to Andreas Schutz who did great things with the horse but slyly moved to Derek Cruz ”cos of some “bad fung shui” nonsense before being moved back to Andreas Schutz- and with its jockeys being on a constant merry-go-round with one being replaced by another- Whyte, Doleuze, Soumillion, Doleuze, Soumillion, Doleuze…
When finally retired from racing in Hong Kong after seeing it gallantly struggle through his latter races, it was thought that this knob- John Yuen- had done the right thing and was going to finally retire the horse and repay it for everything he had given Yuen and the people of Hong Kong. The HKJC gave the galloper a fitting- and long overdue- farewell. Champions should never just fade away.
No such luck, however: In a crafty move which annoyed many, Good Ba Ba was moved to that racing graveyard that is Macau and where many wannabe owners race many cripples and where it was given to trainer and former champion jockey Gary Moore. Yes, brother Gary to Hong Kong’s brother John Moore.
Gary Moore, then and now.
Not the brightest lightbulb in the building, Moore started to make plans for what was then a rising nine year old. Things unraveled when the HKJC did the right thing and coerced the MJC through some “divine intervention” not to ever race the horse in Macau. They were given an offer they couldn’t refuse. And for a while, there was peace in the valley.
Until today and the news that good Ba Ba has surfaced in Oz. What has made Rick Hore Lacy aka Krusty The Klown accept the horse when he was not first, nor second nor tenth in line? Does he think he will get more horses from John Yuen? Crap ones, sure. Guess Yuen’s fung shui man is not too hot at guiding his client towards good horseflesh? We now await to see where this will all lead- and which must end in tears.
“Oh, fuck me, I’m breaking out in blotches! Fuck me, I might have got a nutter as an owner. Think Rick, think! How does Rick get outta this mess!”
Let’s now hear it for one of Horse Racing’s Greatest Dickheads.
Take a bow, you big knob and don’t ever show your face again on a Hong Kong race track again unless you want a non-stop spray.
Knobby “Blah Blah Blah” Yuen
Now, THIS is something for Animal Rights activists to look into.
Wanna do something TRULY worthwhile for racing?
Drum this dickhead outta Oz and confiscate the poor horse.
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