HONG Kong Jockey Club chief executive officer Winfried Engelbrecht-Bresges called last weekend’s FWD Champions Day as one of the best in a “very long period of time”, after Ka Ying Rising, the Irish-bred Red Lion, and Japan’s Tastiera took Group 1 honours at Sha Tin.

He was lauding the victories of the world’s highest-rated sprinter Ka Ying Rising in the HK$22 million Chairman’s Sprint Prize over six furlongs, Red Lion in the HK$24 million FWD Champions Mile, and Tastiera in the HK$28 million FWD QEII Cup over 10 furlongs.