CALIFORNIA Spangle, the only horse to defeat Hong Kong star Golden Sixty in the past two years, gained a deserved success in the $1.5 million Group 1 Al Quoz over the six-furlong turf track.

A first Hong Kong winner at the meeting in 10 years, California Spangle won in track record time, defeating Godolphin’s three-year-old filly Star Of Mystery by three quarters of a length. Clive Cox’s Diligent Harry took third.