VIVA PATACA

Born 07.05.2002
formerly Comic Strip
by Marju ex Comic by Be My Chief
bay English gelding. Private Purchase
Owner: Stanley Ho Hung-Sun
Hong Kong record: 12 wins from 29 starts
Prize money: HK$71,331,500

 

A very sound, honest horse, Viva Pataca hit his straps almost immediately on arriving in Hong Kong, winning four races in his first season, including the Hong Kong Derby and the Champions and Chater Cup. Success at the International meeting in December continues to elude him but he has won at International Group One level in the Audemars Piguet QE II Cup and, in March 2008, he ran a valiant 2nd as the favourite in the International Group One Sheema Classic (the race won by Vengeance of Rain in 2007) at Nad Al Sheba in Dubai. He has twice won the Hong Kong Gold Cup and three times the Champions and Chater Cup. In all he has won seven times at Group One including once at international level.

 

HKJC 125th Anniversary Sweepstakes

 

Silver Linning Co-Tack River Verdon Indigenous Fairy King Prawn Silent Witness Vengeance of Rain Good Ba Ba Scared Kingdom Viva Pataca Sir Paul Chater Sir Phinesa Ryrie Li Lan-Sang Kenneth Kwok George Moore Brian Kan Ping-Chee Tony Cruz Ricky Yiu Poon-Fai Basil Marcus John Size Douglas Whyte