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Ka Ying Rising extends unbeaten streak to 15
LoveRacing.NZ News Desk ⹠ November 24th, 2025 11:05 am
Ka Ying Rising winning the Gr.2 BOCHK Private Banking Jockey Club Sprint (1200m) at Sha Tin on Sunday. Photo: Hong Kong Jockey Club
New Zealand-bred sprinting sensation Ka Ying Rising continued his dominance on Sunday when defending his crown in the Gr.2 BOCHK Private Banking Jockey Club Sprint (1200m) at Sha Tin.
Fresh off returning back to Hong Kong following his heroics in last monthâs A$20 million The Everest (1200m) at Randwick, he wowed his local fans once again when running out an effortless 2-3/4 length victor and extended his unbeaten streak to 15.
Jockey Zac Purton was pleased with his chargeâs effort and said it was another confidence-boosting victory heading into next monthâs Gr.1 LONGINES Hong Kong Sprint (1200m).
âHe just looks better all the time. Heâs mentally getting better. Itâs hard to say that heâs improving or that heâs going to get better, but heâs certainly enjoying what heâs doing and handling it really well,â Purton said.
âIt was good to see him win like that today without having to go to the bottom of him, so itâs a nice confidence-boosting win as he comes back. Iâve never seen him look so good. We were hoping he was going to do that, and itâs good for him to back up what we were thinking.
âMid-race, Beauty Waves was probably just half a step too slow, I know weâve run nearly a track record time, but he (Ka Ying Rising) was on his tippy toes behind him wanting to go quicker. Thatâs the beauty with this horse, the faster they go, the better he is.
âI got to the stage where I had to let him roll into it because otherwise it was going to be detrimental to him.â
Trainer David Hayes continues to be amazed by Ka Ying Rising and said Sundayâs effort was one of the best he has seen from the son of Shamexpress.
âTo the eye, I thought it was probably one of his best wins,â he said. âThat was as easy as I've seen him do it â maybe in this race last year, but I thought it was probably better than this one last year when he (Purton) did the kiss cam.
âZac agreed with me. He thought he gave him probably the best feel in the last 15 (races), so that's a great sign. He just showed us that heâs right on song. He raced at the heaviest Hong Kong weight (525kg) heâs ever been today, which suggests heâs getting bigger, stronger, better.
âItâs just a dream come true to have a horse like this, and I really want to thank my team that travelled him overseas and didn't miss a beat with him and brought him back in better condition than he left.
âHeâll be set for The Everest now again and, of course, weâve got the big international race in three weeks which is his short-term grand final, so itâs all very exciting.â
Bred by Marton trainer Fraser Auret, and his wife Erin, under their Grandmoral Lodge banner, Ka Ying Rising was initially trained by the well-respected horseman for whom he won a jumpout at Levin.
Following that performance, he was purchased by Linday Park and won a trial in Australia before joining David Hayesâ Hong Kong barn where he has won 16 of his 18 starts, including five at elite-level.
