Elusive City (USA) (Elusive Quality) four-year-old Brave Kid (Aus) is well on track for the Group One Hong Kong Derby after notching his sixth win from as many starts at Sha Tin last night.

Lining up for the first time in Class One company and for the first time over 1800m, Brave Kid bounced quickly from the barrier to take up a handy position just in behind the leaders.  Runaway leader Deposer (Ire) (Kheleyf) set a hot temp for the entirety of the race and Brave Kid was giving him ten lengths coming into the final turn over 1800m.  Moved into the clear as the field swung for home, jockey Douglas Whyte rode hands and heels with Brave Kid hitting the lead at the 150m mark.  Victory didn’t come easily with Above All (Aus) (Dehere) providing a strong challenge on the inside but once in the lead, Brave Kid was never going to relent and went to the line with a half length to spare.

Trained by John Size, Brave Kid started the season rated 52.  His six impressive wins has seen his rating sky rocket to 101 and he will now head directly to the Hong Kong Derby on the 14th of March where he will aim to become the first horse to win seven races in-a-row in Hong Kong in the last 25 years.

“He is certainly an exciting horse and any horse that can win six on end has to be taken very seriously,” said Mark Chitty, General Manager of Haunui Farm.  “He has taken the step up in grade each time and I’m sure against his own age group in the Derby, he will be a force to be reckoned with,” he said.