Gold-Fun

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Gold-Fun
Gold-Fun.jpg
Sire Le Vie Dei Colori
DamGoodwood March
Damsire Foxhound
Sex Gelding
Foaled17 January 2009
CountryIreland
Colour Chestnut
Owner Pan Sutong (Hong Kong)
Trainer G M Lyons (Ireland)
Richard Gibson (Hong Kong)
Record31: 11-10-2
Earnings€5,559,889
HK$47,644,750
Major wins
Hong Kong Classic Mile (2013)
Awards
Hong Kong Champion Miler (2013/14)
Last updated on June 28, 2016

Gold-Fun (大運財, formerly known as Strada Colorato 17 January 2009 7 August 2016) was an Irish-bred Thoroughbred racehorse trained in Hong Kong since 2012. He is notable for winning the Hong Kong Classic Mile 2013, National Day Cup 2013 (HKG3–1400m), the HKG2 Oriental Watch Sha Tin Trophy, the HKG1 Queen's Silver Jubilee Cup 2014 and the Celebration Cup 2014.

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Background

Born on 17 January 2009 in Ireland, Gold-Fun was sired by Le Vie Dei Colori, a fourteen-time winner including the champion of Premio Vittorio Di Capua (GI) of Italy.

Racing career

During his time in Ireland, Gold-Fun won a race and thereafter finished 2nd in another.

Gold-Fun acquired his first Class 3 1600m champion in his second race in Hong Kong in December 2012, thanks to his quick adaptation to environment. His consistent improvement led him to the championship of a Class 2 1600m race on the first day of 2013 and to the championship of the Hong Kong Classic Mile 2013 nineteen days later. [1] He is also the 2nd runner-up of BMW Hong Kong Derby 2013, losing only by a neck to the champion Akeed Mofeed.

On 1 October 2013, he was crowned champion of the National Day Cup 2013. [2] Not long after the victory on 1 October, he won the trophy of the HKG2 Oriental Watch Sha Tin Trophy at Sha Tin racecourse on 27 October 2013. [3] Gold-Fun continued his victory by winning the G2 BOCHK Wealth Management Jockey Club Mile on 17 November. [4] Gold-Fun was the 1st runner-up of the G1 LONGINES Hong Kong Mile on 8 December 2013, losing by three-quarters of a length to the champion Glorious Days. [5] Gold-Fun stamped his class on the HKG1 Queen's Silver Jubilee Cup (1400m) at Sha Tin racecourse on 16 March 2014, with a commanding half-length victory over the consistently gallant Dan Excel. [6]

Gold-Fun had defied a 130lbs burden and a troubled stretch run to land the spoils in the 1400m contest from a star-studded field of rivals, and claimed the trophy of the Celebration Cup held on 5 October 2014. On 15 February 2015, Gold-Fun gained his first victory at a distance short of 1400m at HKG1 1200M The Chairman's Sprint Prize, winning a short-head from Aerovelocity. [7] Gold-Fun continued his victory by winning the G2 BOCHK Wealth Management Jockey Club Sprint from Not Listenin’tome and Peniaphobia. [8] On 18 June 2016, Gold-Fun ran second in the 1200m G1 Diamond Jubilee Stakes at Royal Ascot, losing narrowly by a neck to the champion Twilight Son. [9] In the Prix Maurice de Gheest at Deauville Racecourse on 7 August he was in third place when he fell 75 metres from the finish and sustained fatal injuries.

Racing record

DateRacecourseDistanceRace ClassName of RaceActual WeightJockeyPlaceFinishing TimeLength Behind WinnerChampion(1st Runner-up)
04/08/2011 Ireland Good – 1400M7f. Flat Maiden 1st [10] 129 K. Latham 2/131.32.235Learn
21/04/2012 Ireland Good to Yielding – 1600M1m. Flat Maiden 1st [11] 131 G Carroll 1/201.42.87shd(Lucciola)
18/11/2012 Sha Tin Turf – 1400MClass 3 – Lion Rock Handicap [12] 129 O. Doleuze 5/141.23.023-1/2Shahjee
16/12/2012 Sha Tin Turf – 1600MClass 3 – Luk Wu Handicap [13] 125 D. Whyte 1/141.35.862(Jolly Victor)
01/01/2013 Sha Tin Turf – 1600MClass 2 – Tai Mo Shan Handicap [14] 116 D. Whyte 1/141.35.481/2(Endowing)
20/01/2013 Sha Tin Turf – 1600MHong Kong Group OneThe Hong Kong Classic Mile [15] 126 D. Whyte 1/141.34.27N(Garlic Boy)
17/02/2013 Sha Tin Turf – 1800MHong Kong Group OneThe Hong Kong Classic Cup [16] 126 D. Whyte 4/141.49.111-1/4It Has To Be You
17/03/2013 Sha Tin Turf – 2000MHong Kong Group 1The BMW Hong Kong Derby 2013 [17] 126 Olivier Doleuze 3/132.01.941/2Akeed Mofeed
05/05/2013 Sha Tin Turf – 1600MGroup OneThe Champions Mile [18] 126O. Doleuze5/91.33.953-1/4Dan Excel
01/10/2013 Sha Tin Turf – 1400MHong Kong Group ThreeThe National Day Cup (Handicap) [19] 124O. Doleuze1/141.20.731-3/4(Blazing Speed)
27/10/2013 Sha Tin Turf – 1600MHong Kong Group TwoThe Oriental Watch Sha Tin Trophy (Handicap) [20] 123O. Doleuze1/121.34.051/2(Helene Spirit)
17/11/2013 Sha Tin Turf – 1600MGroup TwoThe BOCHK Wealth Management Jockey Club Mile [21] 123O. Doleuze1/91.33.89SH(Helene Spirit)
8/12/2013 Sha Tin Turf – 1600MGroup OneThe Longines Hong Kong Mile [22] 126O. Doleuze2/141.33.753/4Glorious Days
19/01/2014 Sha Tin Turf – 1600MHong Kong Group OneThe Stewards' Cup [23] 126O. Doleuze6/111.34.242Blazing Speed
16/03/2014 Sha Tin Turf – 1400MHong Kong Group OneThe Queen's Silver Jubilee Cup [24] 126 D. Whyte 1/111.21.851/2(Dan Excel)
04/05/2014 Sha Tin Turf – 1600MGroup OneThe Champions Mile [25] 126D. Whyte5/141.35.056Variety Club
06/10/2014 Sha Tin Turf – 1400MHong Kong Group ThreeThe Celebration Cup (Handicap) [26] 130D. Whyte1/121.21.443/4(Super Lifeline)
26/10/2014 Sha Tin Turf – 1600MHong Kong Group TwoThe Oriental Watch Sha Tin Trophy (Handicap) [27] 133D. Whyte2/141.34.39SHMilitary Attack
23/11/2014 Sha Tin Turf – 1600MGroup TwoThe BOCHK Wealth Management Jockey Club Mile [28] 128D. Whyte2/101.33.802-1/4Able Friend
14/12/2014 Sha Tin Turf – 1600MGroup OneThe Longines Hong Kong Mile [29] 126D. Whyte2/101.34.174-1/4Able Friend
25/01/2015 Sha Tin Turf – 1600MGroup OneThe Steward's Cup [30] 126D. Whyte6/91.34.053-1/2Able Friend
15/02/2015 Sha Tin Turf – 1200MHong Kong Group OneThe Chairman's Sprint Prize [31] 126 Christophe Soumillon 1/121.08.79SH(Aerovelocity)
15/03/2015 Sha Tin Turf – 1400MGroup OneThe Queen's Silver Jubilee Cup [32] 126C. Soumillon3/111.21.573Able Friend
26/04/2015 Sha Tin Turf – 1200MHKG2The Sprint Cup [33] 128 Olivier Peslier 2/101.08.581-1/4Dundonnell
25/10/2015 Sha Tin Turf – 1200MHKG2The Premier Bowl (Handicap) [34] 127D. Whyte2/141.08.441/2Able Friend
21/11/2015 Sha Tin Turf – 1200MG2The BOCHK Wealth Management Jockey Club Sprint [35] 128C. Soumillon1/111.08.311-1/4(Peniaphobia)
13/12/2015 Sha Tin Turf – 1200MG1The Longines Hong Kong Sprint [36] 126C. Soumillon2/131.08.821/2Peniaphobia
31/01/2016 Sha Tin Turf – 1200MHKG1The Centenary Sprint Cup [37] 126C. Soumillon2/121.08.581-1/2Aerovelocity
28/02/2016 Sha Tin Turf – 1400MG1The Queen's Silver Jubilee Cup [38] 126C. Soumillon4/91.21.502-1/4Contentment
01/05/2016 Sha Tin Turf – 1200MG1The Chairman's Sprint Prize [39] 126O. Peslier4/141.09.072-1/4Chautauqua
18/06/2016 Ascot Turf – 1200MG1 Diamond Jubilee Stakes 129C. Soumillon2/91.13.71/2Twilight Son

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