HK Star for Not a Single Doubt

Highly promising Not a Single Doubt three year-old Tai Sing Yeh took his record to four wins from five starts when scoring a dominant win at Happy Valley on Wednesday night.

The Manfred Man trained gelding strode clear of his rivals for Brett Prebble to win the Class Three event over 1200 metres by two lengths under the steadier of 59.5 kg.

A debut winner at Happy Valley on November 25, Tai Sing Yeh has been beaten only once since and finished second in the CSL Happy Valley Million Challenge for horses campaigning exclusively at Happy Valley.

Most racegoers believe he will be the star to emerge from the series despite going down narrowly on points to Loyal Army who finished fourth to him on Wednesday night.

“The high speed probably helped but he relaxes beautifully and Douglas Whyte has done a great job educating him. He has the right mental approach and that’s going to take him a long way,” Brett Prebble told the South China Morning Post.

“When Holey Dollar kicked, I thought we might have been in trouble tonight but I opened him right up and his class prevailed and it was fairly soft in the last 100m. I think he’ll be even better suited at Sha Tin, though he’s done all his racing here so far and he’ll get over further than 1,200m.”

Tai Sing Yeh, was purchased by his trainer Manfred Man for $125,000 at the Gold Coast and is one of two winners from the stakes performed Ashkalani (IRE) mare Precious Lass.

He is the first winner in Hong Kong for his young Arrowfield Stud based sire Not a Single Doubt and was a successful Yearling Sale pin hook for Hilton Thoroughbreds who purchased him from the draft of Oaklands Stud for $17,000 at the Gold Coast Magic Millions in 2008.

Not a Single Doubt has nine youngsters entered for the Inglis Premier Yearling Sale starting next Monday.

Source: Tara Madgwick, Breedne