Toronado (IRE) has become a real favourite sire for the Hong Kong market and it looks like the aptly named Mr Incredible might be his next star in this highly competitive jurisdiction and another potential success story for Inglis Digital.
Trained by Brett Crawford and ridden by Karis Teetan, three year-old Mr Incredible had won two of his three previous starts this year and was a red hot favourite for the Class Three sprint over 1200m.
When he hit top gear at the furlong it was game over as Mr Incredible surged away to win by two lengths.
Brett Crawford is confident Mr Incredible has the scope to contend in the Four-Year-Old Classic Series, which includes the Hong Kong Classic Mile (1600m), Hong Kong Classic Cup (1800m) and the BMW Hong Kong Derby (2000m).
“I think he’s proven tonight that he’s going to be capable (in the Four-Year-Old Classic Series),” Crawford said. “There’s not many three-year-olds that win in Class 3 like that, so he’s an exciting horse for next season and hopefully he’ll go further, which he definitely looks like he can.
“I think today was a big test for him to go up to Class 3, so I was very pleased the way he handled himself. I thought he ran a really good race and when asked to stretch, he really dug down deep and went away from them, so we can’t ask for more.
“He’ll have a nice break now, put him away and have a holiday and obviously get him ready for the new season.”
Karis Teetan has ridden Mr Incredible in every start to date.
“He’s a lovely horse, we always thought he was a nice horse and every time he’s gone to the races, he’s shown it, and today was a big task,” he said.
“He had a long break and to see him winning like this today was nice. We look forward to next season now.”
Mr Incredible was bred by Gerry Harvey and offered in the Westbury Stud draft at the Magic Millions Yearling Sale where he was bought by TFI for $325,000.
He was put into work with Michael Freedman, gelded and offered through 2025 Inglis Digital June (late) where he made $110,000 to the bid of Pen Investments.
He then had had a couple of trials at Randwick for Freedman under the name of Sam the Rocket last July and August and placed in both of them before transferring to Hong Kong.
Mr Incredible is a half-brother to Group II winner Prost, who now stands at Aquis Queensland, and last week’s smart Sydney two year olde debut winner Omolong, a son of Extreme Choice.
Mr Incredible is one of five winners from six foals to race from Samarmeteors, a winning half-sister by Northern Meteor to dual Group I winner Samaready, the dam of Golden Slipper winner Shinzo.
Given his pedigree, the decision to geld Mr Incredible would not have been done lightly, but his future looks bright as a rising star to follow next season in Hong Kong.
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