Ka Ying Rising completes trial before Jockey Club Sprint
He completed the 13 November Sha Tin 1,200m trial in an official 1:08.84 ahead of his announced 22 November target.
Ka Ying Rising completed the first barrier-trial batch at Sha Tin on Friday, 13 November, with Zac Purton riding for David Hayes. The Hong Kong Jockey Club’s official result records 1,200 metres on the all-weather track in 1:08.84. This was preparatory work, rather than another win in his official race record.
The announced target remains the Group 2 Jockey Club Sprint over 1,200 metres on 22 November. Its advertised purse is HK$5.35 million: that is the race purse, not earnings awarded to the horse for this trial.
The club’s report says Hayes does not plan another trial before the race, with light work possible on 18 November. Final runners, jockeys and stalls depend on race declarations; earlier entries are not a confirmed starting field.
The official time is the reference
The press report gives 1:08.80, while the official trial result records 1:08.84. The result table is the reference used here; the discrepancy does not support a performance inference.
What to follow on 22 November
The trial documents a completed preparation step on a different surface from the targeted turf race. Our reading: it helps track the training programme, but does not by itself measure readiness against the race field. The next question is how he performs against the declared runners in competition, without comparing this trial time with a different race.