Irish jockey Kevin Manning (L-back), rid

HONG KONG, CHINA: Irish jockey Kevin Manning (L-back), riding Irish horse Alexander Goldrun (#13), followed by Hong Kong jockey F. Coetzee (L-front) ridding Bullish Luck from the US (#8), powers to victory as third runner French jockey Christophe Lemaire (R), ridding French horse Touch of Land, follows in the Hong Kong Cup at Sha Tin race track during the Cathay Pacific Hong Kong International Races in Hong Kong, 12 December 2004. Alexander Goldrun held off a ferocious late challenge to win the prestigious Hong Kong Cup for Ireland by a head. The classy three-year-old, trained by Jim Bolger took the lead with just under a furlong to go at Sha Tin racetrack and held on to pip Hong Kong prospect Bullish Luck. AFP PHOTO/Philippe LOPEZ (Photo credit should read PHILIPPE LOPEZ/AFP via Getty Images)