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Quinella: (4-8)$276.5 Tierce: (8-4-3)$2506 Trio: (3-4-8)$448 First 4: (1-3-4-8)$943 Quartet: (8-4-3-1)$17198 Quinella place: (4-8)$84.5, (3-8)$41.5, (3-4)$150.5 Lucky Nine’s first Hong Kong win came at his third local start, winning a Clas* Three over 1,200m on the Sha Tin turf in May 2010. His next start saw him win another Clas* Three over 1,200m, this time in a canter on the Sha Tin all-weather track in June 2010. He stepped up to Clas* One on the dirt where he was just edged out by Hong Kong Sprint runner-up. He finished his first Hong Kong season with a Clas* One win in early July, 2010. The start of the 2010-11 season also saw the start of one of Hong Kong racing’s most successful partnerships - that between Brett Prebble and Lucky Nine when the horse won the Chief Executive’s Cup. Owner Chang Fuk-to receives the Chief Executive’s Cup from then-chief executive Donald Tsang Yam-kuen. Lucky Nine then won his first stakes race, the Group Three National Day Cup over 1,400m. From November 2010 until his retirement in February 2016, Lucky Nine only raced outside Group One or Group Two company once - when he Lucky Nine’s first major came in the Hong Kong Clas*ic Mile in 2011. Caspar Fownes celebrates Lucky Nine’s win in the Clas*ic Mile. Already, Lucky Nine was one of the more popular horses in Hong Kong, with flags a common sight on racetracks. Lucky Nine did not win in three further runs in 2010-11, although he did finish second to Xtension in the Champions Mile. Lucky Nine’s first trip away came with a sprint sojourn to Japan at the beginning of the 2011-12 season. Lucky Nine had two runs in Japan, his best effort a narrow second to A Shin Virgo in the Group Two Centaur Stakes at Hanshin. He returned to Hong Kong for arguably his best win, his determined victory in a three-way finish to the 2011 Hong Kong Sprint. Another major came in the Queen’s Silver Jubilee Cup in 2012, where Lucky Nine fought on gamely to hold off Glorious Days.