Champion miler Ramonti stepped up to 10 furlongs in style with victory in the Cathay Pacific Hong Kong Cup at Sha Tin.

Aidan O’Brien’s Yeats has been given top weight for November’s Emirates Melbourne Cup with the dual Ascot Gold Cup winner allotted 59kg, the same as carried when running seventh in Australia’s richest race last year.

Mick Kinane soon recovered from the disappointment of finishing last in the Vodafone Derby on Archipenko as he dashed all the way Hong Kong to partner Viva Pataca in the Champions And Chater Cup today.

Mick Kinane was the toast of Hong Kong today with a brilliant Group One double for trainer John Moore at Sha Tin.