Head to Head at Sha Tin.

• In what is one of the world's most heated head-to-headers , Sacred Kingdom and Absolute Champion, the two highest-rated sprinters in the world, will clash for the fourth time in recent months in the $577,000 Chairman's Sprint Prize at Sha Tin today.. The Hong Kong speedsters appear to have the one-turn, right-handed six-furlong dash to carve up between themselves, just as they did when Sacred Kingdom beat his rival by 2 3/4 lengths in November in the International Sprint Trial and three weeks later by 2 1/4 lengths in the Hong Kong Sprint, both over the Chairman's Sprint Prize course and distance. Absolute Champion gained a measure of revenge when he defeated Sacred Kingdom by a short head over a straight five furlongs in the Centenary Sprint Cup on Jan. 27. Back at six furlongs for the Hong Kong Group 1 Chairman's Sprint Prize, the Ricky Yiu-trained Sacred Kingdom should have an edge over Absolute Champion, trained by David Hall. The two Australian-breds could have something to fear from a New Zealand-bred foe, Medic Power, the winner of six sprints in a row last season, culminating in a 2 1/2-length victory over Sacred Kingdom in the six-furlong Sha Tin Vase Handicap, in which he was getting five pounds from Sacred Kingdom in today's race, all eight runners will carry 63kg's.
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  RESULT: 1 SACRED KINGDOM G MOSSE 126 2 - 1.08.60
  2 ABSOLUTE CHAMPION B PREBBLE 126 5 1-1/2
  3 SCINTILLATION G BOSS 126 4 2-3/4
  4 ABLE PRINCE D BEADMAN 126 3 5
  5 PLANET RULER O DOLEUZE 126 6 5
  6 EGYPTIAN RA Z PURTON 126 1 6-1/4
  7 HELENE BRILLIANT C SOUMILLON 126 6-3/4
  8 MEDIC POWER D WHYTE 126 7 dist
  
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