Green Birdie Joins CXHK Sprint Field, L Dettori To Ride Green Birdie will contest the Cathay Pacific Hong Kong Sprint on 9 December and jockey Frankie Dettori has accepted the offer of the mount from champion trainer Caspar Fownes.Green Birdie ran one length second to one of his chief rivals next week, Miss Andretti, the Australian Horse of the Year, in the Schillaci Stakes (Gr.2-1000m) in Melbourne in October 2006. He has one win from seven starts in Hong Kong and ran second in the Gr.3 Sha Tin Vase late last season.The addition of Green Birdie completes a full field of 14 runners for the Sprint
