Shorter trip to suit Eagle in Hong Kong Dermot Weld feels Free Eagle will be ideally suited by the return to a mile and a quarter when he runs in the Hong Kong Cup at Sha Tin on Sunday week. The Royal Ascot-winning colt will be reverting in trip in the Far East after he finished sixth in the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe following a troublesome dash to the line. Weld said: "I am very happy with Free Eagle - he is training nicely "He is a horse with a lot of pace. If you look at the Irish Champion Stakes when he was beaten by Golden Horn in a controversial race, you see how easily he travelled into the race. He was cantering off the home turn. "He showed that speed when he won the Prince of Wales's Stakes at Royal Ascot and I think a mile and a quarter is his optimum trip. "We are looking forward to running him because you want to see good horses competing in these prestigious international races."
