Lynam and Hogan pleased with HK draws Sole Power has been drawn in stall number five for the Longines Hong Kong Sprint at Sha Tin on Sunday. Eddie Lynam's sprinter broke from stall number nine when runner-up last year and bids to go one better in this year's renewal. Lynam said: "Happy with that draw. I can't use the draw as an excuse. I'll have to think of another one now." Fellow Irish hopeful Gordon Lord Byron, who has finished fourth in the last two renewals of the Hong Kong Mile, will begin from stall two this time around. His trainer Tom Hogan said: "I am happy enough with gate two - that turned out well." Corine Barande-Barbe is delighted with stall four for Cirrus Des Aigles as he lines up in the Hong Kong Cup . The French trainer's stable star was third from stall 10 last December and will try to win at the meeting for a first time in five attempts. "Draw four is perfect for us," she said. "We should get away nicely from there and find a good spot. We're very happy with that." Newmarket trainer Roger Varian was happy to see Farraaj allotted stall six in the mile-and-a-quarter showpiece. "I'm pleased. We can go forward into that first bend to take up a good spot and hopefully then be in a striking position turning for home," he said. Andre Fabre's Flintshire, runner-up in the Prix de l'Arc de Trimophe and Breeders' Cup Turf, will start from stall four in the Longines Hong Kong Vase. The ante-post favourite wears the colours of Khalid Abdullah, whose Snow Sky from the Sir Michael Stoute stable will be in stall six. Ed Dunlop's veteran globetrotter Red Cadeaux, fresh from yet another fine run in the Melbourne Cup, has stall eight, while Jim Bolger's Irish raider Parish Hall races from stall 10. However, German challenger Empoli has not fared too well, having been drawn 12. Trainer Peter Schiergen said: "It's not so good, the draw, but the main thing for him is that we get a decent pace." David Simcock's Trade Storm and Captain Cat, trained by Roger Charlton, have been drawn in stalls five and eight respectively in the Longines Hong Kong Mile. Simcock said: "No complaints at all with five, that's an ideal draw, I would think."
