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Hong Kong superstar Golden Sixty shocks fans with upset loss

Second-place finish dashed hopes thoroughbred would match record winning streak

TOKYO --  Hong Kong's Golden Sixty was tipped to enter the history books when the top-rated horse strode to the starting gate at the Stewards' Cup this weekend.

But hopes that he would gallop to a record winning streak vanished as the Australian-bred gelding finished three quarters of a length behind Waikuku at the first leg of the Hong Kong Triple Crown on Sunday.

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