Roshan Melwani put on a show in the Sha Tin winners’ circle on Sunday and the owner may soon get the chance to cheer on Karma at Group level.

Roshan, who owns Karma with his father Manu Melwani of Sam’s Tailor fame, roared Karma home, had his own son on his shoulders at one point and thrust the Class Two HKJC 140th Anniversary Cup (1,600m) in the air after Karma notched his third victory from his past four starts.

Karma will find himself on a rating in the high 80s after improving his career record to five wins from 15 starts, with the Group Three Sa Sa Ladies’ Purse (1,800m) on November 3 shaping as the six-year-old’s next target.

“It was a good effort, I thought,” said trainer Caspar Fownes. “We’ll see what he gets and I’ll have a think about going to the Sa Sa with a light weight now.

“He’ll eat up the 1,800m, that’s what he’s looking for, and maybe even further.”

Stepping up to the mile after a solid first-up third over 1,400m, Karma settled well back in a strong Class Two field before powering over the top of his rivals to salute by a length and a half under Vincent Ho Chak-yiu.

Chadwick escapes serious injury

Matthew Chadwick was sent for scans on his shoulder after falling from Hong Kong debutant Times Table in the Sha Tin finale on Sunday.

While Chadwick, who was conscious after the fall, was cleared of any “fractures or major injuries”, he remains in doubt for Wednesday night’s all-weather meeting after taking a tumble when the Mark Newnham-trained Times Table stumbled after appearing to strike the heels of Super Goldi.

Times Table escaped injury in the incident, continuing on at the back of a race won impressively by the Ricky Yiu Poon-fai-trained Green N White.

In his first run since March after undergoing fetlock surgery in April, $4.85 chance Green N White travelled behind midfield under Hugh Bowman before letting down nicely to stride to a one-and-three-quarter-length victory over favourite Sky Trust.

“This jockey absolutely suits this horse. They are the same style – the horse likes to run easy at the beginning and that is the jockey’s style,” Yiu said in reference to Bowman, who was riding Green N White for the first time.

Green N White, who missed an intended run last month after having to be sedated to receive stitches in a tongue wound, was having only his 11th start and he has now produced four victories and four seconds.

“He’s lightly raced for a five-year-old so I think he’s still on his way up,” said Yiu.

Green N White’s victory will push his rating into the 80s and his handler is confident the son of Smart Missile can handle himself in Class Two company.

“I think with the light weight and the way he won, he should still be competitive,” said the trainer after his sixth success of the season.

After three seconds earlier on the card, Bowman finished his day on a high and now sits on 16 wins for the campaign, second only to Zac Purton on 27.

Bowman has identified a century of winners as his target ahead of the past two seasons and with 16 victories through 13 of the 2024-25 season’s 88 meetings, the 44-year-old Australian is on pace to reach his goal.

HKIR entries close Monday

Saturday’s Group One Caulfield Cup (2,400m) winner Duke De Sessa is expected to be among the nominations for December’s Longines Hong Kong International Races when the free entries close on Monday.

Trainer Ciaron Maher said the Group One Hong Kong Vase (2,400m) would come under consideration for Duke De Sessa after his Caulfield Cup win, while Antino, Southport Tycoon and Recommendation are also in the mix for international day from Down Under.

Free entries for the four HKIR features, which are worth a combined HK$126 million, close at 6pm Hong Kong time on Monday, while the supplementary entry period is open until November 18.

“We’re very happy. We’ll know more [on Monday]. We’ve got really good interest from Europe, Japan, Australia – where we didn’t get a runner from last year – and we’re still hopeful that we might get one or two from the United States,” said Jockey Club head of racing product Greg Carpenter.

“They’re good quality. The entries will be fantastic and then it’s converting those entries to horses on the ground.”

Purton was third behind Duke De Sessa aboard Land Legend and he confirmed on Sunday that he will ride the Boniface Ho Ka-kui-owned galloper if it runs in next month’s Group One Melbourne Cup (3,200m) at Flemington.