Flying Ace

Nobals (Noble Mission {GB}), the 2023 GI Breeders' Cup Turf Sprint hero who was set to become the first American representative at the Longines Hong Kong International Races in seven years, has been officially ruled out of Sunday's G1 Longines Hong Kong Sprint with a continuing blood abnormality, according to a release issued by the Hong Kong Jockey Club early Thursday morning (Hong Kong time). Recent winner of the GII Kennedy Road Stakes over the Woodbine Tapeta track, the Larry Rivelli-trained Nobals arrived in Hong Kong on Sunday, Dec. 1,...