Opinion | Hong Kong protests, Tokyo 2020 rugby failure and John Moore’s Aethero mark 2019 in sport
- This was a year to remember for racing’s John Moore, trail runner James Somers Eve and outspoken Hong Kong athletes
- Aethero’s promise on the track matched by city’s runners on the trails and CrossFit’s boom
Our writers look back at the year just gone and the one ahead.
Look out for part two of this roundup from our team later.
John Moore’s final months with boom youngster Aethero
The rise of John Moore’s boom sprinter Aethero has been a sight to behold in recent months and although he didn’t get the chocolates at Group One level in the Hong Kong Sprint, he was only a neck behind Beat The Clock in third and the future knows no bounds for this horse.
Making things all the more interesting is that Aethero’s ascendance coincides with John Moore’s last Hong Kong season and the duo’s final six months together will no doubt make for captivating viewing.
Moore will be desperate to extract a Group One out of the horse before having to hand him over to another trainer – just what lengths will he go to in his pursuit of that goal? Sam Agars