Pierre Ng’s sprint switch pays off with Johannes Brahms an upset Panasonic Cup winner

Championship-leading trainer Pierre Ng Pang-chi’s move to switch Johannes Brahms to sprinting paid dividends when the Irish import caused an upset at $34.75 in Saturday’s Class Two Panasonic Cup (1,200m) at Sha Tin. Third in the Classic Cup (1,800m) and sixth in the Hong Kong Derby (2,000m) in 2024, the Siyouni gelding lost form last season and bled from both nostrils in April, prompting Ng to give him an extended break. He returned with two solid but unspectacular runs over 1,000m and 1,200m...