Second in the 2020 Group I ATC Australian Derby to Quick Thinker, quality stayer Zebrowski has hit his best form in Hong Kong winning the Group III Centenary Vase (1800m) at Sha Tin on Sunday to follow on from his win in the Group III January Cup (1800m) earlier this month.

Previously trained in Australia by Team Hawkes, Windsor Park-bred Zebrowski was sold to Hong Kong after finishing second in the 2020 Group II MRC Herbert Power and fifth in the Listed Bendigo Cup.

Zebrowski has made a swift acclimatisation to Hong Kong; he’s now a two-time Group Three winner from only eight starts in town for trainer Caspar Fownes. He signaled his improvement with a gutsy performance to score a short head win and take his overall record to five wins and six placings from 20 starts for earnings in excess of A$1.59 million.

Fownes is contemplating a start in the Group I Citi Hong Kong Gold Cup (2000m) for Zebrowski next month after his tenacious win.

“He’s stepping up to every task and sometimes you have to throw them in the deep end a little bit, out of their comfort zone rating-wise.

“If he ran in a Gold Cup he certainly wouldn’t be disgraced – he’d still be a first-four chance in my opinion because he’s such a good stayer. Most importantly, we will see how he pulls up because he’s a ‘jointy’ horse, he has his issues,” Fownes said.

Zebrowski is a sibling to Group winners Leebaz, Polish Knight and Euro Angel, dam of this season’s stakes-winner Mr Mozart being from Windsor Park's 'blue hen' producer Polish Princess (GB), a stakes-winning daughter of Polish Precedent.