JOHN Moore, successful with Werther in last Sunday’s Audemars Piguet QEII Cup, has his sights fixed on the two big prizes the HK$10 million Chairman’s Sprint Prize and HK$14 million Champions Mile this weekend at Sha Tin.

Moore’s hopes of adding to his six victories in the Champions Mile rest upon Rewarding Hero but he is faced with Hong Kong’s current mile stars Giant Treasure, Contentment and Beauty Only as well as Japan’s Horse of the Year, Maurice, and also the smart Godolphin runners Bow Creek and Safety Check,

If Moore is to complete a Group 1 double on consecutive Sundays, his best chance is likely to be Not Listenin’tome in the Chairman’s Sprint Prize, a Group 1 for the first time this year and the fourth leg of the Global Sprint Challenge.

The world’s top two, Australia’s standout, Chautauqua, and Hong Kong’s Champion Sprinter Aerovelocity, will stand in Not Listenin’tome’s way, as well as another Aussie, Buffering – his equal according to the official rankings.

Not Listenin’tome will have to overcome a disappointing trip to Dubai in March. The five-year-old was among the leading contenders for the Al Quoz Sprint down Meydan’s straight 1000m course but failed to fire when racing on the ‘wrong’ side of the track under Ryan Moore.

Prior to that Dubai run, Not Listenin’tome had been in fine form on the domestic scene, notching a trio of Sprint wins and placing third in the G1 Hong Kong Sprint. Those efforts saw him rank equal third best sprinter in the latest edition of the World’s Best Racehorse Rankings. Moore will saddle Charles The Great in the Chairman’s Sprint Prize, too. The six furlong contest has also attracted last year’s winner Gold-Fun, December’s Hong Kong Sprint victor Peniaphobia, Breeders’ Cup Turf Sprint hero Mongolian Saturday and the hugely promising Hong Kong-trained four-year-olds Lucky Bubbles, Thewizardofoz and Amazing Kids.