Fortune in Hong Kong favoured French-trained Sosie better than it did in the Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe, and that was all the difference in winning the Hong Kong Vase. Third placed in the mile-and-a-half Arc after suffering interference before the home turn and having to carve home strong sectionals… Read More »
Sprint sensation Ka Ying Rising had little concern justifying his unbackable quote on Sunday when making light work of his rivals in the Hong Kong International Sprint (1200m). The shortest priced favourite ever at a HKIR meeting ($1.05), Ka Ying Rising joined Mr Stunning (’17 & ’18), Lord Kanaloa (’12… Read More »
One of the great days on the racing calendar world wide is International Day at Sha Tin and the 2025 edition this Sunday shapes up to be a beauty, headlined by Ka Ying Rising and Romantic Warrior. Best Bookies 💰 👉 View the Best Betting Sites and Bookie Apps
Once the Hong Kong Sprint is run and if all probabilities come to fruition that Ka Ying Rising makes a mess of the opposition, David Hayes will turn from the hunted to the hunter in the Hong Kong Cup. Like Ka Ying Rising, Romantic Warrior looks to have the 2000-metre… Read More »
Coming to Hong Kong and being in the thick of the Asian racing has made Mark Newnham a better trainer, and he freely admits it. Equal with Caspar Fownes on 24 wins this season so far, the four-time group one winner in Sydney has a victory at the highest level… Read More »
Docklands may not have won since Royal Ascot in June, but taking on top line company in the UK, France and Japan is no easy task. Add Hong Kong into the mix with the Group 1 Hong Kong Mile (1600m) at Sha Tin on Sunday, a turnaround could provide trainer… Read More »
A third Melbourne Cup may have eluded Joseph O’Brien last November, but if Al Riffa can channel the right pieces of Hong Kong Vase history, then a feature win at Sha Tin might make up for it. Also, unlike Melbourne where O’Brien had to attend the Breeders’ Cup meeting before… Read More »
Not surprisingly, Well Written is the first horse locked in for the NZ$4 million slot race, The Kiwi, which will be contested at Ellerslie on Champions Day.. In spite of only having raced three rimes Well Written has been turning heads and making headlines since winning on debut over 1200m… Read More »
Dash out and dash home – the preparation complete and the gate to match. Prior to the barrier draw for the Group 1 Hong Kong Sprint (1200m), David Hayes was open minded to whichever gate Ka Ying Rising would draw in search of a 16th-straight victory and another jewel in… Read More »
The International Jockeys’ Challenge marks the proper start of the Hong Kong International Races week and Caspar Fownes could strike in the first two legs. Run over four races on the nice event card, it is the jockeys who will reap the big rewards for the HK$1 million (AU$193,000) prize… Read More »
There is not a great deal more that David Hayes can say about Ka Ying Rising so he is taking another tack and pointing to the market where he could jump as short as $1.05 with Australian betting sites. The world’s best sprinter did not make an appearance at trackwork… Read More »
Nine races will be run and won at Happy Valley this Wednesday night, headlined by the International Jockey Championship. Best Bookies 💰 👉 View the Best Betting Sites and Bookie Apps
Ten races have been set down for Sha Tin on Sunday, with good depth across the program. Best Bookies 💰 👉 View the Best Betting Sites and Bookie Apps
It was an anxious few moments for the connections of Provence as they waited to hear the judge’s call following the Group 1 TAB Mufhasa Classic (1600m) at Trentham on Saturday, and they erupted when their mare’s name was called out first. In shades of the photo finish between Enzo’s… Read More »
Jockey Ryan Moore celebrated his return to action with a ‘business as usual’ double success at Lingfield on Wednesday. Moore has been out of the saddle since August after suffering a stress fracture to his leg and he wasted little time in announcing his presence, claiming a win in only… Read More »
On Monday Ascot Racecourse announced that in 2026 prize money will be a record £19.4m, an increase of £1.65m on 2025, but excluding the QIPCO British Champions Day. 88 of Ascot’s 169 races, 52%, across the 25 days, will have a higher prize fund than 2025, with all races on… Read More »
Unbeaten Yulong-owned filly Well Written has resumed training, and while her precise summer campaign remains to be finalised, her New Year programme is taking shape. The sole certainty is that her principal target is the NZB Kiwi (1500m), with speculation intensifying regarding which slot the Stephen Marsh-trained filly will occupy… Read More »
The New York Racing Association Inc. (NYRA) was compelled to abandon the final eight races of Sunday’s nine-race programme at Aqueduct Racetrack following a protest by jockeys that resulted in their refusal to participate. Weather and track conditions played no role in the riders’ decision. After Race 1, jockeys raised… Read More »
Calandagan has become the first overseas horse to take out the Japan Cup since Luca Cumani’s success with Alkaased twenty year ago and he is the first French trained winner since the Robert Colet trained Le Glorieux in 1987. It was the fourth successive Group 1 win for the Francis-Henri… Read More »
Ten races have been set down for Sha Tin on Sunday, with good depth across the program. Race One: 2 Sight Hermoso Race Two: 1 Ka Ying Power Race Three: 4 Day Day Victory Race Four: 1 Ever Luck Race Five: 4 Audacious Pursuit Race Six: 6 Blazing Wind Race… Read More »
