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 »
It is impossible to separate the Hong Kong Jockey Club (HKJC) and the people of Hong Kong. They share a single heartbeat and the HKJC’s input in supporting local charities, promoting community projects … and so much more … underlines a heartwarming relationship that just does so much good for… Read More »
The November edition of the Longines World Best Racehorse is out, and it’s the Aga Khan Studs home-bred Calandagan with a 130 ranking who’s the ‘world champion for 2025.’ Priced as the $4.50 pick with nation-wide wagering agencies for this 44th Japan Cup, Calandagan ranking jumped from a 125 to… Read More »
British racing has avoided a feared betting tax increase after UK chancellor Rachel Reeves unveiled major gambling tax reforms that will impose hundreds of millions of pounds in extra costs on online wagering companies — but leave horseracing bets untouched. Reeves confirmed that remote gaming duty will jump from 21… Read More »
One win at happy Valley last night was all it took for Hugh Bowman to clinch a prized place in the lucrative International Jockey’s Championship which will take place at Sha Tin on December 10 … but it was a really close call. Bowman trailed Luke Ferraris by one win… Read More »
New Zealand punters’ appetite for Australia’s major racing events continues to rise, with The Everest now comfortably overtaking the Cox Plate as the country’s second most-wagered-on race — although it still trails well behind the iconic Melbourne Cup. Entain, which now operates under a legislated monopoly in New Zealand, reported… Read More »
There is plenty to play for at Happy Valley tonight where Hugh Bowman will be involved in what is basically a two-way shoot-out with Luke Ferraris for one of the two remaining places in the Longines International Jockey’s Championship (IJC) which will be held at the same track on December… Read More »
Nine races will be run and won at Happy Valley on Wednesday night, with good depth across the program. Best Bookies 💰 👉 View the Best Betting Sites and Bookie Apps
It was this week 35 years ago that trainer David Hayes took on the world with Better Loosen Up, taking a daring trip across the globe to become the first Australian trainer to win the world’s richest race, the Japan Cup. “What a day that was!” David said, still justifiably… Read More »
You wouldn’t expect the Longines World Best jockey of 2025 to announce his arrival for a riding stint in Hong Kong in any other way, but James McDonald’s treble at Sha Tin on Sunday … which included wins in two of the three feature races on the day … was… Read More »
Ka Ying Rising extended his winning streak to 15 in dazzling style on Sunday, cruising through his Hong Kong return exactly as anticipated. The The Everest winner was sent out at virtually unbackable odds for the G2 Jockey Club Sprint (1200m) and delivered accordingly, putting a clear gap on his… Read More »
