Britain’s most successful female jockey Hayley Turner has been banned for three months for operating a betting account while licensed. Turner officially retired from the saddle at the end of the 2015 turf season and after initially establishing a media career with At The Races and ITV Racing, Turner recently… Read More »
Eight races will be run and won at Happy Valley this Wednesday night, where the feature race is the Hong Kong Golf Club Centenary Cup, a Class 4 event over 1800m. BONUS #1: $501 FREE BET BONUS* at Sportsbet.com.au BONUS #2: $500 FREE BET BONUS* at Ladbrokes.com.au BIG BONUS… Read More »
After more than three years based in Hong Kong, Australian jockey Nash Rawiller has broken through for his first Group One win in the Asian racing capital with victory on Mr Stunning in the feature sprint at the international meeting at Sha Tin. Adding to the occasion on Sunday, Rawiller’s… Read More »
Highland Reel has bowed out of racing in the best way possible with victory in the Group One Hong Kong Vase at Sha Tin. It was the second win in the 2400m-race for the Aidan O’Brien-trained Highland Reel who was successful in 2015 after running third to Winx in the… Read More »
One of the great race days on the world racing calendar comes around this Sunday at Sha Tin with International Day, with ten races to be run and won, four of which are at Group l level. There are no Australian runners this year, but there are some familiar names… Read More »
Paul Nicholls may have have found his next superstar after Politologue stepped up to win the Tingle Creek at Sandown and give the trainer his 10th win in the Grade One steeplechase. Jumping well throughout, the six-year-old put in a career-best effort to back up his victory on his seasonal… Read More »
Around 25 racehorses are known to have been killed and many others are missing after a wildfire swept through a training centre in north east San Diego County. The California Horse Racing Board says nearly 500 horses were stabled at the San Luis Rey training centre when the fire erupted… Read More »
Former champion British trainer Peter Walwyn has died at the age of 84. Walwyn, intrinsically linked with the village of Lambourn which is now one of the major training centres in England, is likely to be best remembered for his handling of the brilliant Grundy. Having won the Irish 2000… Read More »
Hundreds of elite thoroughbred racehorses have sprinted away from flames as one of California’s major wildfires tore through a training centre in San Diego County. Not all made it. Update: At least 25 racehorses killed by California fire There was no official count of how many animals were killed in the… Read More »
Four Group 1 races will be contested at Sha Tin this Sunday featuring 2015 Cox Plate runner up Highland Reel and 2-time Melbourne Cup placed Max Dynamite. The Hong Kong International Race day includes four feature Group 1 Races: the Hong Kong Cup (2000m), the Hong Kong Sprint (1200m), the Hong… Read More »
Britain’s most successful female jockey Hayley Turner has expressed her regret over opening an internet betting account while still licensed. Turner officially retired from the saddle at the end of the 2015 and after initially establishing a media career with At The Races and ITV Racing, she recently opted to… Read More »
Ex-pat Australian Zac Purton has won the International Jockeys Championship in Hong Kong, winning two of the four designated races at Happy Valley. Representing Hong Kong where he has lived for the past decade and was champion jockey in 2013/14, Purton was an outsider in the competition on Wednesday night…. Read More »
Group One performer Toast Of New York has made a triumphant return to racing at Lingfield after three years away from the track. The six-year-old entire, beaten a nose in the Breeders’ Cup Classic in 2014, was retired because of a tendon injury and had a spell at stud in… Read More »
International Week in Hong Kong kicks off this Wednesday night at Happy Valley for International Jockey Championship night, bringing together 12 of the best riders in the world to ride across four races for bragging rights. BONUS #1: $501 FREE BET BONUS at Sportsbet.com.au BONUS #2: $500 FREE BET… Read More »
Marsha has become the highest-priced horse sold at a European auction, fetching six million guineas ($A 11 million approx) at the Tattersalls December Mare Sale. The Prix de l’Abbaye and Nunthorpe winner, trained by Sir Mark Prescott, was bought by MV Magnier, son of Coolmore Stud’s John Magnier, for a… Read More »
Diamond Jubilee Stakes winner The Tin Man has been withdrawn from the International Sprint in Hong Kong because of a temperature. HKJC stewards said James Fanshawe-trained gelding had presented with a fever after arriving from England and was taken out on Tuesday. The Tin Man’s absence reduces the number of… Read More »
The Longines International Jockey Championship at Happy Valley on Wednesday Night brings together the best hoops from around the world as Hong Kong gears up for International Day on Sunday. The honour roll is an absolute beauty with names such as Dettori, Oliver, Murtagh, Moore and Bowman on the list…. Read More »
Australian jockey Vlad Duric has completed a successful season in Singapore, breaking through for his first jockeys’ title. Having finished second to Joao Moreira in 2010 and again last year behind another Brazilian Manoel Nunes, Duric held off Nunes to land this year’s premiership. A winning double at Sunday’s final… Read More »
Gordon Elliott has played down his chances of taking the Irish jumps trainer’s title from perennial champion Willie Mullins despite making history by claiming all three Grade One winners on the big pre-Christmas card at Fairyhouse. Elliott has made rapid progress in the past couple of years to become a… Read More »
The Willie Mullins-trained Total Recall has ended the Irish drought with a thrilling victory in the Ladbrokes Trophy Chase at Newbury. The eight-year-old got up close home to collar Whisper and become the first Irish winner of the prestigious staying handicap, formerly known as the Hennessy Gold Cup, since Bright… Read More »
