Twelve races will be run and won at Singapore on Sunday as their 2022 racing season kicks off. Race One: 5 Takhi Race Two: 9 Holy Eleanor Race Three: 1 Al Green Race Four: 2 Bepop Race Five: 12 Lim’s Shot Race Six: 6 Prodigal Race Seven: 8 Ksatria Race… Read More »
Eleven races will be run and won at Sha Tin this Saturday, with good depth across the meeting, highlighted by a couple of Group lll contests. Race One: 4 Incredible Race Two: 2 Flying Ace Race Three: 1 Awesome Treasure Race Four: 6 Excellent Proposal Race Five: 1 Kilindini Race… Read More »
Master Eight is shaping up as one of Hong Kong’s rising sprint stars and trainer Frankie Lor is hopeful the speedster can intensify his development in Saturday’s (1 January) HK$3.7 million G3 Bauhinia Sprint Trophy Handicap (1000m) his toughest test to date. “It’s his first time at Group 3 level… Read More »
Douglas Whyte paid Blake Shinn the ultimate compliment after the Australian closed a spectacular December with victory aboard Will Power in the Class 1 Fo Tan Handicap (1650m) at Sha Tin’s eight-race all-dirt meeting on Wednesday night (29 December). Revered as the most successful rider in Hong Kong history with… Read More »
Paul O’Sullivan is buoyant of a positive result with stable star Duke Wai in Saturday’s (1 January) HK$3.7 million G3 Chinese Club Challenge Cup Handicap (1400m) at Sha Tin, hopeful his charge can reap the benefits from his remarkable reliability on the track. “He tries hard and the handicapper has… Read More »
A menacing force on the surface Kings Shield is looking to stamp his authority as Hong Kong’s unofficial dirt course kingpin in Wednesday night’s (29 December) lucrative Class 1 Fo Tan Handicap (1650m, dirt) at Sha Tin the second race of the midweek fixture’s no-nonsense all-dirt programme. Eyeing a fifth… Read More »
Senor Toba’s emergence as a legitimate BMW Hong Kong Derby (2000m) contender continued at Sha Tin on Monday (27 December) with the grey’s stout victory in the Class 2 Hong Kong Sports Institute 30th Anniversary Cup Handicap (2000m), fuelling Caspar Fownes and Joao Moreira’s hopes of successive triumphs in the… Read More »
Ten races will be run and won at Sha Tin this Monday, with good depth across the meeting. Race One: 7 Zacian Race Two: 4 Sunny Baby Race Three: 5 Senor Toba Race Four: 2 En Pointe Race Five: 4 Galaxy Witness Race Six: 1 Pins Prince Race Seven: 3… Read More »
For two of the elite brigade – Chrono Genesis and Kiseki – their final runs will be in this Sunday’s (26 December) G1 Arima Kinen (2500m), an iconic, nearly legendary, race in Japan, and naturally a cherished racing tradition. Fittingly, the race boasts a winner’s prize that ties the G1… Read More »
Following a short but aggressive illness, Juddmonte sadly announce the passing of Champion sire DANSILI (Danehill x Hasili) at his birthplace Banstead Manor Stud shortly before his 26th birthday. Bred by Juddmonte Farms he was the first foal out of the Listed winner Hasili, who went on to become a… Read More »
The Joao Moreira juggernaut continues at top speed after the Brazilian capped a momentous three-meeting burst with a four-timer at Happy Valley on Wednesday night (22 December) to be on the cusp of overtaking injured Zac Purton at the head of the Hong Kong jockeys’ championship. With a quartet, treble… Read More »
Nine races will be run and won at Happy Valley this Wednesday night, with good depth across the program. Race One: 7 Happy Jai Jai Race Two: 3 Wild West Wing Race Three: 4 Singapore Spirit Race Four: 3 Savvy Kingman Race Five: 1 Loyal Baby Race Six: 5 Savvy… Read More »
Looking to capture a maiden training title and repel the recent onslaught of his former mentor John Size, Frankie Lor has armed himself with a strong team of seven at Happy Valley this Wednesday evening (22 December), which includes a trio of in-form course specialists. “I have a few horses… Read More »
With the Gulf Thoroughbred Season in full swing, it’s the Qatar Derby at the Al Rayyan Racecourse in Doha, that’s another battle ground of Arabia v’s the Europeans. In Frenchman Ronan Thomas winning the Qatar Derby Trial of 1750m on the local Alban de Mieulle trained King Shalaa, it’s the… Read More »
When you can knock off the likes Tom Brady, Novack Djokovic, Max Verstappen and a host of other sporting luminaries to take out the prestigious BBC Sports Personality’s World Sport Star of the Year for 2021 you know you must have had an exceptional year. Rachael Blackmore did just that… Read More »
Mana Nui has joined the Chris Waller stable from the Chad Ormsby yard in New Zealand. Manu Nui won twice for the Matamata trainer … including a win in the Group 2 Hawkes Bay Guineas … but Tony Rider, Man Nui’s owner and breeder, has now set his sights on… Read More »
The Hong Kong Jockey Club is pleased to announce that Jamie Richards will be joining the training ranks in Hong Kong for the start of the 2022/23 racing season. “Firstly, I’d just like to say what an honour it is to be licensed by the Licensing Committee for the upcoming… Read More »
Jamie Richards is set to join the training ranks in Hong Kong while Singapore-based Mark Walker is returning to New Zealand after 11 years. Walker is set to return to New Zealand early next year while Richards is expected to depart for Hong Kong in May to prepare for the opening of the new… Read More »
Building in ominous and familiar fashion towards the Hong Kong champion trainer and jockey titles, respectively, John Size and Joao Moreira dominated at Happy Valley on Wednesday (15 December) with a treble each. The pair combined with Special M, Incanto Prepared and A Smile Like Yours in a telling show… Read More »
Fresh off his record-setting success aboard Golden Sixty in Sunday’s (12 December) G1 LONGINES Hong Kong Mile (1600m), Vincent Ho is quickly turning his attention to Wednesday’s (15 December) eight-race card at Happy Valley as he looks to maintain the momentum with seven rides at the city circuit. With 10… Read More »
