It’s February, and $20m Saudi Cup is giving us another world championship, with the 2021 hero Mishriff and jockey David Egan looking for a 12-month $19m pay packet. With $9.9m to the victor from a total $20m prizemoney, Mishriff and David Egan were brilliant in defeating Charlatan last year, and… Read More »
British Champion jockey Oisin Murphy, who has won the Jockey’s Championship there for the last three years, has been handed a total of fourteen months suspension by an independent disciplinary panel of the British Horseracing Authority (BHA). The suspensions were backdated to December 8, when Murphy relinquished his licence, effectively… Read More »
Douglas Whyte is an iconic figure of Hong Kong racing his pertinacity and supreme riding ability rewarded him with 13 consecutive champion jockey titles as well as HK$1.5 billion in stakes“ and, now as a trainer in just his third season of handling the South African has quickly become an… Read More »
Nine races will be run and won at Happy Valley this Wednesday night, with good depth across the meeting. Race One: 4 Champion Pal Race Two: 3 Meaningful Star Race Three: 7 Eeevee Race Four: 4 Bingo Bingo Race Five: 2 Circuit Seven Race Six: 6 Lightning Storm Race Seven:… Read More »
In a steward’s ruling on Monday, the 2021 Kentucky Derby winner Medina Spirit has been disqualified from the race and Hall Of Fame trainer Bob Baffert has been suspended for ninety days and fined $7 500. It was also ordered that the prize-money be redistributed and that the placings be… Read More »
The inexorable rise of Douglas Whyte among Hong Kong’s training ranks encompassed yet another milestone at Sha Tin this afternoon (Sunday, 20 February) as jockey Blake Shinn and Russian Emperor led home a one-two finish for the handler in the HK$12 million G1 Citi Hong Kong Gold Cup (2000m). Just… Read More »
Trainer Mark Walker is back in New Zealand and raring to go. Walker spent eleven years in Singapore and his distinguished career includes four Trainer Premierships in that racing jurisdiction, as well as the five New Zealand Trainer’s Premierships he achieved before relocating to Singapore. Walker headed up the Te… Read More »
Samantha Collett rode her customary winner at Ipswich yesterday … she currently is a clear leader of the Ipswich Jockey’s Premiership … but the next week will bring an entirely new experience for the talented rider who jets off to Saudi Arabia this evening to take part in the stc… Read More »
What brave races both PARSIFAL (Darci Brahma – Della Lobra) and HE’S A BALTER (Spirit Of Boom – Moxie Doll) just ran at Meydan. After both settling last and 2nd early they picked off runners one by one with Parsifal running an unlucky 3rd and He’s A Balter finishing hard… Read More »
After only just failing to get up in his debut run in Dubai the Will Clarken trained He’s A Balter will be looking to go one better in the Group 2 Blue Point Sprint over 1000m at Meydan this weekend. And Clarken will also have a more than useful back-up… Read More »
In targeting the Bahrain Turf Series Charlie Appleby of Godolphin stated ‘the benefit of the Bahrain Turf Series brings a different dimension of race programs that’s on our doorstep.’ ‘We campaign heavily in Dubai over the winter, and from a European point Bahrain is a great option to have,’ with… Read More »
“We don’t believe it is fair or safe to ask him to carry close to top weight at the age of 12. Since we are responsible for the welfare of Tiger Roll, we must protect him from the idiotic opinion of this handicapper. We therefore regret to announce that he… Read More »
Love Envoi can maintain her unbeaten record with victory in the Weatherbys Cheltenham Festival Betting Guide Jane Seymour Mares’ Novices’ Hurdle at Sandown. A £38,000 purchase after winning a Wexford bumper for prominent point-to-point trainer Sean Doyle last spring, the Westerner mare has proved a real find for Noel Fehily Racing…. Read More »
Zac Purton is looking to up the ante in his push for a fifth jockeys’ championship tomorrow night (Wednesday, 16 February) at Happy Valley, taking yet another imposing book of rides as he hopes to build on his unmatched 35 wins at the city circuit this term. Sitting eight wins… Read More »
Nine races will be run and won at Happy Valley this Wednesday night, with good depth across the meeting. Race One: 12 Raging Blaze Race Two: 4 Exceptional Nice Race Three: 3 Wind Speeder Race Four: 1 The Runner Race Five: 3 Circuit Booming Race Six: 1 Loyal Baby Race… Read More »
While he will be without his legion of adoring fans in the stands at Sha Tin, Golden Sixty ‘The Pride of Hong Kong’ is primed to bounce back from a rare defeat last month in Sunday’s (20 February) HK$12 million G1 Citi Hong Kong Gold Cup (2000m). And, as Hong… Read More »
Ruan Maia is confident Navas Two can continue a startling rise and make a strong case ahead of the HK$12 million Hong Kong Classic Cup (1800m) later this month with another convincing performance in the Class 2 Rose Handicap (1600m) at Sha Tin on Saturday (12 February). Chasing a fourth… Read More »
Ten races will be run and won at Sha Tin on Saturday, with good depth across the program. Race One: 2 Booming Well Race Two: 6 Sight Hero Race Three: 2 Golden Empire Race Four: 1 En Pointe Race Five: 7 Ka Ying Lucky Race Six: 2 All Joyful Race… Read More »
It’s Dubai Innovation Week evening at Meydan, and its Lord Glitters that’s become the first horse to defends his Singspiel Stakes crown enroute to Super Saturday. In coming off a fourth to Desert Fire in the Al Bashidiya at Meydan, it was last year that he defeated the Gr2 performer… Read More »
After suffering a rare defeat his first since July, 2019 Golden Sixty will aim to recapture his winning thread in Sunday week’s (20 February) G1 Citi Hong Kong Gold Cup (2000m) after pleasing both jockey Vincent Ho and trainer Francis Lui in a trial at Sha Tin this morning (Tuesday,… Read More »
