Eleven races will be run and won at Singapore on Saturday, with good depth across the meeting. Race One: 7 Beat The Light Race Two: 8 Deception Race Three: 4 Our Pinnacle Race Four: 5 Supermax Race Five: 9 Turf Beauty Race Six: 5 Superlative Race Seven: 1 Ben Wade… Read More »
Undistracted by history, Vincent Ho will adopt a trademark conservative approach to the G1 HK$12 million Stewards’ Cup (1600m) at Sha Tin on Sunday (23 January) when Golden Sixty attempts to match Silent Witness’ Hong Kong record of 17 successive victories. Typically understated, Ho is not budging from the routine… Read More »
In an extraordinary coincidence, Paul O’Sullivan and Karis Teetan simultaneously reached the Hong Kong 500-win milestone when the pair combined with Shadow Runner in the second section of the Class 4 Green Island Handicap (1200m) at Happy Valley on Wednesday night (19 January). Starting their Hong Kong careers almost a… Read More »
It’s the unbeaten Wolverine who’s at S3.90 with Sportsbet for the $1m 2022 Double Tree by Hilton Karaka Million 2YO, with the Karaka 2022 Book 1 now held on 7-9 March. In drawing barrier 13 of 15 starters, run over 1200m, she’ll be ridden by Leith Innes, who last start… Read More »
The Hong Kong Jockey Club came away from the 2022 Magic Millions Gold Coast Yearling Sale with four colts purchased for a combined outlay of AU$1.88 million (approx. HK$10.62 million). The first of the quartet to pass through the ring was Lot 213 – a bay colt by I Am… Read More »
Group 1 action returns this Sunday (23 January) to Sha Tin with a pair of top-level contests highlighted by the reappearance of Golden Sixty as well as a hot renewal of the Centenary Sprint Cup (1200m) which Alexis Badel is gunning for aboard Wellington. Victorious in the 2021 HK$18 million… Read More »
Nine races will be run and won at Happy Valley this Wednesday night, with good depth across the meeting. Race One: 6 Amazing Boy Race Two: 10 Viva Popcorn Race Three: 4 Charming Steed Race Four: 4 Amazing News Race Five: 11 Shadow Runner Race Six: 6 Beauty Joy Race… Read More »
Triumphant after a Sha Tin quartet on Sunday (16 January), Joao Moreira will deliberate overnight before deciding which of the several leading contenders he will ride in the HK$12 million Hong Kong Classic Mile (1600m) on Sunday, 30 January. Boosting his lead in the jockeys’ championship over arch-rival Zac Purton… Read More »
Twelve races will be run and won at Singapore on Saturday, with good depth across the meeting. Race One: 3 Wind Of Liberty Race Two: 3 Fountain Of Fame Race Three: 1 Special Ops Race Four: 1 King Arthur Race Five: 2 Ford Mustang Race Six: 2 Attila Race Seven:… Read More »
Determined to build on a positive return to race-riding, Zac Purton believes the pecking order for the HK$48 million Four-Year-Old Classic Series will become clearer during a defining finale to the meeting at Sha Tin on Sunday (16 January). Committed to Danny Shum’s Packing Victory for the HK$12 million Hong Kong Classic… Read More »
Exactly a month after suffering multiple injuries in a Sha Tin fall, Zac Purton notched his 50th victory of the 2021/22 season as the champion hoop revived hopes of a fifth jockeys’ crown with a successful return at Happy Valley on Wednesday night (12 January). Competing for the first time… Read More »
According to Daniel Moor, The Hong Kong Jockey Club has gone ‘above and beyond’ the call of duty to ensure that he and fellow Australian jockey Luke Currie were able to beat the arrival deadline into Hong Kong after the Hong Kong Government announced a two-week ban on flights into… Read More »
Bidding for a hat-trick of wins and a fifth overall Joyful Win has hit career-best form and he’s got trainer Ricky Yiu believing there’s plenty more still to come ahead of Wednesday evening’s (12 January) Class 3 Kowloon City Handicap (1000m) at Happy Valley. “He’s very consistent – I wouldn’t… Read More »
Ten races will be run and won at Sha Tin this Sunday, with good depth across the meeting. Race One: 10 Golden Mission Race Two: 5 Alcari Race Three: 4 Armour Eagle Race Four: 6 Brave Power Race Five: 2 Whizz Kid Race Six: 1 Pins Prince Race Seven: 1… Read More »
Eleven races will be run and won at Singapore on Saturday, with good depth across the meeting. Race One: 4 The Shadow Race Two: 2 Big Green Hat Race Three: 2 Gold Reward Race Four: 7 Gold Cut Race Five: 2 Lim’s Shot Race Six: 1 Great Expectation Race Seven:… Read More »
Golden Sixty stepped out for a routine barrier trial at Sha Tin this morning (Tuesday, 4 January) as he builds towards the HK$12 million G1 Stewards’ Stepping out under familiar ally Vincent Ho, Golden Sixty broke cleanly before extending to cross the line third in 59.41s behind Wellington and Jumbo… Read More »
Nine races will be run and won at Happy Valley this Wednesday night, with good depth across the program. Race One: 8 Bulletproof Race Two: 5 Sight Hero Race Three: 2 Toronado Phantom Race Four: 6 Zebrowski Race Five: 11 Viva Popcorn Race Six: 3 Astrologer Race Seven: 3 Kurpany… Read More »
Savvy Nine will aim to become to the second horse in history to defend his mantle in the G3 January Cup Handicap (1800m) this Wednesday night (5 January) at Happy Valley. Noble Conqueror prevailed in 2010 and 2011; tomorrow night, Savvy Nine will attempt to do the same, following on… Read More »
A fall from the ill-fated Gold Watch on New Year’s day at Ellerslie has left Danielle Johnson with two broken bones in her lower right leg. A runaway winner of the 2020/21 New Zealand Jockey’s Premiership, in which she rode over one hundred and fifty winners with fifteen Black Type… Read More »
The Hong Kong Jockey Club’s licensing committee has confirmed that, subject to the usual formalities, it has granted a Club Jockey’s licence to Luke Currie and Daniel Moor to ride in the precinct until the end of the current Hong Kong racing season. Currie, who has thirteen Group 1 winners… Read More »
