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 »
Healthy Happy (132lb) made a sparkling return to racing in this afternoon’s (Saturday, 1 January) HK$3.7 million G3 Chinese Club Challenge Cup Handicap (1400m) at Sha Tin. First-up after 194 days between runs, Frankie Lor’s charge made his seasonal reappearance a triumphant one under familiar ally Alexis Badel – holding… Read More »
Joao Moreira believes Master Eight has the ability to rise to the top of Hong Kong’s sprinting ranks after the gifted speedster preserved his unbeaten record with victory in the G3 Bauhinia Sprint Trophy Handicap (1000m) to seal a memorable day for trainer Frankie Lor. Lor, who previously won the… Read More »
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 »
