Bearing down on a record 12th trainers’ championship, John Size is hopeful Sight Spirit can continue an upward career trajectory and claim the HK$12 million Hong Kong Classic Mile (1600m) at Sha Tin on Sunday (30 January). Trailing Frankie Lor 42-39 in the championship, Size will saddle Blaze Warrior (Antoine… Read More »
Frankie Dettori will be sidelined for a short period of time after testing positive to Covid-19. The gun jockey was due to ride at Meydan in Dubai where he looked to have a strong chance of taking out the Zabeel Mile on Friday with the Saeed bin Suroor trained Real… Read More »
Taking a less than traditional route with Fa Fa, trainer Frankie Lor believes his Happy Valley maestro is capable of reaping valuable dividends as he aims to defy history in Sunday’s (30 January) HK$12 million Hong Kong Classic Mile (1600m) at Sha Tin. Between the last 10 winners of the… Read More »
Everybody loves Knicks Go, who’s the $1.90 Sportsbet equihero for a second Pegasus World Cup, having been crowned the Longines World’s Best Racehorse for 2021. Also favourite for US Horse of The Year honours, he’s ‘on-cue’ for the $3m Pegasus World Cup of 1m1f at Gulfstream Park, and for owners… Read More »
Nine races will be run and won at Happy Valley this Wednesday night, with good depth across the meeting. Race One: 3 Stoltz Race Two: 6 Happy Jai Jai Race Three: 6 Sunny And Gold Race Four: 5 Amazing News Race Five: 7 Bulletproof Race Six: 8 Regency Star Race… Read More »
It took the combined efforts of a great trainer and a great jockey to finally put an end to the unbeaten run of Hong Kong’s Champion race-horse Golden Sixty in the Group 1 Steward’s Cup. The Francis Lui trained son of Medaglia D’oro was bidding for a record equalling seventeen… Read More »
Ten races will be run and won at Sha Tin this Sunday, headlined by the Group l Stewards’ Cup (1600m), which features Golden Sixty. Race One: 7 Lucky Gor Race Two: 9 Setanta Race Three: 7 Super Wealthy Race Four: 4 Millennium Falcon Race Five: 1 Jumbo Fortune Race Six:… Read More »
Blake Shinn is confident Caspar Fownes has G1 LONGINES Hong Kong Sprint winner Sky Field in even better form heading into the G1 HK$12 million Centenary Sprint Cup (1200m) at Sha Tin on Sunday (23 January). Pointing to a more conventional preparation, Shinn believes Sky Field can prove victory in… Read More »
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 »
