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19/4/2026 Horse Racing Tips and Best Bets – Sha Tin

Eleven races will be run and won at Sha Tin on Sunday with good depth across the program. Best Bookies 💰 👉 View the Best Betting Sites and Bookie Apps
Purton close to another season with 100+ winners

Riding one hundred winners for ten consecutive seasons is the high bar that Zac Purton is likely to sail over at Sha Tin on Sunday. Purton currently sits on 98 winners for the 2025/26 season … exactly double the amount of winners landed to date by High Bowman who sits… Read More »
Apprentice jockey charged over alleged assault

Apprentice jockey Brandon Wilkie has been charged with causing grievous bodily harm with intent following an alleged assault involving a weighing room colleague last year. The 22-year-old, from Edergole in Dromahair, Republic of Ireland, was arrested on August 18 after police were called to an address in Exning, near Newmarket,… Read More »
Bowman gives Romantic Warrior glowing trial ahead of QEII Cup defence

It was a case of one Australian keeping the saddle warm for another Australian when Hugh Bowman rode Romantic Warrior, James McDonald’s favourite horse, in a trial earlier this week in preparation for Romantic Warrior’s upcoming assignment in the HK$30 million G1 Queen Elizabeth II Cup, which will be contested… Read More »
Overpass Royal Ascot bound for King Charles

Members of the Overpass ownership group which is managed by Scott Darby Syndications voted on Wednesday in favour of making the trip to England. Overpass, winner of more than $12 million prizemoney, is likely to be aimed at the Group 1 King Charles III (formerly King’s Stand) Stakes on June 16, day… Read More »
15/4/2026 Horse Racing Tips and Best Bets – Happy Valley

Nine races will be run and won at Happy Valley this Wednesday night, with good depth across the program. Best Bookies 💰 👉 View the Best Betting Sites and Bookie Apps
$2.1 million filly earns shot at stakes level

Well-bred filly Avantaggia has earned a shot at stakes level after breaking through with victory in the Porirua Club Punters Handicap (1200m) at Otaki on Saturday. By Wootton Bassett and out of Te Akau Racing’s nine-time Group 1 winner Avantage, Avantaggia has carried significant expectations since birth. Those expectations grew… Read More »
Watch 📺 I Am Maximus regains Grand National crown at Aintree

I Am Maximus wrote his name into Grand National folklore when he regained his crown in what on-track commentators were calling a ‘Red Rum-like’ performance. After a memorable win in the race in 2024, I Am Maximus had to settle for second place last year behind his stable companion Nick… Read More »
Group 1-winning juvenile dies in track work incident

European Group 1-winning juvenile Gewan, a colt earmarked as a potential shuttle stallion for Yulong, has died following a trackwork incident while preparing for his three-year-old season. The lightly raced grey, a son of Night Of Thunder and winner of the Group 1 Dewhurst Stakes last October, suffered a fatal… Read More »
I Am Maximus eyes rare Grand National redemption as Mullins chases history

The Willie Mullins trained I Am Maximus heads to Saturday’s Randox Grand National seeking to become the first horse to lose and reclaim his Grand National title since Aintree legend Red Rum achieved that feat almost fifty years ago. Red Rum ultimately came away as a three-time winner of this… Read More »
Moreira’s dream return ignites Fownes’ title charge

What a comeback! Joao Moreira produced an electrifying four-timer on his return to Hong Kong racing at Happy Valley on Wednesday to ignite Caster Fownes’ title challenge and send him rocketing back to the top of the Trainers’ Championship where he now joins Mark Newnham on forty-seven winners. Moreira didn’t… Read More »
Moreira’s Hong Kong return boosts Fownes’ title charge

Trainer Casper Fownes will hope that Joao Moreira hits the ground running when he kicks off his latest riding stint in Hong Kong at Happy Valley tonight. Fownes currently holds down second place in the Hong Kong Trainer’s Championship with 43 winners, sandwiched between Mark Newnham (who leads the way… Read More »
Jango Baie headlines first day at Aintree

Cheltenham Gold Cup runner-up Jango Baie will headline a star-studded first day of the Grand National meeting at Aintree on Thursday. The Nicky Henderson-trained seven-year-old is an odds-on chance for the Racing Welfare Bowl, one of four Grade 1 races on the card. He will bid for a first top-level… Read More »
Wagering on American horse racing turnover falls off a cliff

Pari-mutuel wagering on American horse racing has recorded its sharpest monthly decline in more than a year, with turnover figures taking a notable hit in March. Total handle dropped by 12.4 per cent compared to March 2025, falling to $816,171,590. The last time a steeper year-on-year decline was recorded was… Read More »
Ka Ying Rising makes it 19th straight win in Sprint Cup

There is simply no stopping Ka Ying Rising … and such is the aura surrounding the champion sprinter that nobody expects anything different. At Sha Tin on Sunday, the David Hayes-trained son of Shamexpress stretched his extraordinary winning sequence to nineteen consecutive victories, continuing a run that is fast becoming… Read More »
Ka Ying Rising to extend unbeaten streak on Easter Monday in Sprint Cup

The Hong Kong champion Ka Ying Rising will be at it again on Easter Monday where he will strive to extend his record unbeaten run in the HK$5.35 million G2 Sprint Cup over 1200m at Sha Tin, where a win would see him put nineteen consecutive race wins behind his… Read More »
Jockey Eliseo Ruiz under investigation for ride on Bailout Billy at Parx

Jockey Eliseo Ruiz is the subject of an investigation following his ride in Tuesday’s ninth event at Parx Racing, where he surrendered a significant lead after not using the whip in the home straight. Ruiz partnered Bailout Billy in a first-level allowance and established a clear advantage early before entering… Read More »
Newnham surges to the top with Hong Kong hot streak

Mark Newnham’s is having the time of his life in Hong Kong as his stable continues to send out a rapid fire run of winners, with his latest Sha Tin treble on Sunday catapulting Newnham clear at the top of the Hong Kong Trainers’ Championship with forty-five winners … two… Read More »
US scores a win of Magnitude in Dubai World Cup

It was a massive result for America in the Middle East, one that had nothing to do with geopolitics but everything to do with sport, as the largely unheralded Magnitude stunned the racing world in the Dubai World Cup. On paper, the race appeared to be Forever Young’s to lose,… Read More »
29/3/2026 Horse Racing Tips and Best Bets – Sha Tin

Eleven races will be run and won at Sha Tin on Sunday, with good depth across the program. Best Bookies 💰 👉 View the Best Betting Sites and Bookie Apps