Following the announcement by Racing SA to cease jumps racing in South Australia, Racing Victoria has acted to ensure that preparations for jumpers towards the 150-year-old May Racing Carnival at Warrnambool are assisted with the re-programming of the MJ Bourke Hurdle (3200m) meeting to Easter Monday, 18 April. The decision… Read More »
Golden Sixty stands alone as Hong Kong’s most prolific winner in history after he successfully defended his G1 LONGINES Hong Kong Mile (1600m) crown at Sha Tin this afternoon (Sunday, 12 December). Nailing yet another heart-stopping win under jockey Vincent Ho, Hong Kong’s champion savoured the 19th win of his… Read More »
The Hong Kong Jockey Club’s Chief Executive Officer Winfried Engelbrecht-Bresges has saluted Hong Kong’s spirit and commitment after another successful staging of the LONGINES Hong Kong International Races, which saw G1 glory shared between Japan and Hong Kong at Sha Tin today (Sunday 12 December). On a day when Golden… Read More »
Loves Only You set the perfect seal on one of international racing’s most colourful careers with a spellbinding success in the HK$30 million G1 LONGINES Hong Kong Cup (2000m) on Sunday (12 December). Yoshito Yahagi’s globetrotting mare has flown the Hinomaru flag from Dubai to Hong Kong and on to… Read More »
Caspar Fownes and Blake Shinn were left with conflicting emotions after Sky Field steamed to success in the HK$24 million G1 LONGINES Hong Kong Sprint (1200m), fending off world-class opposition from Japan to continue Hong Kong’s dominance in the event. Shinn, 34, slotted his first G1 triumph in Hong Kong… Read More »
A horrible fall in the Hong Kong Sprint has marred the Hong Kong International Raceday at Sha Tin. Fives horses and jockeys were involved in a horrible fall around the turn in the Hong Kong Sprint which was won by Australian jockey Blake Shinn’s mount Sky Field. Concerns over the… Read More »
He hasn’t quite figured out how to jump on terms with them, but the John Sargent-trained Pecuniary Interest ($20) certainly knows how to finish off his races. After missing the kick by upwards of six lengths in the Midway Handicap over the mile at Royal Randwick, the Excelebration gelding tacked onto… Read More »
A tough nut secured a start in the best mile race in Australia, a progressive sprinter stamped his cards for a Group l target while a high class four year comfortably earned Stradbroke ballot exemption. All that and more in this weeks edition of ‘The Good, The Bad and The… Read More »
Co-trainers Ben & Jd Hayes are seeking their first Magic Millions Day success as a partnership in January with filly Lady Of Honour pointed towards the $2,000,000 Guineas for three-year-olds over 1400 metres. With a record of three wins and a second placing in her four starts to-date, including a… Read More »
A bumper ten race card has been set down for Sha Tin on Sunday for International Day. The weather is fine and the rail is in the true position for the entire circuit. Hong Kong Sprint 🏆: View the Field and Odds for the Hong Kong Sprint Hong Kong Mile… Read More »
View the Final Field and Barriers for the 2021 Hong Kong Cup. The Hong Kong Cup be run on Sunday December 12th at Sha Tin racecourse. Time: 7:30PM Distance: 2000m Class: Group 1 Market đź’°: View the Odds for the Hong Kong Cup Have Your Say: Who do you think… Read More »
View the Final Field and Barriers for the 2021 Hong Kong Mile. The Hong Kong Mile be run on Sunday December 12th at Sha Tin racecourse. Time: 6:50PM Distance: 1600m Class: Group 1 Market đź’°: View the Odds for the Hong Kong Mile Have Your Say: Who do you think… Read More »
View the Final Field and Barriers for the 2021 Hong Kong Sprint. The Hong Kong Sprint be run on Sunday December 12th at Sha Tin racecourse. Time: 5:40PM Distance: 1200m Class: Group 1 Market đź’°: View the Odds for the Hong Kong Sprint Have Your Say: Who do you think… Read More »
View the Final Field and Barriers for the 2021 Hong Kong Vase. The Hong Kong Vase be run on Sunday December 12th at Sha Tin racecourse. Time: 5:00PM Distance: 2400m Class: Group 1 Market đź’°: View the Odds for the Hong Kong Vase Have Your Say: Who do you think… Read More »
He wasn’t the most expensive yearling purchase, but Shamus Award gelding Brutality ($5) has matched it with some better bred campaigners by taking out the $750,000 Villiers Stakes at Royal Randwick. The five-year-old prevailed over Ellsberg ($6) by a short neck, with Criaderas ($11) a fast finishing third a further half length back. A… Read More »
As the end of Loves Only You’s storied racing career approaches and the next chapter of her life beckons, trainer Yoshito Yahagi has his eyes firmly fixed on Sunday’s (12 December) HK$30 million G1 LONGINES Hong Kong Cup (2000m) at Sha Tin, hopeful of a fairy tale end for his… Read More »
When the Victoria Racing Club moved the Listed Kensington Stakes (1000m) from mid-January to mid-December, it suited Phillip Stokes in setting four-year-old mare Mileva on a path to Group 1 aims in 2022. Mileva ($4.80) won the Kensington at Flemington by a length with Parsifal ($15) second and Halvorsen ($6) a… Read More »
Brisbane trainer Desleigh Forster isn’t usually one to say more that she needs to, nor makes outlandish statements, but she had no hesitation in declaring her admiration for Apache Chase after the four-year-old gelding won $250,000 The Gateway (1400m) at Eagle Farm and secured the ‘win-and-you’re-in’ ticket into the Group 1 Stradbroke Handicap… Read More »
He was the second-longest priced runner in the $140,000 Listed Razor Sharp field, but the Kris Lees-trained Special Reward ($26) has paid no attention to the market and saluted handsomely beating favourite Snap Dancer ($3.50F) by half a length with the unlucky Southern Lad ($7) a further two lengths away in third…. Read More »
Hidetaka Otonashi hopes genetics plays a decisive role in the HK$24 million G1 LONGINES Hong Kong Sprint (1200m) at Sha Tin on Sunday (12 December) when the Japanese prodigy seeks to emulate the heroics of his sire, Maurice. A mercurial talent, Maurice annexed the G1 LONGINES Hong Kong Mile (1600m)… Read More »
