Steve Moran

Obamburumai

Japan’s Obamburumai now bids to stun Hong Kong

Obamburumai and his trainer Keiji Yoshimura stunned the Australian racing world in the 2023 Golden Eagle, and the duo have their sights set on Hong...

Wellington could begin a big month for trainer Jamie Richards

Jamie Richards hopes that Wellington is ready to run a big race in the Group 1 Hong Kong Sprint at Sha Tin to kickstart a...

Size and Purton prove the Premier combination

Hong Kong Derby runner-up Tuchel confirmed the promise of that performance to capture the Group 3 Premier Plate at Sha Tin.

Dubai Honour chases third straight Group 1 win in QEII Cup

Seven races in three countries and some 16 months have passed since William Haggas-trained Dubai Honour was first set for the international racing stage.

McDonald’s amazing year not finished yet

Champion New Zealand-born but Australia-based jockey James McDonald’s stellar 2022 will be capped, but not necessarily end, when he is presented with the World’s Best...

Lucky Sweynesse top of the pops for Manfred Man

Hong Kong’s emerging sprint star Lucky Sweynesse will certainly be top of the pops with trainer Manfred Man if he can claim victory in the...

Rejuvenated Hong Kong on display with IJC at Happy Valley

Wednesday night’s International Jockeys’ Championship (IJC) at Happy Valley will feature the world’s best jockeys and send the first signal of a rejuvenated Hong Kong,...
Glory Vase

Japan’s Glory Vase and Joao Moreira again claim the Hong Kong Vase

Champion jockey Joao Moreira combined with the Tomohito Ozeki-trained Japanese stayer Glory Vase for a stunning win in the Group 1 LONGINES Hong Kong Vase...
Mogul

Mogul seeks second Vase win for O’Brien and Moore

Last year’s Group 1 LONGINES Hong Kong Vase (2400m) winner Mogul returns on Sunday (12 December) to defend his title and leads a three-pronged attack...
Wellington

Wellington justifies Gibson’s faith with stunning Chairman’s Sprint Prize triumph

Trainer Richard Gibson yesterday (Sunday, 25 April) claimed a second HK$18 million Group 1 Chairman’s Sprint Prize (1200m) at Sha Tin with potentially outstanding four-year-old...
Golden Sixty

Golden Sixty continues march to Hong Kong Mile

Golden Sixty, Hong Kong’s latest racing sensation, continued his seemingly inexorable march to December and Group 1 glory with his tenth consecutive win in yesterday’s...
Derek Leung

More than Wishful Thinking in Premier Bowl

No horse was given less chance, at least according to the betting board, but that didn’t stop a rejuvenated seven-year-old Wishful Thinker storming to victory...
Joao Moreira

Moreira roars into action at season opener

Joao Moreira, winless on this day last year, made a roaring start to the 2020/2021 racing season with a winning treble at the opening meeting...
Ricky Yiu

Tight at the top of trainers’ table

The intensity of competition, a hallmark of Hong Kong racing, was keenly evident in last season’s fierce battle for the trainers’ premiership which, ultimately, went...
Beat The Clock

Beat The Clock’s emotional Hong Kong Sprint win

Trainer John Size and jockey Joao Moreira spoke of vindication and feeling humbled in an unusually emotion-charged response to their win with Hong Kong’s most...
Mr Stunning

Frankie Lor’s following the successful path of past masters

Frankie Lor’s achievements in little more than two seasons as a trainer should not be undersold. Yes, Hong Kong has a condensed pool of horses...
Caspar Fownes

It’s a family affair as Caspar Fownes readies for the HKIR

Three champion trainer titles; a raft of major race winners at home and in Singapore and a surname synonymous with Hong Kong racing only scratches...
Aethero

Tyreel’s young giant is Moore’s latest great hope

Hong Kong’s latest sprint sensation Aethero was perhaps destined to be a giant – in every sense – of the racetrack even before his race...
Frankie Dettori

World’s top two, Dettori and Purton, clash in IJC

The world’s two top jockeys, the evergreen and effervescent Frankie Dettori and Hong Kong’s own Zac Purton, head a stellar cast competing in the 22nd...
In Her Time

New dad Avdulla hopes In Her Time can deliver in the Hong Kong Sprint

Jockey Brenton Avdulla enjoyed a momentous 2018 – winning the AU$3.5 million Group 1 Golden Slipper Stakes and both principal jockeys’ premierships in his adopted...

Beat The Clock’s battles Rattan to win Chairman’s Sprint

The home team was one down, with Mr Stunning’s late enforced absence, but it mattered not as the ever competitive Beat The Clock led home...

Records tumble as Beauty Generation saunters home

Records aplenty fell as Hong Kong’s current racing sensation and the world’s highest rated active racehorse Beauty Generation literally ambled his way to victory in...

Beauty Generation is the “champion” Purton deserves

Zac Purton concedes he’s blessed to sit atop the world’s best miler Beauty Generation – the horse who seeks a ninth consecutive win in Sunday’s...

Santa Ana Lane draws wide for FWD Champions Day assignment

Santa Ana Lane will have to overcome a wide berth if he is to win the Group 1 Chairman’s Sprint Prize (1200m) at Sha Tin...

Deirdre forms a new bond as Viddora steps into Vivlos’ shoes

Talented mares Deirdre and Viddora may hail from different hemispheres, let alone countries or stables, but they have become close companions as the FWD Champions...