Young guns square off in Wednesday’s Happy Valley finale
Wednesday’s (15 January) nine-race card at Happy Valley rounds out with a cracking finale as emerging talents Highly Proactive (132lb) and Snap Fit (129lb) lock...
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Preciousship prevails but Columbus County bolts into Classic reckoning
Preciousship (123lb) continued his rich recent form and kept trainer Ricky Yiu ticking along at the top of the premiership with a game victory in...
Purton’s back aboard Southern Legend for Group 3 January Cup
Southern Legend heads to Happy Valley on Wednesday (8 January) night for the Group 3 January Cup Handicap (1800m), aiming to prove his last run...
Fownes looks to The Hulk and Snap Fit for festive cheer
Caspar Fownes has BMW Hong Kong Derby (2000m) ambitions for The Hulk who will attempt to prove his Classic Series credentials with a muscle-flexing display...
Perfect for Badel, Decrypt pleases with Classic Series in mind
Perfect Match showed he’s a four-year-old going places with a smart victory in the Class 2 Lukfook Jewellery Cup Handicap (1400m) at Sha Tin yesterday...
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...
Monte’s Cup
Mister Monte carried off yesterday afternoon’s (Sunday, 1 December) second trophy race, the Class 4 Chinese General Chamber of Commerce Cup Handicap (1800m, dirt) at...
Two for Fownes against Exultant in Group 2 Jockey Club Cup
Rise High and Southern Legend will lock horns in Sunday’s (17 November) Group 2 Jockey Club Cup (2000m) at Sha Tin to determine bragging rights...
Southern Legend pockets the Ladies’ Purse
Southern Legend (127lb) pocketed the Group 3 Sa Sa Ladies’ Purse Handicap (1800m) at Sha Tin yesterday afternoon (Sunday, 3 November) after battling through a...
Schofield flashes late
Chad Schofield continued his solid start to the campaign, tallying a seventh win aboard Flash Famous (124lb) in section two of the Class 4 Tsim...
Fownes aims at another giant-slaying in the Sa Sa Ladies’ Purse
Caspar Fownes will send Southern Legend on a giant-slaying mission against Exultant in Sunday’s (3 November) Group 3 Sa Sa Ladies’ Purse Handicap (1800m). Nine...
Rise High’s Road to December
Vincent Ho was pleased with Rise High’s winning effort in the Group 2 Oriental Watch Sha Tin Trophy Handicap (1600m) yesterday afternoon (Sunday, 20 October),...
High for Fownes as Beauty Generation is beaten
There was fist-pumping and whooping, high-fives and firm clasps for all hands within reach of the Rise High camp; deflation and ‘brave face’ acceptance from...
Fownes looks for “something amazing” to topple Beauty Generation
Two of the finest gallopers in Hong Kong history could stand between Caspar Fownes and glory at this December’s LONGINES Hong Kong International Races. The...
Exciting three-year-old Hong Kong bound
Exciting three-year-old Cooga Doon will continue his racing career in Asia after his seven-figure sale to Hong Kong interests on Thursday. The undefeated son of...
Moreira lands a treble thanks to Le Terroir
A treble at Happy Valley last night (Wednesday, 25 September) saw Joao Moreira hit double figures for the season, the first rider to reach that...
Luck’s a Million
The DBS x Manulife Million Challenge kicked off with the Class 2 Big Wave Bay Handicap (1650m) at Happy Valley last night, Wednesday, 11 September....
Teetan’s 300, Fownes’s treble
Karis Teetan reached a Hong Kong milestone in race three in Hong Kong’s 2018/19 season finale at Sha Tin yesterday afternoon (Sunday, 14 July), when...
Size leads but Moore is confident as title race heads to the Valley
John Moore is in voluble mode, confident in his expressions, bullish in what he sees as the probability that his stable warriors will deliver an...
Ho’s fighting fit
If there was a title for the fittest jockey in Hong Kong, Vincent Ho would certainly be a contender and the many hours spent hitting...
Faith rewarded as Rise High takes the Plate for Ho and Fownes
Vincent Ho repaid the faith of his old master with a signpost victory aboard Rise High in the Group 3 Premier Plate Handicap (1800m) at...
Purton keeps on rolling with Happy Valley four-timer
There is no stopping the Zac Purton juggernaut. The champion jockey continued his domination with a four-timer at Happy Valley last night (Wednesday, 5 June),...
Purton’s on the cusp
Joao Moreira’s quartet at Happy Valley tonight (Wednesday, 29 May) took him to 73 wins for the term. Ahead of him in the premiership, careering...
Cup on the cards for Southern Legend
With Beauty Generation dominating the mile ranks at home, Caspar Fownes is likely to build Southern Legend towards the 10-furlong Group 1 LONGINES Hong Kong...
Legend strikes again in Kranji Mile
Southern Legend demolished his Singapore Group 1 Kranji Mile rivals for the second year in succession, quickening to an imposing win in Singapore’s invitational feature...