Hot contest for Chinese New Year Cup
The Class 1 Chinese New Year Cup Handicap (1400m) is the traditional feature race at the Chinese New Year race day (Monday 27 January at...
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Winning Method is one of only five at the Valley for Purton
Zac Purton heads into Wednesday’s (22 January) Happy Valley card with his smallest book of rides this season but the champion jockey is upbeat that...
Private Secretary aims to boost Classic Series credentials
Private Secretary sprang straight into Four-Year-Old Classic Series consideration with a smart step-out victory last month and Tony Cruz’s charge will aim to up the...
Piccone’s perfect start
Tony Piccone has only been in Hong Kong three days but he hit the ground running with a win and two third-place returns from four...
Classic hopefuls clash at Sha Tin in New Year’s Group 3
Four-Year-Old Classic Series aspirants Champion’s Way (120lb) and Golden Sixty (114lb) will test their mettle against seasoned Group class performers in today’s (1 January) Group...
Rich win in Griffin Trophy
Rich And Lucky justified 1.7 favouritism to break his maiden in the HK$2 million Griffin Trophy (1400m) at Sha Tin yesterday afternoon, (Sunday 29 December),...
Alexis Badel hits a hat-trick
Alexis Badel bossed the mid-portion of the Boxing Day card at Happy Valley last night (Wednesday, 26 December) with a treble that featured a couple...
Lucky More shoots for revenge over Duke Wai
Lucky More (122lb) is out for revenge in today’s Class 3 Long Valley Handicap (1000m) when he will again face off against Duke Wai (128lb),...
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...
Derby hopefuls in action as Lor looks to Decrypt Classic Series
Frankie Lor knows what it takes to win the BMW Hong Kong Derby (2000m) having swept last season’s Four-Year-Old Classic Series and on Sunday (15...
De Sousa’s feeling the Power ahead of IJC defence
Hong Kong ‘gets’ Silvestre de Sousa. It has for a good while now. The city’s racing fans, its owners, its trainers, all of them hardheaded...
More for Shum
Lucky More was value for a good deal more than the four and a quarter-length winning margin in the Class 4 Chevalier Construction Handicap (1000m),...
Classic trail takes Playa Del Puente and Extra Brut to the Valley
Playa Del Puente’s impressive performance at Happy Valley last month thrust him high up the early BMW Hong Kong Derby pecking order and the three-year-old...
Simply’s the best on debut
Simply The Best could prove to be well-named. The debutant was clearly too good for his rivals in the opener, the Class 4 Panashop Handicap...
Aethero and Regency Legend catch the eye at the trials
Karis Teetan was grinning like a cat with cream after riding John Moore’s rising sprint star Aethero in a barrier trial at Sha Tin this...
Derby talk at the Valley as Playa Del Puente impresses Moreira
Playa Del Puente prompted early BMW Hong Kong Derby (2000m) talk with a smart win in the Class 2 Green Luck Handicap (1650m) at Happy...
Patience pays for Seasons Bloom in Premier Bowl thriller
Danny Shum is counting down the days to the Group 1 LONGINES Hong Kong Sprint on 8 December after Seasons Bloom (125lb) swooped under Grant...
Callan’s big freeze ends with a double at the Valley
There was relief and satisfaction for Neil Callan at Happy Valley on Wednesday (16 October) with a double that lifted the ‘Iron Man’ off the...
Helene Charisma times it right
It wasn’t the Grand Prix de Paris but the Heung Yip Handicap (1800m) at Happy Valley last night (Wednesday, 25 September) represented the pinnacle, so...
Purton bags four, Lor, Moore and Size off the mark
They say you can’t keep a good man down and Zac Purton proved that adage with a quartet of wins at Sha Tin yesterday, Sunday,...
Shinn turns dream to reality with Happy Valley breakthrough
Blake Shinn did well to keep the welling emotion in check after fulfilling a boyhood dream at Happy Valley last night, Wednesday, 11 September. “It’s...
Opening day triumph keeps Regency Legend on Group 1 trail
Regency Legend stretched his perfect record to four wins with an impressive victory in the Class 1 HKSAR Chief Executive’s Cup Handicap (1200m) at Sha...
Moore’s City seeks stylish start to new season
John Moore is upbeat about Styling City’s (113lb) chances of delivering a feature race win in Sunday’s (1 September) Class 1 HKSAR Chief Executive’s Cup...
Exciting young guns in action at Sha Tin season opener
Hong Kong’s season opener on Sunday (1 September) marks the dawn of a new campaign and with it the prospect of bright young stars rising...
Van Niekerk’s Harmony
Harmony Victory charged late down centre-track to win the day’s feature, the Class 1 Sha Tin Mile Trophy Handicap (1600m), in Hong Kong’s 2018/19 season...