Loves Only You bids farewell with dazzling Hong Kong Cup success
Loves Only You set the perfect seal on one of international racing’s most colourful careers with a spellbinding success in the HKD$30 million Group 1...
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Pixie Knight bids to emulate Maurice
Hidetaka Otonashi hopes genetics plays a decisive role in the HKD$24 million Group 1 LONGINES Hong Kong Sprint (1200m) at Sha Tin on Sunday (12...
Kawada, Hagiwara respect Golden Sixty, but upbeat about Danon Kingly
Accustomed to major race success, Yuga Kawada and Kiyoshi Hagiwara will lay siege to Golden Sixty’s Group 1 LONGINES Hong Kong Mile (1600m) crown with...
Hayes looks to Naboo Attack for HKIR breakthrough
David Hayes is confident Naboo Attack has the ability to match Hong Kong’s finest in the HKD$24 million Group 1 LONGINES Hong Kong Sprint (1200m)...
Hong Kong International Races attracts a bounty of nominations
The 2021 LONGINES Hong Kong International Races has attracted a galaxy of global and local stars with 135 world-class horses included in a glittering entry,...
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...
Richard Gibson double-handed as Rattan and Wellington challenge Danon Smash
Richard Gibson concedes toppling Danon Smash in the Group 1 HK$18 million Chairman’s Sprint Prize (1200m) on Sunday (25 April) is a formidable challenge but...
Legendary Japanese trainer puts Danon Smash on a par with champion Lord Kanaloa
Takayuki Yasuda has sounded an ominous warning ahead of Sunday’s (25 April) HK$18 million Group 1 Chairman’s Sprint Prize (1200m) by declaring Danon Smash the...
Amazing Star aims to prove he’s no fluke in Chairman’s Sprint Prize
Amazing Star caused one of the biggest feature-race shocks in Hong Kong racing history when he landed the Group 2 Sprint Cup (1200m) earlier this...
FWD Champions Day has top-class contenders in three exciting races
FWD Champions Day at Sha Tin Racecourse on Sunday, 25 April will bring together the very best of Hong Kong’s elite gallopers and a top-line...
Danon Smash, Resistencia headline Takamatsunomiya Kinen hopefuls
The Group 1 Takamatsunomiya Kinen (1200m) is the first big turf race of the year in Japan and will be held at Chukyo Racecourse this...
Japan enters strong contingent for FWD Champions Day
Japan’s elite and Hong Kong’s brilliant best are among the list of 77 horses holding entries for FWD Champions Day at Sha Tin on Sunday,...
Hong Kong Jockey Club overcomes pandemic challenge to stage unique HKIR
The Hong Kong Jockey Club’s Chief Executive Officer Winfried Engelbrecht-Bresges saluted Hong Kong’s “unique spirit and resilience” after a successful staging of the LONGINES Hong...
Danon Smash follows Lord Kanaloa’s footsteps with Hong Kong glory
Danon Smash followed in the footsteps of his sire Lord Kanaloa with a thrilling victory for Japan in the 2020 Group 1 LONGINES Hong Kong...
Ryan Moore bids for defining glory aboard Magical in the Hong Kong Cup
Champion British jockey Ryan Moore believes Magical is primed to forge rare new territory for Aidan O’Brien in the HK$28 million Group 1 LONGINES Hong...
Win Bright and Admire Mars shoot for a Hong Kong International Races repeat
The one thing we have seen of the Japanese racing in the past decade is a growing hunger to travel abroad, but while 2020 has...
Magical heads world class line-up selected for HKIR
Magical is among a stellar line-up of 45 horses selected for the HK$95 million LONGINES Hong Kong International Races at Sha Tin on Sunday, 13...
Danon Smash out to uphold family honour for Yasuda and Lord Kanaloa
In the recent annals of the Group 1 LONGINES Hong Kong Sprint there have been few foreign challengers that have been able to seriously trouble...