Exultant named Horse of the Year at Hong Kong’s Champion Awards
Exultant’s outstanding exploits during the 2019/20 season earned the multiple Group 1 victor the Hong Kong Horse of the Year award at a special presentation...
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Purton, Moreira HK stoush down to the wire
Zac Purton and Joao Moreira have each ridden four winners at Sha Tin to remain in a share of the lead for the Hong Kong...
Exultant stamps Horse of the Year claim with Champions & Chater Cup victory
It was hard work but Exultant has never been one to shirk a challenge. The tough kingpin of the Hong Kong stayers’ division proved his...
Classy Exultant defends crown in Hong Kong
Exultant successfully defended his Standard Chartered Champions & Chater Cup title at Hong Kong's Sha Tin track, landing his fifth Group One win.
Rain a concern as Exultant faces Furore in Champions & Chater Cup
Furore and a storm are Tony Cruz’s two fears as he prepares Exultant for what he hopes will be another major success in the Group...
Cruz is the Standard Chartered Champions & Chater Cup maestro
Tony Cruz’s storied career as jockey and trainer has spanned almost every step of Hong Kong racing’s professional era. His name is woven into the...
Exultant grinds them to submission as Purton makes history in the FWD QEII Cup
Zac Purton was elated and deflated at the end of Exultant’s glorious, grinding victory in the HK$25 million Group 1 FWD Queen Elizabeth II Cup...
Exultant carries great expectations into FWD QEII Cup
Tony Cruz expects an Exultant victory in the HK$25 million Group 1 FWD QEII Cup (2000m) at Sha Tin on Sunday (26 April) but the...
Tony Cruz is Hong Kong racing’s original ‘living legend’
Tony Cruz was spotted moving around on foot not so long ago. In the grave reality of the world’s current state, seeing Hong Kong racing’s...
Horse of the Year title is back in Beauty Generation’s sights
Beauty Generation is facing a strong challenge for Hong Kong’s Horse of the Year award this season and anything but a record third straight victory...
Golden Sixty set for rest, Cruz left smiling
Golden Sixty was the talk of Happy Valley on Wednesday (15 April) night with trainer Francis Lui revealing that his sensational BMW Hong Kong Derby...
FWD Champions Day has top class contenders in three exciting races
FWD Champions Day at Sha Tin Racecourse on Sunday, 26 April will bring together the very best of Hong Kong’s elite gallopers in three exciting...
Purton and Moreira set for long tussle but first it’s FWD Champions Day
Joao Moreira relinquished his lead in the jockeys’ title race to reigning champion Zac Purton at Happy Valley midweek and both riders are psyched for...
Classic Cup still in the balance for Golden Sixty, no Dubai for Exultant
Golden Sixty’s participation in Sunday’s (23 February) Hong Kong Classic Cup (1800m) at Sha Tin remains in the balance but the classy Hong Kong Classic...
Time Warp turns time to floor Exultant in Citi Hong Kong Gold Cup
Time Warp delivered a blast from the past to level hot favourite Exultant in a rip-roaring Group 1 Citi Hong Kong Gold Cup (2000m) at...
Exultant goes for Gold again
Tony Cruz believes Exultant is on the right track to defend his crown in Sunday’s (16 February) HK$10 million Group 1 Citi Hong Kong Gold...
Millard’s two face Exultant in Citi Hong Kong Gold Cup
Tony Millard will pitch Glorious Dragon and Northern Superstar against the mighty Exultant in Sunday’s (16 February) Group 1 Citi Hong Kong Gold Cup (2000m)...
Exultant takes Centenary Vase again as Cruz eyes Dubai
Exultant imposed his authority on his local rivals and moved a step closer to a night in Dubai with a solid success in the Group...
Exultant must defy hefty impost in Centenary Vase
Exultant faces a weighty task in Monday’s (27 January) Group 3 Centenary Vase Handicap (1800m) at Sha Tin as he bids for back-to-back wins in...
Moreira’s Glory in the Hong Kong Vase
Glory Vase streaked away with the Group 1 LONGINES Hong Kong Vase (2400m) at Sha Tin this afternoon, Sunday, 8 December. The Japanese raider with...
Purton’s hungry for a Hong Kong International Races record
One Group 1 win on Sunday (8 December) will see Zac Purton become the outright most successful rider in the history of the LONGINES Hong...
Exultant is no second fiddle to Beauty Generation
Tony Cruz believes Exultant could prove to be the best stayer Hong Kong has ever produced. That may be so, but the three-time Group 1...
Exultant dominates Jockey Club Cup
Exultant was at his dominant best in Sunday’s (17 November) Group 2 Jockey Club Cup (2000m) at Sha Tin, galloping to victory in a faultless...
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...
Exultant’s tuned and ready to face Jockey Club Cup challengers
Tony Cruz is resolute in his expectation that Exultant can confirm his status as Hong Kong’s pre-eminent ‘stayer’ in Sunday’s (17 November) Group 2 Jockey...