New season, new challenges but Moreira still Purton’s biggest threat
Zac Purton sealed his fourth champion jockey title last season, reigning supreme with 147 wins to end the term as the current dominant force in...
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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...
Hong Kong racing pulls together to complete extraordinary season
Hong Kong’s “season like no other” ended at Happy Valley on Wednesday, 15 July with Ricky Yiu securing an odds-defying champion trainer title that was...
Hong Kong season finale sees cool Yiu claim the championship
Ricky Yiu sealed the champion trainer title at Happy Valley on Wednesday (15 July) night to fulfill a lifelong dream, and he did it with...
Yiu’s four-win lead has him optimistic that this one won’t get away
Ricky Yiu is on the verge of the most extraordinary achievement in his 48-year career with the Hong Kong Jockey Club; an accomplishment greater even...
Francis Lui hopes for luck in final title assault at Happy Valley season finale
Francis Lui heads into Wednesday’s (15 July) season finale at Happy Valley with seven chances across six races in the hope of pegging back Ricky...
Fast Most Furious for Purton and Hall, Yiu keeps Cruz at bay
Zac Purton locked up a fourth Hong Kong champion jockey title when Fast Most Furious (130lb) carried him past the post for his 144th win...
Jolly Banner returns for Yiu as the season’s finish line nears
Ricky Yiu’s stable stalwart Jolly Banner returns this Sunday (12 July) at Sha Tin with the chance of securing a vital win for his handler...
Purton delivers for Cruz as Yiu and Lui stall at the Valley
Zac Purton returned a favour at Happy Valley late on Wednesday night (8 July) to keep Tony Cruz in the frame for the champion trainer...
Yiu’s still swinging as title challenge intensifies
Zac Purton has the jockeys’ title more or less wrapped up – the shiny bow is all that’s needed – but the trainers’ race has...
Moore slams a Sha Tin hat-trick, Moreira’s out and Yiu’s still fighting
John Moore’s five-decade career in Hong Kong will come to an end in 10 days’ time but the handler hammered home a hat-trick of wins...
Columbus helps Purton’s cause, Yiu keeps Lui at bay
Columbus County struck a blow for Zac Purton and this year’s BMW Hong Kong Derby crop with a victory full of promise in the Class...
Yiu feels the heat as Lui closes in trainers’ premiership battle
The heat is on in the race to be champion trainer with front-runner Ricky Yiu feeling the burn at his back after closest rival Francis...
Purton hungry for more after midweek four
Zac Purton boosted his championship claims on Wednesday night with a fantastic four-timer at Happy Valley and this Saturday (27 June) at Sha Tin he...
Fantastic four sees Purton and Lui boost championship claims
Zac Purton struck a four-timer at Happy Valley on Wednesday (24 June) that left his great rival Joao Moreira with a mountainous task in the...
Teetan strikes four as Eagle soars
Lakeshore Eagle soared to a third win on the bounce and initiated a mid-card four-timer for Karis Teetan who continued a flaming streak at Sha...
Moreira closes gap in Hong Kong jockeys’ title
After an early winner at Happy Valley, Zac Purton has had his lead in the Hong Kong jockeys' premiership cut to three after a Joao...
Moreira and Fownes double up at the Valley
Joao Moreira got the boost he’d been looking for at Happy Valley on Wednesday, 10 June, teaming up with Caspar ‘King of the Valley’ Fownes...
Teetan bags a birthday brace, So goes big at the Valley
Reliable Team’s battling win in the Class 2 Cochrane Handicap (1800m) ensured Karis Teetan enjoyed a memorable 30th birthday at Happy Valley on Wednesday, 3...
More Than This has questions to answer in FWD Champions Mile
More Than This heads into Sunday’s (26 April) HK$20 million Group 1 FWD Champions Mile in the midst of an identity crisis of sorts but...
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...
Golden Sixty camp mulls QEII Cup, Derby form on show at the Valley
A final decision is yet to be made on Golden Sixty’s participation in the Group 1 FWD QEII Cup (2000m) on 26 April but trainer...
President gets Chang’s vote
Trainer Michael Chang appears to have a nice horse on his hands. Pickings have been slim since the days of Group 1 winner Rich Tapestry...
Class has it for Lui and Ho in Valley dash
This Is Class (120lb) had to do it the hard way but the progressive sprinter had enough quality to maintain an upward curve with victory...
This Is Class aims to keep on rising in Happy Valley feature
This Is Class will attempt to prove he is well-named when he shoots for a hat-trick of wins in today’s (Wednesday, 8 April) Happy Valley...