Tag: 'Healthy Happy'

Healthy Happy aims to regain Group 3 crown

Healthy Happy will chase redemption in the 2024 HK$4.2 million Group 3 Chinese Club Challenge Cup Handicap for jockey Alexis Badel and trainer Frankie Lor.

Alexis Badel delivers front-running masterclass on Healthy Happy

Healthy Happy claimed Hong Kong’s first black type victory of the 2023/24 season with success in the Group 3 Celebration Cup Handicap (1400m) at Sha...
Healthy Happy

Healthy Happy seeks rebound effort in Group 3 Premier Cup

Frankie Lor is buoyant of a return to form for Healthy Happy when the Zoustar gelding lines up in Sunday’s HK$3.9 million Group 3 Premier...

Lor hopes Purton can extract best from Healthy Happy

Frankie Lor is banking on Zac Purton’s expertise to offset Healthy Happy’s weight challenge in the Class 1 Chinese New Year Cup Handicap (1400m) at...
California Spangle

Zac Purton excited by California Spangle’s return

Zac Purton is optimistic California Spangle can extend an already meteoric rise by claiming the Group 3 Celebration Cup Handicap (1400m) at Sha Tin on...
Ricky Yiu

Ricky Yiu’s out to continue fast start at Happy Valley

Ricky Yiu has fired out of the starting blocks this season with four wins to lead the trainers’ championship and tonight (Wednesday, September 21) at...
Joao Moreira

Moreira master of the Lion Rock Trophy, Hot King Prawn retires

Joao Moreira is chasing an unmatched fifth win in Sunday’s (May 29) HKD$3.7 million Group 3 Lion Rock Trophy Handicap (1600m) when he gets the...
Master Eight

Sprint Cup test for Master Eight as FWD Champions Day looms large

Master Eight has a long way to go if he is to fill the void left by the brilliant Mr Stunning in Frankie Lor’s stable,...
Mighty Giant

Yiu’s Giant returns in Sunday’s Queen’s Silver Jubilee Cup

After lighting up Happy Valley with a treble on Wednesday night (16 February), trainer Ricky Yiu is quickly turning his attention to Group 1 glory...
Harry Bentley

Bentley partners Healthy Happy in Queen’s Silver Jubilee Cup

Gearing up to ride Healthy Happy in Sunday week’s (20 February) HKD$12 million Group 1 Queen’s Silver Jubilee Cup (1400m), Harry Bentley is first looking...
More Than This

More Than This on giant-slaying mission in Sunday’s Stewards’ Cup

Graduates of the 2020 Four-Year-Old Classic Series, Golden Sixty and More Than This have had vastly contrasting careers since – like most in comparison to...
Wellington

Wellington’s best to come, Badel chases Centenary Sprint Cup glory

Group 1 action returns this Sunday (23 January) to Sha Tin with a pair of top-level contests – highlighted by the reappearance of Golden Sixty...
Master Eight

Master Eight ready for Group 1 Centenary Sprint Cup test

Master Eight has been one of this season’s most impressive performers with swift progression from Class 3 into a leading protagonist for Sunday week’s (23...
Master Eight

Master Eight lands Group 3 Bauhinia Sprint Trophy to remain unbeaten

Joao Moreira believes Master Eight has the ability to rise to the top of Hong Kong’s sprinting ranks after the gifted speedster preserved his unbeaten...
Healthy Happy

Healthy Happy seizes Group 3 Chinese Club Challenge Cup

Healthy Happy (132lb) made a sparkling return to racing in Saturday afternoon’s (1 January) HKD$3.7 million Group 3 Chinese Club Challenge Cup Handicap (1400m) at...
Master Eight

Master Eight eyes five unbeaten, Healthy Happy returns

Master Eight is shaping up as one of Hong Kong’s rising sprint stars and trainer Frankie Lor is hopeful the speedster can intensify his development...
Frankie Lor

Frankie Lor eyes championship push

Looking to capture a maiden training title and repel the recent onslaught of his former mentor John Size, Frankie Lor has armed himself with a...
Healthy Happy

Healthy Happy and Sky Darci lock horns again in Premier Cup

After their enthralling one-two finish in last month’s Group 3 Lion Rock Trophy Handicap (1600m), Healthy Happy and Sky Darci will renew their burgeoning rivalry...
Healthy Happy

Lor hopes weight trend favours Healthy Happy in Sunday’s Lion Rock Trophy

Lowly weighted runners have a notable record in the short history of the Group 3 Lion Rock Trophy Handicap (1600m) and this Sunday (30 May)...
Wellington

Wellington ready to press for Group 1 glory in Chairman’s Sprint Prize

Alexis Badel is keeping the faith in Wellington when he lines up in Sunday’s (25 April) HK$18 million Group 1 Chairman’s Sprint Prize (1200m), hopeful...
Frankie Lor

Frankie Lor eyes FWD Champions Day glory with trio of runners

Frankie Lor hopes lightning can strike twice in the same setting as he prepares to unleash Big Party and Fat Turtle against crack Japanese speedster...
Master Montaro

Hayes’ youngsters Master Montaro and Fantastic Treasure tackle Derby undercard

While two-time champion trainer David Hayes looks set to feature prominently in Sunday’s (21 March) BMW Hong Kong Derby (2000m) with Shadow Hero and Conqueror,...
Bundle Of Delight

Alexis Badel and Matthew Chadwick share Valley riding honours

Alexis Badel and Matthew Chadwick have laid down timely Hong Kong Derby (2000m) markers with Happy Valley doubles ahead of Sunday’s (21 March) Classic at...
Sky Darci

Sky Darci heads Hong Kong Derby selected runners

Caspar Fownes-trained Sky Darci heads 14 selected runners for the HK$24 million BMW Hong Kong Derby at Sha Tin Racecourse on Sunday, 21 March. Commanding...
Russian Emperor

Russian Emperor pleases Whyte ahead of Hong Kong Derby tilt

After entering the 2021 BMW Hong Kong Derby (2000m) fold with a dashing second at in last month’s Hong Kong Classic Cup (1800m), Russian Emperor...