Hot King Prawn shoots for a second Jockey Club Sprint
Hot King Prawn’s grey coat is another shade closer to white, one more year is on his withers, but trainer John Size is not yet...
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No Decision On Hong Kong Trip For Mcevoy
Star jockey Kerrin McEvoy will wait as long as possible before deciding whether to travel to Hong Kong to continue his partnership with Classique Legend.
Stronger into Group 2 Jockey Club test, Big Time Baby returns
Stronger heads into Sunday’s (22 November) Group 2 Jockey Club Sprint (1200m) with trainer Douglas Whyte optimistic that his smart charge can lift his game...
Top sprinter Classique Legend steps out, Columbus on Cup mission
The world’s joint-highest rated sprinter Classique Legend completed his first piece of fast work on the Sha Tin dirt Tuesday morning (17 November) in preparation...
Classique Legend touches down in Hong Kong
Classique Legend has landed in Hong Kong, with the AU$15 million The Everest (1200m) victor touching down in his new home ready for a tilt...
Hong Kong International Races attracts strong nominations
The 2020 LONGINES Hong Kong International Races has attracted a bounty of stars among 162 nominated horses, with 61 Group 1 winners from 10 countries/regions...
Hot King Prawn’s still a Premier prospect for major honours
Joao Moreira believes Hot King Prawn is capable of winning a hitherto elusive Group 1 as the grey returns for his fifth Hong Kong racing...
Hong Kong Sprint beckons as Perfect Match takes the Chief Executive’s Cup
Perfect Match landed the spoils in Sunday’s (6 September) Class 1 HKSAR Chief Executive’s Cup Handicap (1200m) and did so with plenty in hand and...
Regency Legend prepares for Chief Executive’s Cup defence with December in mind
Hong Kong racing returns on Sunday, 6 September at Sha Tin with the traditional season-opening feature race, the Class 1 HKSAR Chief Executive’s Cup Handicap...
Hong Kong’s record prize money increase includes Group races and HK Derby
Hong Kong racing will offer record prize money of HK$1.4 billion for the 2020/21 season, with the Group 1 LONGINES Hong Kong Sprint and BMW...
Hong Kong features highly among World’s Best and Top 100 rankings
Beauty Generation ranked as the world’s best miler in the 2019 World’s Best Racehorse Rankings (WBRR), released by the International Federation of Horseracing Authorities (IFHA)...
NZB grad wins Hong Kong Sprint
New Zealand Bloodstock Sales graduate Beat The Clock recorded his third win at elite level when taking out the Group 1 Hong Kong Sprint (1200m)...
Beat The Clock’s emotional Hong Kong Sprint win
Trainer John Size and jockey Joao Moreira spoke of vindication and feeling humbled in an unusually emotion-charged response to their win with Hong Kong’s most...
In Her Time ruled out of Hong Kong Sprint
Newcastle mare In Her Time has been ruled out of the Hong Kong International Sprint with a hoof injury.
In Her Time Withdrawn From The Hong Kong Sprint
At the conclusion of track work yesterday (Saturday 7 Dec) Stewards released a statement, “An examination of In Her Time, trained by Mr. Kris Lees,...
Young sires Lord Kanaloa and Maurice are helping shift perceptions
In England it’s long been the Derby, Australia has the Golden Slipper, France the Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe, North America looks to the Kentucky...
Frankie Lor’s following the successful path of past masters
Frankie Lor’s achievements in little more than two seasons as a trainer should not be undersold. Yes, Hong Kong has a condensed pool of horses...
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...
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...
Moreira keeps the faith into the Hong Kong International Races
Joao Moreira hopes loyalty will yield the pay-off of his first Hong Kong International Races (HKIR) victory in three years. The Brazilian ace enjoyed a...
Moore happy with the draws for Hong Kong International Races
There was a smile on John Moore’s face as he discovered the fate of his latest sensation Aethero at the barrier draw ceremony for Sunday’s...
In Her Time draws barrier four in Sprint
The Kris Lees-trained In Her Time has come up with barrier four for the Group One Hong Kong Sprint at Sha Tin.
Aethero’s ready to fly in the Hong Kong Sprint
Aethero worked solo down the turf track’s back straight at Sha Tin this morning (Thursday, 5 December) in a manner which left John Moore satisfied...
December warrior Mr Stunning seeks a Hong Kong Sprint hat-trick
Mr Stunning has never held the official title of Hong Kong’s champion sprinter, yet when December rolls around he is a champion in every sense...
Tyreel’s young giant is Moore’s latest great hope
Hong Kong’s latest sprint sensation Aethero was perhaps destined to be a giant – in every sense – of the racetrack even before his race...