Hong Kong’s prize money hits record levels with 11.5 percent boost
Hong Kong racing will offer record total prize money and incentives of HKD$1.62 billion across the 2022/23 season with the overall purse bolstered by a...
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Hong Kong rises to the challenge to stage LONGINES HKIR
The Hong Kong Jockey Club’s Chief Executive Officer Winfried Engelbrecht-Bresges has saluted Hong Kong’s “can-do” spirit and commitment after another successful staging of the LONGINES...
Punt Drunk: Japanese stars clean up in Hong Kong
Punt Drunk takes a look back at the 2021 Hong Kong International Races at Sha Tin, where the Japanese dominated and Golden Sixty extended his...
Japan’s Glory Vase and Joao Moreira again claim the Hong Kong Vase
Champion jockey Joao Moreira combined with the Tomohito Ozeki-trained Japanese stayer Glory Vase for a stunning win in the Group 1 LONGINES Hong Kong Vase...
Yahagi asks Loves Only You for one final effort in Hong Kong Cup
As the end of Loves Only You’s storied racing career approaches and the next chapter of her life beckons, trainer Yoshito Yahagi has his eyes...
Soumillon returns to Hong Kong, chases Cup glory with Lei Papale
Christophe Soumillon returns to the LONGINES Hong Kong International Races with a score to settle this Sunday (12 December) at Sha Tin after missing out...
Mogul seeks second Vase win for O’Brien and Moore
Last year’s Group 1 LONGINES Hong Kong Vase (2400m) winner Mogul returns on Sunday (12 December) to defend his title and leads a three-pronged attack...
Alain de Royer-Dupre bids for perfect farewell with talented Ebaiyra
One of the great training careers of the modern era will officially come to an end on 31 December when Alain de Royer-Dupre heads into...
Record-setting Noriyuki Hori makes long-awaited HKIR return
Noriyuki Hori is no stranger to success at the LONGINES Hong Kong International Races (HKIR) and this Sunday (12 December) at Sha Tin the master...
No room for doubt as Dwyer reaches for more Vase glory
Sunday, December 12th, 2004: A nervous young jockey from Liverpool gazes round a star-studded Sha Tin paddock ahead of his ride on Andrew Balding’s Phoenix...
Joao Moreira eyes second International Jockeys’ Championship
Looking to capture a second LONGINES International Jockeys’ Championship (IJC), Joao Moreira believes a favourable set of barriers are make or break for his chances...
Loves Only You and five from Ballydoyle head list for 2021 HKIR
Loves Only You is among a stellar line-up of 49 horses selected for the HKD$100 million LONGINES Hong Kong International Races (HKIR) at Sha Tin...
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,...
Panfield returns in style ahead of HKIR assignment
Armed with options heading towards LONGINES Hong Kong International Raceday in December, Tony Millard will adopt a flexible approach with Panfield after the star stayer’s...
Panfield ready to commence campaign towards Hong Kong International Races
Trainer Tony Millard will commence Panfield’s preparation towards the 2021 LONGINES Hong Kong International Races on Tuesday (14 September) when the star Chilean-bred galloper steps...
Exultant bows out as one of Hong Kong’s all-time greats
Exultant, one of the greatest champions in the history of Hong Kong racing, will farewell fans at a retirement ceremony this Saturday (26 June) in...
Glory Vase in peak form ahead of Group 1 QEII Cup tilt
Tomohito Ozeki is confident Glory Vase can reprise a winning Hong Kong habit and add to Japan’s imposing record in the HK$25 million Group 1...
Teetan goes for Glory in Sunday’s FWD QEII Cup
Karis Teetan believes he is ready to reap the rewards from a pair of off-season stints in Japan when he partners Glory Vase in the...
Ireland’s Mogul continues Aidan O’Brien and Ryan Moore’s successful connection
Vindicating Aidan O’Brien’s long-held faith, Mogul has emphatically underlined claims as heir apparent to Ballydoyle’s throne after claiming victory in the HK$20 million LONGINES Hong...
Fownes poised to unleash a potent Hong Kong International Races squad
The LONGINES Hong Kong Sprint (1200m) preparation – both flawed and challenging – is complete, but Caspar Fownes won’t know the success of the operation...
‘Mature’ Tower Of London looks to boss his rivals in the Hong Kong Sprint
Godolphin’s leading man William Buick will take the reins aboard the only Group 1 winner in Sunday’s Group 1 LONGINES Hong Kong Sprint (1200m) as...
Mixed fortune for Caspar Fownes
Classique Legend will have to defy LONGINES Hong Kong Sprint (1200m) history after the joint world’s top-rated sprinter drew barrier one in the HK$22 million...
In-form Moreira nears 1,000 wins with a solid book for Sunday
Championship-leading jockey Joao Moreira is riding at the peak of his powers with 51 wins this term – 20 clear of his nearest rival –...
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...
Magical has star billing at the Hong Kong International Races
Aidan O’Brien is satisfied with reports out of Sha Tin as his stable’s travelling trio Magical, Order Of Australia and Mogul wind up for Sunday’s...