Million Challenge at Grateful Heart’s mercy after fourth win at Happy Valley
Happy Valley sprint specialist Grateful Heart has built an almost impregnable buffer in the DBS x Manulife Million Challenge after a fourth victory at the...
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Red-hot Moreira looks to keep on rolling at Happy Valley’s midweek fixture
Fresh off Group 1 success and a treble on Sunday (24 January) at Sha Tin, Hong Kong’s leading jockey Joao Moreira is looking to keep...
Hot King Prawn lands elusive Group 1 with Centenary Sprint Cup triumph
Hot King Prawn has washed away months of frustration and doubt with an emphatic performance to claim his first Group 1 crown with victory in...
Lui lays down a Happy Valley treble ahead of Golden Sixty’s return
Four days out from the much-anticipated return of Golden Sixty’s attempt to post a 12th consecutive triumph, the champion galloper’s trainer Francis Lui continued an...
Peter Ho registers 600th Hong Kong win
Teaming with the prolific Joao Moreira, Peter Ho struck a David and Goliath blow for the smallest stable in Hong Kong by lodging his 600th...
Not Usual Talent upstages Four-Year-Old Classic Series hopefuls
Reprising a latent winning habit, Not Usual Talent’s gate-crashing victory in the Class 2 Choi Hung Handicap (1400m) ended an 11-race losing streak while delivering...
Joao Moreira has faith in Excellent Proposal
With a respectful eye on several rivals, Joao Moreira is bullish about the chances of Excellent Proposal (132lb) in the Class 2 Choi Hung Handicap...
Hayes to unleash Beauty Joy in testing Sha Tin debut
David Hayes will cast unbeaten Beauty Joy (116lb) into a daunting Sha Tin initiation in the Class 2 Choi Hung Handicap (1400m) on Sunday (10...
Singapore Sling returns to Happy Valley for Group 3 January Cup challenge
Singapore Sling (123lb) returns to Happy Valley tonight (6 January) for the first time since December 2017 with jockey Chad Schofield hoping the gelding can...
John Size finds a winning solution for Champion’s Way
John Size’s decision to bypass Hong Kong’s lucrative LONGINES Hong Kong International Races was vindicated handsomely when Champion’s Way ended an 18-month drought by snaring...
Tony Cruz believes less is more with Computer Patch
Far from dismayed with Computer Patch’s recent 1200m form at elite level, Tony Cruz is banking on the former Australian galloper’s drop to 1000m for...
Caspar Fownes heads to Sha Tin New Year’s Day with conservative hopes
The Group 3 Chinese Club Challenge Cup Handicap (1400m) – the second of two New Year’s Day features – sits as a symbolic 2020 launching...
Richard Gibson praises mafoo as Wellington makes triumphant return
As has become customary, Joao Moreira was the headline act with a Boxing Day quartet but, in Richard Gibson’s eyes, mafoo (stable assistant) Josephine Kwok...
Overseas still an option for Elusive State but first it’s Saturday’s feature
Elusive State is among Hong Kong’s top-ranking dirt-track specialists and this Saturday (26 December) at Sha Tin he’ll contest the headline act, the Class 2...
Joao Moreira notches another milestone – and a treble
Joao Moreira’s startling ascent into racing’s stratosphere has encompassed yet another milestone with the Brazilian becoming only the third jockey in history to notch 1000...
Moreira Celebrates Magical Milestone
Star jockey Joao Moreira has had a night to remember at Happy Valley, riding a trio of winners and celebrating a career highlight.
David Hayes to unleash Super Axiom at Happy Valley
David Hayes fully comprehends the difficulty of succeeding in Hong Kong with first-season arrivals, but the Australian Hall Of Fame trainer hopes Super Axiom can...
Christophe Soumillon returns in style
Returning to competition for the first time since early November, Christophe Soumillon wasted no time in authoring an ominous statement of intent as the Belgian...
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 –...
Zac Purton bags International Jockeys’ Championship glory
Zac Purton has claimed ultimate honours in the HK$800,000 LONGINES International Jockeys’ Championship last night (Wednesday, 9 December) at Happy Valley after clinching a tense...
Purton Wins International Jockeys’ Series
Australian Zac Purton has won his second International jockeys' championship title at Sha Tin as English rider Hollie Doyle also starred.
Joao Moreira expects International Jockeys’ Championship to be highly competitive
Joao Moreira predicts a galaxy of international star jockeys will swiftly adapt to Happy Valley’s unique contours as 12 of the world’s best riders vie...
Moreira shines with treble, Lui notches 700 Hong Kong wins
Joao Moreira stole the show once again with his fourth treble in a row last night (Wednesday, 2 December) at Happy Valley, and he capped...
Fownes to take the wraps off another talented former Australian at Happy Valley
Three days after successfully unveiling Hong Kong debut winner Enrich Delight at Sha Tin, Caspar Fownes will attempt a similarly triumphant feat with another former...
Sky Darci takes the Cup and Enrich Delight impresses
Caspar Fownes could have the strongest hand of any trainer in January’s Hong Kong Classic Mile as smart four-year-olds Sky Darci and Enrich Delight came...