Beauty Generation to be farewelled at Sha Tin in special ceremony
Beauty Generation, one of the greatest champions in the history of Hong Kong racing, will be farewelled in a special ceremony on Sunday, 24 January....
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Hong Kong’s record-setting icon Beauty Generation retires
Beauty Generation, one of the greatest champions in the history of Hong Kong horse racing, has retired. Twice crowned Hong Kong’s Horse of the Year,...
Moore Bullish About Hodgson In Golden Gift
Gary Moore will saddle up a youngster at double-figure odds in the Golden Gift but he is confident the colt is a live chance in...
Stakes Targets For Two Kensington Winners
Stallion Pierro has produced two promising winners at the Kensington meeting and both are poised to step up to stakes grade this spring.
Hayes camp pleased with Beauty Generation ahead of return
Beauty Generation’s campaign ramped up a notch yesterday (Tuesday, 15 September) at Sha Tin with a 1000m turf barrier trial that connections hope will lead...
Moore Brothers Out To Crack Next Milestone
Brothers John and Gary Moore will saddle up their first stakes runner as a training partnership when Crack On Crack On makes his Australian debut...
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...
Purton prepares for Hong Kong life after Moore
Zac Purton says the return of Australian trainer David Hayes might hold the key to a successful defence of his Hong Kong champion jockey title...
Exultant named Horse of the Year at Hong Kong’s Champion Awards
Exultant’s outstanding exploits during the 2019/20 season earned the multiple Group 1 victor the Hong Kong Horse of the Year award at a special presentation...
Moore says goodbye after stellar Hong Kong career
John Moore is ready to return to Australia to start a family training venture after a decorated career in Hong Kong racing.
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...
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...
Hong Kong’s clock ticks out for John Moore, the big-race king
John Moore sits at the open window. His elbows rest on the worktop, his hands cup binoculars in a steadying grip and his eyes study...
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...
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...
Moore hopes it’s Thanks Forever as he prepares for departure
John Moore has only eight more race meetings as a Hong Kong trainer and on Sunday (21 June) the man with more big-race wins than...
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...
Purton looks for advantage as Moreira sits out Wednesday at Sha Tin
Zac Purton is hoping to make hay under the Sha Tin floodlights tonight (27 May) with Joao Moreira sitting out the all-weather track fixture due...
Thanks Forever takes the Sha Tin Vase on a dramatic day for Purton
Thanks Forever fought his way to a deserved victory in the Group 3 Sha Tin Vase Handicap (1200m) at Sha Tin on Sunday, 24 May...
Moore believes he has the key to unlock Thanks Forever for Group 3 success
John Moore hopes he has found the key to unlocking Thanks Forever’s absolute best as the consistent four-year-old seeks a first Group race victory in...
Rain a concern as Exultant faces Furore in Champions & Chater Cup
Furore and a storm are Tony Cruz’s two fears as he prepares Exultant for what he hopes will be another major success in the Group...
Moore puts faith in Petronius at Randwick
Trainer Gary Moore cannot wait to start his training partnership with brother John next season but his immediate focus is on improving colt Petronius.
Purton maintains his edge with Happy Valley double
Zac Purton and Joao Moreira continued their back-and-forth battle for the Hong Kong champion jockey title at Happy Valley on Wednesday, 13 May with the...
French ace Hamelin is enjoying his Hong Kong start
Antoine Hamelin has made a fine start to his Hong Kong career since emerging from quarantine five weeks ago and the Frenchman is showing no...