Timing is right for Hot King Prawn
John Size has been Hong Kong champion trainer 11 times and already wears the mantle of an ‘all-time great’ and among his 1,222 Hong Kong...
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Special Stars is tenacious in Quaich victory
Special Stars (124lb) showed the confident tenacity of a Scottish terrier in winning the Class 3 St. Andrew’s Challenge Quaich Handicap (1000m) at Happy Valley...
Waikuku hands another defeat to Beauty Generation
Waikuku shifted out of Beauty Generation’s shadow with a decisive rail-side burst that has him vying to be Hong Kong’s number one hope for the...
Hot King Prawn is back for a Jockey Club Sprint repeat
This time last year Hot King Prawn staved off Mr Stunning and Beat The Clock in the Group 2 Jockey Club Sprint (1200m) and skyrocketed...
Waikuku’s back for another shot at Beauty Generation
Joao Moreira expects improvement from the talented Waikuku (113lb) in Sunday’s (20 October) Group 2 Oriental Watch Sha Tin Trophy Handicap (1600m) and he knows...
Hat-trick on as Size points talented trio at Sunday’s Group 2 Premier Bowl
John Size is looking to land a third consecutive win in Sunday’s (20 October) Group 2 Premier Bowl Handicap (1200m) and has lined up a...
Another Beauty scores
The win of Frankie Lor-trained Fat Turtle in the Class 2 Beijing Handicap (1200m) at Sha Tin yesterday, Tuesday, 1 October, completed a Joao Moreira...
Plan B pays off as Full Of Beauty wins the National Day Cup
The best laid plans don’t always pan out but when the outcome is achieved regardless, the plan is irrelevant anyway. That was the case for...
Furore return
BMW Hong Kong Derby (2000m) winner Furore caught the eye, running on for third under Grant van Niekerk in a dirt track barrier trial at...
No Rush with Beauty
Zac Purton’s fellow three-time Hong Kong champion, Joao Moreira, will be aiming to keep close tabs on his rival. The Brazilian ace is set to...
Purton ends Hong Kong season with 168 wins
Zac Purton has claimed his third Hong Kong jockeys' premiership and finished two wins shy of Joao Moreira's record number of winners in a season.
Hong Kong’s season of achievements ends on a high
John Size collected his 11th champion trainer title and Zac Purton his third champion jockey trophy at the end of an action-packed 11-race card yesterday...
Size seals 11th title at Hong Kong’s season finale
John Size had a two-win lead over John Moore going into Hong Kong’s 2018/19 season finale at Sha Tin yesterday afternoon (Sunday, 14 July). When...
Beauty Generation claimed back-to-back Horse of the Year titles at Hong Kong’s Champion Awards
Beauty Generation claimed the Hong Kong Horse of the Year award for the second year in a row at a sparkling ceremony held at the...
Luck in the last?
If the battle for the trainers’ championship does go right to the wire at Sha Tin on Sunday (14 July), the John Moore trained Thanks...
Size and Moore square up for the final battle
John Size goes into the final meeting of the Hong Kong season with a two-win advantage over rival John Moore in what has developed into...
Size strikes back in championship battle
John Size extended his slender lead in the trainer’s premiership in the face of a John Moore assault at Happy Valley last night (Wednesday, 10...
Twist versus Sunny
The Australian Hall of Famer (John Size) has two three-year-olds returning to the fray on Wednesday night (10 July) at Happy Valley. Tornado Twist was...
Size’s True Grit
True Grit (131lb) has been a fine servant to John Size this season and the four-year-old will attempt to win his fifth race on the...
Size leads but Moore is confident as title race heads to the Valley
John Moore is in voluble mode, confident in his expressions, bullish in what he sees as the probability that his stable warriors will deliver an...
Purton edges closer to HK season record
With two meetings remaining, Zac Purton has moved to within six wins of Joao Moreira's season record for a jockey in Hong Kong.
Size’s Ace
Three-time champion jockey Joao Moreira is backing his boss John Size to withstand the John Moore onslaught in the battle for the premiership. Moore’s weekend...
True Grit’s bravery keeps Size in the driving seat
True Grit showed his resilience to win the finale at Happy Valley last night (Wednesday, 26 June) for champion trainer John Size and his retained...
Country returns
John Size and his ace Brazilian stable rider (Joao Moreira) will team up with Country Star in Wednesday evening’s penultimate contest at Happy Valley, the...
True Grit needed as Size digs in for a championship fight
John Size is five wins clear in the trainers’ premiership heading into the campaign’s final six meetings but with John Moore packing plenty of ammunition...