Winning, Happiness and Applause as Moreira makes 800 in record time
Joao Moreira pocketed a treble and hit a milestone figure at Sha Tin yesterday afternoon (Sunday 16 June), notching his 800th Hong Kong career win...
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Moreira’s Method a Winning one
Joao Moreira clicked to 81 wins for the season on Wednesday night and Hong Kong’s three-time Champion Jockey is looking to close out the season...
Purton keeps rolling
You have to go back two months and 17 meetings to find the last time Purton left the racecourse without a win and while the...
Champion’s Way on Classic trail after Lion Rock Trophy win
Champion’s Way confirmed his early position as the front-runner on the road to next season’s Four-Year-Old Classic Series with a classy win in the Group...
Lion Rock Trophy could put Champion’s Way on Rapper route to the Derby
Champion’s Way could have the BMW Hong Kong Derby (2000m) on his agenda next term. Trainer John Size’s exciting young galloper will take the next...
A magic four-timer is just the tonic for Moreira
Joao Moreira bagged an improbable four-timer at Happy Valley tonight (Wednesday, 29 May), his second in as many meetings. Moreira had been a doubt to...
Size’s Grit seeks hat-trick
Joao Moreira’s fantastic four-timer on Sunday was only a footnote alongside Zac Purton’s successes but showed that the three-time champion is riding at the top...
Size’s Beauty hopes to cap off stellar season with Group 3
Full Of Beauty hit the ground running in Hong Kong and John Size is hoping his gelding can cap off a near perfect debut campaign...
Warrior upends Champion’s
Champion’s Way (132lb) was a hot favourite to take his perfect winning record to six on the bounce in the finale, the Class 2 Sports...
Rising star Champion’s Way goes for six in a row
Champion’s Way’s (132lb) unbeaten streak goes on the line in the finale at Sha Tin on Saturday (18 May) as trainer John Size’s exciting rising...
Title race brewing as Moore, Lor and Size hit the mark
A championship battle is brewing in Hong Kong and John Moore believes his stable is bubbling to the challenge. “The title will go to the...
Waikuku, from Riversfield via Currabeg to the BMW Hong Kong Derby
Twelve weeks ago Waikuku was a racehorse with only two races to show for what several good judges felt was an abundance of potential. Five...
Waikuku declared fit to start in Hong Kong Derby
After galloping Thursday morning as scheduled Hong Kong Derby top elect Waikuku has been declared a certain starter ahead of the $HK18 million feature on...
Race favourite Waikuku in doubt for Sunday’s Hong Kong Derby
Hong Kong Derby favourite Waikuku is in doubt to take his place in Sunday’s HK$18 million feature after trainer John Size found the star to...
Prawn prevails in Size’s National Day Cup stoush
Jockey Karis Teetan compared Hot King Prawn to a Formula 1 machine after the charismatic grey scored a maiden stakes victory over last term’s Champion...
‘All positive’ at Conghua Training Centre, says champion trainer Size
It has been a bumper first few months of 2018 for John Size, with a 10th Hong Kong trainers’ championship locked in the bag, a...
Young talent Hot King Prawn set for Valley debut
Hot King Prawn (130lb) will experience a Happy Valley race night for the first time on Wednesday (13 June), the talented grey’s assignment being the...
Western Express on track as Size aims a 10th shot at Yasuda Kinen
John Size will take a 10th shot at winning the Group 1 Yasuda Kinen (1600m) on Sunday (3 June) and this time his hopes rest...
Ruthven pushes Derby claims with first Hong Kong score
It was a tale of contrasting fortunes for John Moore’s BMW Hong Kong Derby aspirants at Sha Tin on Saturday (3 March) as Ruthven stamped...
Reigning champion Size registers significant milestone
TRAINER John Size became just the third trainer ever to prepare 1,100 Hong Kong winners when Five Stars Agent won the opener, the Class 5...
Unbeaten Conte makes it 5 wins in a row at Sha Tin
Unbeaten galloper Conte continued his rise through the grades with a professional win in the Class 2 Kwong Wah Handicap (1600m) at Sha Tin on...
Joao Moreira on pace masterclass wins G3 Centenary Vase Handicap
Hong Kong’s reigning Champion Trainer John Size and Champion Jockey Joao Moreira have enjoyed plenty of success, both on their own and in tandem. However,...
John Size trifecta in G1 Centenary Sprint Cup as DB Pin wins
Trainer John Size once again showed the depth of the top-line sprinters in his stable as he prepared the first three horses home in the...
Prawn Baba looks well suited to extra ground at Sha Tin
Sam Clipperton believes that a step up in trip can help Prawn Baba to gain a first dirt victory in Wednesday night’s (24 January) Class...
Ping Hai Star & Time To Celebrate stake HK Classic Mile claims
Sha Tin’s card on Sunday (7 January) shaped as a preview meeting for the Hong Kong Classic Mile, the first leg of the Four-Year-Old Classic...