Son of Sun charges to Queen Elizabeth II Cup glory
Son of Sun continued his golden run at Ellerslie on New Year’s Day when taking out the Group 3 Queen Elizabeth II Cup in the...
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Collett lifts Trust In You to Queen Elizabeth II Cup triumph
Jason Collett well and truly paid for a flying visit home when he guided Trust In You to a gritty victory in the Group 3...
Patterson stablemates hunting northern feature success
Robbie Patterson has already successfully raided the Group 3 Counties Cup, and he has another two northern features in his sights over the next few...
Dionysus excels under patient Kennedy ride
The superlatives being used about the riding of ex-pat South African Warren Kennedy went to a new level at Te Rapa on Sunday when he...
Exultant grinds them to submission as Purton makes history in the FWD QEII Cup
Zac Purton was elated and deflated at the end of Exultant’s glorious, grinding victory in the HK$25 million Group 1 FWD Queen Elizabeth II Cup...
Exultant carries great expectations into FWD QEII Cup
Tony Cruz expects an Exultant victory in the HK$25 million Group 1 FWD QEII Cup (2000m) at Sha Tin on Sunday (26 April) but the...
Moore’s not looking back as he readies for FWD Champions Day
John Moore has the best overall record of any trainer in the Group 1 features that now make up Hong Kong’s HK$63 million FWD Champions...
Tony Cruz is Hong Kong racing’s original ‘living legend’
Tony Cruz was spotted moving around on foot not so long ago. In the grave reality of the world’s current state, seeing Hong Kong racing’s...
QEII Cup victory would be sweeter for Shinn and Playa Del Puente
Playa Del Puente almost caused the biggest shock in BMW Hong Kong Derby history last month when at odds of 289/1 he forced Golden Sixty...
Millard’s team ready to mix it on FWD Champions Day
Tony Millard enjoyed one of his biggest days at Sha Tin when the exceptional Ambitious Dragon won the 2011 Group 1 QEII Cup (2000m) and...
Golden Sixty set for rest, Cruz left smiling
Golden Sixty was the talk of Happy Valley on Wednesday (15 April) night with trainer Francis Lui revealing that his sensational BMW Hong Kong Derby...
Golden Sixty camp mulls QEII Cup, Derby form on show at the Valley
A final decision is yet to be made on Golden Sixty’s participation in the Group 1 FWD QEII Cup (2000m) on 26 April but trainer...
FWD Champions Day has top class contenders in three exciting races
FWD Champions Day at Sha Tin Racecourse on Sunday, 26 April will bring together the very best of Hong Kong’s elite gallopers in three exciting...
Nominations for FWD Champions Day at Sha Tin
Elite Japanese raiders, high-class challengers from Australia and Europe, and Hong Kong’s brilliant best are among the list of 85 horses holding 102 nominations for...
Hong Kong features highly among World’s Best and Top 100 rankings
Beauty Generation ranked as the world’s best miler in the 2019 World’s Best Racehorse Rankings (WBRR), released by the International Federation of Horseracing Authorities (IFHA)...
Japan: Lys Gracieux wins group 1 Queen Elizabeth II Cup
Third favourite Lys Gracieux, under jockey Joao Moreira, landed her first G1 triumph in this year’s Queen Elizabeth II Cup. The four-year-old has notched two...
Ping Hai Star among nominations for the three Group 1s on Audemars Piguet QEII Cup day
Hong Kong’s brilliant Derby winner Ping Hai Star is among the 116 horses from 12 jurisdictions nominated to contest one of three Group 1 features...
Free entry for G1 HKJC feature races closes in 4 weeks
The free entry period for the Hong Kong Jockey Club’s three spring Group 1 features, the Audemars Piguet Queen Elizabeth II Cup (2000m), the Champions...