Eternal Harvest resumes in hot Happy Valley sprint
Vincent Ho is hopeful that improving youngster Eternal Harvest can put a barrier mishap behind him and continue his ascent up the handicap when he...
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Tight at the top of trainers’ table
The intensity of competition, a hallmark of Hong Kong racing, was keenly evident in last season’s fierce battle for the trainers’ premiership which, ultimately, went...
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...
Hong Kong racing pulls together to complete extraordinary season
Hong Kong’s “season like no other” ended at Happy Valley on Wednesday, 15 July with Ricky Yiu securing an odds-defying champion trainer title that was...
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...
Yiu’s four-win lead has him optimistic that this one won’t get away
Ricky Yiu is on the verge of the most extraordinary achievement in his 48-year career with the Hong Kong Jockey Club; an accomplishment greater even...
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...
Jolly Banner returns for Yiu as the season’s finish line nears
Ricky Yiu’s stable stalwart Jolly Banner returns this Sunday (12 July) at Sha Tin with the chance of securing a vital win for his handler...
Purton delivers for Cruz as Yiu and Lui stall at the Valley
Zac Purton returned a favour at Happy Valley late on Wednesday night (8 July) to keep Tony Cruz in the frame for the champion trainer...
Yiu’s still swinging as title challenge intensifies
Zac Purton has the jockeys’ title more or less wrapped up – the shiny bow is all that’s needed – but the trainers’ race has...
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...
Columbus helps Purton’s cause, Yiu keeps Lui at bay
Columbus County struck a blow for Zac Purton and this year’s BMW Hong Kong Derby crop with a victory full of promise in the Class...
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...
Fantastic four sees Purton and Lui boost championship claims
Zac Purton struck a four-timer at Happy Valley on Wednesday (24 June) that left his great rival Joao Moreira with a mountainous task in the...
Premier victory for Yiu’s Jolly Banner
Jolly Banner (114lb) showed plenty of vim for a veteran as he battled past younger rivals to win the Group 3 Premier Cup Handicap (1400m)...
Moreira closes gap in Hong Kong jockeys’ title
After an early winner at Happy Valley, Zac Purton has had his lead in the Hong Kong jockeys' premiership cut to three after a Joao...
Moreira and Fownes double up at the Valley
Joao Moreira got the boost he’d been looking for at Happy Valley on Wednesday, 10 June, teaming up with Caspar ‘King of the Valley’ Fownes...
Poon shines with a Sha Tin four-timer as Mighty Valor gives Yiu a hand
Matthew Poon illuminated a rain-drenched Sunday (7 June) at Sha Tin with a four-timer capped by victory aboard the courageous Perfect Match in the Class...
Teetan’s rolling towards a personal best
Karis Teetan goes into Sunday’s (7 June) Sha Tin meeting well astern of Zac Purton and Joao Moreira in the title race but the in-from...
Moreira confident of ending cold snap at Sha Tin
Joao Moreira knows he needs to turn up the heat and emerge firing from a rare cold spell if he’s to claw back a five-win...
Yiu aims to repel Cruz assault as Super Oasis seeks a Hong Kong first
Ricky Yiu is hoping a first Hong Kong win for Super Oasis in Wednesday’s (3 June) Class 2 Cochrane Handicap (1800m) at Happy Valley can...
Moreira and Purton dish a double delight at the Valley
Joao Moreira and Zac Purton continued their enthralling back-and-forth contest for the jockeys’ championship with a double each at Happy Valley on Wednesday, 20 May....
Five-star Purton Dances into premiership lead
Zac Purton arrived at Happy Valley on Wednesday (6 May) in search of the ignition that might fire him through the final two months of...
Purton seeks a Valley spark to ignite his championship assault
Zac Purton will head to Happy Valley tonight (Wednesday 6 May) with a full book of nine rides and his big rival Joao Moreira locked...