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Monica

Another haul for Joao Moreira

Joao Moreira grabbed his 31st Hong Kong four-timer, taking his tally at the top of the premiership to 69 and increasing his lead over rival...
Master Albert

Albert ends So’s wait

Chris So ended a run of 56 days and 84 runners without a winner, stretching back to 4 December, when Master Albert put his best...
Exultant

Exultant takes Centenary Vase again as Cruz eyes Dubai

Exultant imposed his authority on his local rivals and moved a step closer to a night in Dubai with a solid success in the Group...
Exultant

Exultant must defy hefty impost in Centenary Vase

Exultant faces a weighty task in Monday’s (27 January) Group 3 Centenary Vase Handicap (1800m) at Sha Tin as he bids for back-to-back wins in...
Zac Purton

Winning Method is one of only five at the Valley for Purton

Zac Purton heads into Wednesday’s (22 January) Happy Valley card with his smallest book of rides this season but the champion jockey is upbeat that...
Flying Genius

Teetan’s Flying

Karis Teetan will reunite with more than one last-start winner on Wednesday’s (15 January) nine-race card at Happy Valley. He rides Highly Proactive (132lb) in...
Private Secretary

Private Secretary aims to boost Classic Series credentials

Private Secretary sprang straight into Four-Year-Old Classic Series consideration with a smart step-out victory last month and Tony Cruz’s charge will aim to up the...
Beauty Legacy

Beauty Legacy storms into Hong Kong’s Classic Series picture

Beauty Legacy brought a pixel of clarity to a fuzzy Four-Year-Old Classic Series picture with an impressive debut victory in the Class 2 Broadwood Handicap...
Private Secretary

Private Secretary storms into the BMW Hong Kong Derby picture

Private Secretary showed no first night nerves with an accomplished debut win at Happy Valley last night (Wednesday, 26 December) that signaled trainer Tony Cruz’s...
California Turbo

Teetan maintains his December sparkle at the Valley

Karis Teetan was in the spotlight with his LONGINES International Jockeys’ Championship triumph at Happy Valley two weeks ago and last night (Wednesday, 18 December)...
Exultant

Exultant is no second fiddle to Beauty Generation

Tony Cruz believes Exultant could prove to be the best stayer Hong Kong has ever produced. That may be so, but the three-time Group 1...
Vincent Ho

Vincent Ho represents Hong Kong’s ‘homegrown’ high-flyers

Vincent Ho will take on some of the world’s best this week with a full book in Sunday’s Group 1 races and is slated for...
Exultant

Exultant dominates Jockey Club Cup

Exultant was at his dominant best in Sunday’s (17 November) Group 2 Jockey Club Cup (2000m) at Sha Tin, galloping to victory in a faultless...
Exultant

Exultant’s tuned and ready to face Jockey Club Cup challengers

Tony Cruz is resolute in his expectation that Exultant can confirm his status as Hong Kong’s pre-eminent ‘stayer’ in Sunday’s (17 November) Group 2 Jockey...
Exultant

Exultant set for Ladies’ Purse

Zac Purton will be aboard his great ally Exultant when the champion stayer steps out under top-weight in the Group 3 Sa Sa Ladies’ Purse...
King Of Hearts

Cruz believes King has found his Heart

King Of Hearts (118lb) put first-season blues behind him with a breakthrough Hong Kong win first-up this season, boosting trainer Tony Cruz’s expectations ahead a...
Green Luck

Luck’s a Million

The DBS x Manulife Million Challenge kicked off with the Class 2 Big Wave Bay Handicap (1650m) at Happy Valley last night, Wednesday, 11 September....
Joao Moreira

In-form Moreira ready for Valley return

Joao Moreira bagged three winners on Sunday at Sha Tin and with a full book of rides this Wednesday, at Happy Valley, the Brazilian ace...
Karis Teetan

Teetan’s 300, Fownes’s treble

Karis Teetan reached a Hong Kong milestone in race three in Hong Kong’s 2018/19 season finale at Sha Tin yesterday afternoon (Sunday, 14 July), when...
Beauty Generation

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...
Classic Unicorn

Per Incanto’s Unicorn sprints to Cup win

Red-hot jockey Zac Purton had to settle for second in Sunday afternoon’s feature at Sha Tin as Classic Unicorn, a son of Little Avondale stallion...
Sacred Elixir

Sacred Elixir back in New Zealand

Group 1 winner Sacred Elixir returned to New Zealand from his former Hong Kong base on Wednesday morning and a scan has revealed positive signs...
Vincent Ho

Ho’s improvement plan

Vincent Ho has had it better than most of his jockeys’ room rivals of late. The Hong Kong Jockey Club Apprentice School graduate is riding...
Ka Ying Star

Star on the rise

The Tony Cruz-trained Ka Ying Star (122lb) folded to finish third in the Classic Mile and filled the same position in the Classic Cup before...
Joao Moreira

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...