Mick can get his Mojo back in Commonwealth Trial April 29, 2025 FORMER ‘King of the All-Weather’ Mick Appleby is now a man to take seriously as the Flat season kicks into gear on the turf. This time last year, Appleby had just pocketed his eighth all-weather champion trainer title, but 12 months on his CV boasts a host of impressive wins through the summer months as [...]
Scorthy can be crowned the Champ in 2000 Guineas April 29, 2025 IN THE blink of an eye the British Jumps season has concluded and we’re straight into the first Classics of the Flat season this weekend at Newmarket. The 2000 Guineas (3.35pm) comes up first on Saturday and this year’s renewal for the colts looks an open affair. The best horse doesn’t always win the first [...]
Everstar looks to hold Solid chance for Tsui at the Valley April 29, 2025 IT HAS not been easy for bettors at Happy Valley in the last couple of weeks, with only a couple of winning favourites obliging in 18 races. If favourite backers are looking for some respite on the midweek Valley card, they should be forewarned. Racing takes place on the tricky C+3 track, where the width [...]
Purton ready to Strike and complete The Azure Mission April 29, 2025 FOLLOWING the FWD Champions Day extravaganza at Sha Tin last Sunday it is back to some normality for Hong Kong racing fans today when Happy Valley hosts a nine-race card starting at 11.40am. While all the headlines were about superstar sprinter Ka Ying Rising, Japanese champion Tastiera and shock Champions Mile winner Red Lion on [...]
Ka Ying rises to Champions Day challenge April 27, 2025 HONG Kong Jockey Club Chief Executive Officer, Mr Winfried Engelbrecht-Bresges, has hailed 2025 FWD Champions Day as one of the best editions of the flagship meeting in a “very long period of time” after Ka Ying Rising, Red Lion and Japan’s Tastiera took Group One honours at Sha Tin on Sunday (27 April). Ka Ying [...]
Legends J-Mac and Williams have Super chances at Sha Tin April 25, 2025 WORLD-CLASS Australian jockey Craig Williams is the man to follow on the supporting card at Sha Tin when he climbs aboard highly progressive INVINCIBLE SHIELD in the FWD Insurance Bocom Handicap (7.15am), over seven furlongs. Williams and former champion trainer Francis Lui have already tasted success at the top table in Hong Kong this season, [...]
Reve can chase home Sha Tin sprint king Ka Ying April 25, 2025 ALL EYES of the racing world will be focused on Hong Kong on Sunday morning when Sha Tin hosts one of the major events in the racing calendar, FWD Champions Day, featuring three International Group One races worth in excess of £7 million in prize money. Expect the whole city to come to a standstill [...]
The Punter Podcast Episode 27: Sandown, Happy Valley and FWD Champions Day April 23, 2025 Tom Marriott and Bill Esdaile preview the key races on Sandown’s Jumps Season Finale card, while Hong Kong expert Wally Pyrah is on hand with fancies at Happy Valley and a look ahead to FWD Champions Day at Sha Tin on Sunday. The Punter ‘The Punter’ has been City AM’s dedicated sports betting section for [...]
Transmission to end season with a Boom at Sandown April 22, 2025 THIS season’s titanic trainers’ title battle between Dan Skelton and Willie Mullins rolls on into the final week of the Jumps season with everything set to boil down to Saturday’s star-studded card at Sandown. Predictably Mullins is throwing everything at trying to become UK Champion Trainer for the second year in a row, but still [...]
Back Almaqam to show star potential in the Gordon Richards April 22, 2025 YOU know that the Flat season is starting to kick into gear when Friday’s Gordon Richards Stakes card rolls around. A Group Two and a pair of Group Threes headline a cracking day’s racing, and while many racing fans will be focused on the tantalising Jumps Trainers’ title fight between Willie Mullins and Dan Skelton, [...]