I Am Maximus records best rating by a Grand National winner this century April 16, 2024 I AM MAXIMUS produced the best performance this century by a Grand National winner when taking the Aintree showpiece last Saturday, eclipsing the 165 which Tiger Roll recorded when winning for the second time in 2019. The eight-year-old carried 11-6 to victory which was a big burden by recent Aintree standards. Since the days of [...]
Cheltenham on the hunt for 2025 Festival principal partner March 10, 2024 WE ARE now just 24 hours away from the greatest four days of jump racing anywhere in the world. Early tomorrow morning thousands of Londoners will pack themselves onto trains heading west from Paddington to enjoy the drama and delights of the Cheltenham Festival. With 28 races over the four days, the very best horses [...]
Mullins needs six for Cheltenham century February 12, 2024 WILLIE Mullins has been leading trainer at the Cheltenham Festival in nine of the last 11 years, and as he showed at the Dublin Racing Festival earlier this month, his dominance shows no signs of slowing down. An army of 70 plus horses from his County Carlow base will descend on the Cotswolds in four [...]
Danny the champion of the world for Uncle Willie February 3, 2024 WHAT more can you say about Willie Mullins? He came into this year’s Dublin Racing Festival mobhanded as always, but to win all four Grade Ones, the first three all ridden by his nephew Danny, is just another example of his genius. Yes, he obviously has the best horses and the biggest spending owners, but [...]
Sixty puts in Golden performance December 11, 2023 HONG Kong’s champion miler Golden Sixty lit up the LONGINES Hong Kong International Races at Sha Tin Racecourse on Sunday with a mesmerising performance in the Group One LONGINES Hong Kong Mile. Ridden by regular pilot Vincent Ho, who was following up his victory in Wednesday’s International Jockeys’ Championship, the eight-year-old produced a blistering turn [...]
Highfield aiming to be Princess of Sha Tin December 8, 2023 A TOP sprint in Europe rarely takes place without Highfield Princess and her trainer John Quinn is hoping she can give Great Britain a first win in the Group One LONGINES Hong Kong Sprint at Sha Tin on Sunday. It is a race local horses have dominated by winning all but six of the 23 [...]
Best Ballydoyle battalion ever to descend on Hong Kong December 7, 2023 LEGENDARY, record-breaking trainer Aidan O’Brien is certain he has brought his strongest team ever to attack the four Group 1 races in Sunday’s LONGINES Hong Kong International Races at Sha Tin. He is the only trainer this year to have runners in all four of the big races, with Warm Heart in the G1 LONGINES [...]
Atzeni aiming to continue fine Hong Kong start at HKIR December 7, 2023 ITALIAN and former British-based jockey Andrea Atzeni has hit the ground running in Hong Kong since moving over in the summer and he will bid to keep up the momentum on LONGINES Hong Kong International Races day at Sha Tin on Sunday. Despite winning the Group 1 Prix Morny on Vandeek in August, he made [...]
Hong Kong shows the world how it’s done May 4, 2023 HORSE racing in Hong Kong is more than a sport. It’s a passion, a way of life. The eye-watering figures that are bet into the Hong Kong Jockey Club’s pools each week illustrate just how popular it is amongst the locals. And they were out in force at Sha Tin last Sunday on FWD Champions [...]
Sixty spreads sprinkling of stardust on FWD Champions Day April 30, 2023 GOLDEN SIXTY became the highest earning racehorse of all time when winning £1.2 million after taking out the FWD Champions Mile at a packed Sha Tin Racecourse on Sunday morning. Francis Lui’s brilliant seven-year-old, who has won 25 of his 29 career starts, was always well placed by regular partner Vincent Ho and won comfortably [...]
