Spirits can Further Newnham’s hot streak Sport HAPPY Valley’s five-furlong Rotary Centenary Challenge Cup Handicap (12.40pm) is the feature race on another exciting nine-race card in Hong Kong today. There is no doubt there would have been a celebration party at the stable of trainer Mark Newnham on Sunday evening. The former assistant to Australian training greats Bart Cummings and Gai Waterhouse [...]
Shum’s King will Manage to make Profit at the Valley Sport BETTORS could start the Happy Valley programme with a bang by supporting old campaigner MANAGEMENT FOLKS in the mile-and-three-furlong Tuen Mun Handicap (10.40am). Normally, serious form students would tread warily in Class Five handicaps over this distance, but the David Hall-trained galloper appears to have plenty in his favour and has the bonus of champion [...]
Ibis can prove Invincible in Hong Kong Derby Sport EXPECT a huge crowd at Sha Tin in Hong Kong on Sunday to witness the local sporting highlight of the season – the 10-furlong £2.5m BMW Hong Kong Derby (8.05am). Finding the winner will be no mean feat, and there are question marks about many gallopers truly staying the trip, while others will need plenty [...]
Look to Infinite to keep streak going for red-hot Newnham March 20, 2026 SHA TIN’s supporting card for the BMW Hong Kong Derby contains a couple of interesting gallopers who have already caught the public’s imagination in recent times. The Francis Lui-trained three-year-old Hot Delight has already been ear-marked as a potential Classic Series contender for next season following a couple of dominant displays over the course and [...]
Master Size’s Champion looks ready for success March 17, 2026 TRAINER John Size is the man to follow when racing in Hong Kong gets underway with a nine-race programme at Happy Valley on Wednesday, featuring the £270,000 Class Two Daisy Handicap (1.45pm). At the top of the Trainers’ Championship, the Caspar Fownes stable is rightly taking all the plaudits at present. They landed another winning [...]
Newnham can fly back into winners’ circle with Eagle March 17, 2026 SUPPORTERS of the Mark Newnham stable will need no reminding their trainer is in desperate need of a change of fortune. The stable, who held a commanding lead over their rivals in the Trainers’ Championship race at the beginning of the year, have found winners hard to come by in the past month or so [...]
Thor to hammer his rivals on Sha Tin dirt March 13, 2026 RACING in Hong Kong returns to Sha Tin on Sunday, with a mixed bag of action on turf and the all-weather surface. The 11-race programme features the Class Three Junction Handicap (8.05am) over the extended mile on the all-weather surface, and includes some of the top dirt performers in the city, such as Talents Ambition [...]
Papaya to bear fruit for Fownes March 13, 2026 TRAINER John Size and jockey Zac Purton are going to be a popular combination for bettors, when they team up with Endeared in division one of the Lung Kong Handicap (7.35am) over seven furlongs. The consistent course and distance specialist has tasted success three times over the trip, and notably twice when dropping down into [...]
Hayes’ China can Win to gain place in HK Derby March 10, 2026 HONG Kong racing fans can look forward to an exciting and highly competitive nine-race programme at Happy Valley tomorrow which features the Craigengower Cricket Club Challenge Cup (12.40pm) over six furlongs. With half-a-dozen favourites obliging at Sha Tin on Sunday, bettors are guaranteed to be on good terms with themselves and hoping for continued good [...]
Atzeni to keep winning streak going aboard Spirit March 10, 2026 IT IS fair to say 34-year-old Sardinian born jockey Andrea Atzeni is having the time of his life in Hong Kong at present. Notching 10 wins in the past month, including a four-timer at Sha Tin last Sunday, has catapulted Atzeni into third place in the jockeys’ championship table with 35 wins, behind only Zac [...]
