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By: Wally Pyrah

  • Happy Together can cap red letter day for Gibson and Badel

    THERE’S another huge day in store for Hong Kong racing enthusiasts at Sha Tin on Sunday, when the two best sprinters in town, Wellington and Lucky Sweynesse, battle for supremacy in the Group 1 Centenary Sprint Cup (8.40am) over six furlongs. You can safely assume that Richard Gibson, trainer of Wellington, will be looking to [...]

  • Poon to Stride to another Win with Supreme Lucky

    IT WAS good to see 29-year-old pilot Matthew Poon back in the winners’ circle at Happy Valley on Wednesday, after a long losing sequence of 64 rides, stretching back to Sha Tin on New Year’s Day. Poon, fondly known as the ‘Poon Train’ for his all-action riding style, has bright prospects of striking once again, [...]

  • Fownes’ Rocket has Spades of potential to Snaffle first win

    WITH the Chinese New Year celebrations in Hong Kong done and dusted after a couple of weeks racing at Sha Tin, the action resumes at Happy Valley with another highly competitive nine-race programme. It hasn’t been easy for bettors in the past fortnight, with numerous double-figure odds winners obliging, causing dismay and anguish to many [...]

  • All will be Good as Gold for formidable partnership of Lui and Ho

    January 31, 2023

    BANK on the partnership of trainer Francis Lui and jockey Vincent Ho to continue their run of good fortune with a winning double at Happy Valley. Lui and Ho have proved a formidable combination to follow this season, winning 14 times and recording a 32 percent win and place strike-rate when teaming up. Fresh from [...]

  • There’s no Romanticising Warrior’s Stewards’ Cup chances

    January 27, 2023

    RACING enthusiasts from around the world will have their eyes firmly focused on Sha Tin on Sunday morning when three of the highest-rated horses in the world, according to official world rankings, line up in the £1.2 million Group One Stewards’ Cup (8.05am) over a mile. Rarely does a blockbuster of a race catch the [...]

  • Keefy may be the key to the Classic Mile for Lor

    January 27, 2023

    IF THE local official handicap ratings are to be believed, Cordyceps Six should be a certainty in the £1.2 million Hong Kong Classic Mile (9.15am). A winner of six of his 17 career starts, he is rated 11lbs in front of his nearest rival, but there is a major problem – he has yet to [...]

  • Back Purton for a Healthy Happy New Year

    January 23, 2023

    THE CHINESE New Year race day at Sha Tin on Tuesday is one of the most day popular days in the Hong Kong racing calendar, offering the public a chance to start the New Year with a bang and have plenty of dollars in their pocket. The year of the ‘Rabbit’ is seen as the [...]

  • Goko Win to be great Publicist for trainer Yip

    January 23, 2023

    ALTHOUGH there will plenty of short-priced favourites on the 11-race card at Sha Tin – the majority of which will be ridden by Purton – it may pay to look elsewhere for some value-for-money selections. There are a couple that catch the eye, starting with the down-in-class PUBLICIST who lines up in the second division [...]

  • Eternal success on the cards for Size and Purton

    January 20, 2023

    IT WILL be imperative for the majority of racegoers entering Sha Tin on Saturday to make some ’lucky’ money on the eve of the four-day Chinese New Year Festival. For the start of the ‘Year of the Rabbit’ celebration, Lucky Red Packets – red envelopes with dollars inside – will be exchanged between family and friends, [...]

  • Five G Patch to put up an Excellent Fight for Bowman

    January 20, 2023

    THIS really looks like ‘last chance saloon’ for unpredictable but hugely talented FIVE G PATCH in the Azalea Handicap (8.25pm) over 10 furlongs. There is no doubt this son of Camelot can win off his present handicap mark, having won doing handsprings over the course and distance last May, but things haven’t gone according to [...]

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