Thunder and Crimson can flash home at season finale Sport HAPPY Valley draws the curtain down for the final time on the 2025/26 season in Hong Kong, when the inner-city track hosts another exciting and competitive nine-race card, starting at 11.30am. Racegoers have plenty to look forward to during the night, with live entertainment from international stars singing on stage, an unforgettable fireworks display, prize [...]
No need to be a Genius to plunder Valley Treasure Sport THERE is no doubt former top South African handler Brett Crawford has made his mark in Hong Kong since joining the training ranks this season. The 54-year-old, who saddled a host of Group One successes in his home country, recorded his 28th success with PI Legend at Sha Tin last Sunday and can add to [...]
Breeze and Monarch can make chances Count at Sha Tin Sport SUNDAY’s Class One Hong Kong Racehorse Owners Association Trophy Handicap (12.35pm) over a mile holds centre stage for Sha Tin’s final meeting of the 2025/26 season. Historically, records show gallopers in the lower half of the handicap have an advantage over top weights. That trend looks likely to continue with several well-rated performers lurking near [...]
Lady the right Choice with Yuen up July 10, 2026 ALL EYES will be on next season’s potential Classic Series contender Gold Patch who returns to the track after a two-month lay-off in the six-furlong Joy and Fun Handicap (1.10pm). This son of Ardrossan has always been highly regarded in the Francis Lui stable, having won two of his four races and been given encouraging [...]
Agility has chance to Lead Valley rivals home July 7, 2026 ONLY three race meetings of the Hong Kong season remain, and Happy Valley hosts a fiendishly difficult nine-race card on Wednesday which features many gallopers looking for their elusive first win of the season before the summer break. With the weather remaining unpredictable, heavy rain and thunderstorms are forecast to hit the territory once again [...]
Beauty and Robot can put on a show at the Valley July 7, 2026 WITH the World Cup taking centre stage in the sporting world at present, the Hong Kong Jockey Club have framed a unique eight-runner race at Happy Valley, symbolising the eight remaining nations who have reached the quarter finals of the tournament. Sporting the country’s national colours, the eight contenders will line-up in the aptly named [...]
Lui’s Turquoise has what it takes for victory July 3, 2026 RACING in Hong Kong is back for another Saturday meeting at Sha Tin this weekend with an 11-race-programme, including the final two all-weather contests of the season. Racegoers may have struck lucky last weekend when the expected storms and rain bypassed the track before disappearing into the South China Sea, but they will not be [...]
Spirit and Heart both Superb chances at Sha Tin July 3, 2026 LOCAL media in Hong Kong continue to highlight the battle for the trainers’ title race with Caspar Fownes five winners in front of Danny Shum and six ahead of Mark Newnham, with just four meetings left in the season. Fownes, however, sends a strong party of eight gallopers to Sha Tin and looks likely to [...]
Shield looks a strong bet to leave you Dancing June 30, 2026 WITH a public holiday in China and Hong Kong on Wednesday, a huge crowd is likely to attend the Hong Kong Reunification Race Day at Sha Tin, which begins at 9.00am UK time. This highly competitive 11-race programme features the Hong Kong Reunification Cup, a seven-furlong handicap with a start time of 11.00am, and the [...]
Honorary and Mirror can Storm to victory at Sha Tin June 30, 2026 THERE is no stopping trainer Cody Mo at present and the former assistant to Tony Cruz is racking up winners at a remarkable rate, with six victories in the past 10 days. With a record of eight wins in May and another eight last month, the stable has climbed into seventh place in the trainers’ [...]