Mojave can Desert rivals in the finish for red-hot Newnham October 3, 2025 RACING fans in Hong Kong are back at Sha Tin for the third time in under a week, as the premier track hosts a 10-race mixed-bag of action, on both turf and the all-weather surface on Saturday. Australian trainer Mark Newnham, who has firmly established himself as one of the leading lights in the training [...]
Fownes’ Joy to Spring into action whatever the weather at Sha Tin October 3, 2025 ANOTHER Tropical Storm is looking large over the South China Sea and racecourse officials will be keeping a beady eye on the weather forecast, praying the expected deluge of rain does not materialise until after the action has ended on Saturday. One galloper who won’t mind whatever surface conditions are like, is the Caspar Fownes-trained [...]
Bentley and Golf to drive straight past some Top rivals September 30, 2025 YOU CAN guarantee when trainer Chris So arrives at Sha Tin on Wednesday, he will be dressed in his lucky tie and socks, plus anything else he believes brings him good fortune. It is a big day for the So stable, with stable star HONG LOK GOLF stepping out on to the turf for the [...]
Wunder sets National Day Cup Bar high for Size September 30, 2025 WITH an estimated one-and-a-half million tourists from China expected to cross the border into Hong Kong this week, a huge crowd is anticipated when the action gets underway for a 10-race programme at Sha Tin on Wednesday. With both Hong Kong and China celebrating the 76th anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic of [...]
My Wish can get off the Mark at Sha Tin September 26, 2025 IT IS hard to believe after Typhoon Ragasa caused widespread destruction in Hong Kong and brought the city to a standstill during the week, it’s all-systems-go for racing at Sha Tin on Sunday. Officials have given the thumbs-up for the 11-race card and remember Sha Tin is one of the fastest drying tracks in the [...]
Code to leave Fownes Dancing in Paradise September 26, 2025 TRAINER Caspar Fownes was a frustrated figure after the stewards abandoned the last two races at Sha Tin due to an unsafe track last weekend. He is sitting pretty at the top pf the trainers’ championship with seven wins and was particularly bullish about the chances of DANCING CODE before the stewards pulled the plug [...]
Fownes can crack Sha Tin Code with The Heir September 19, 2025 IT MAY be early days in the new Hong Kong season, but Caspar Fownes looks to have already set out his stall for a tilt at the trainers’ championship. Fownes has won the championship on four occasions, the last in 2020/21, and has been fast out of the blocks this campaign with six winners in [...]
Don’t Desert Purton as Star set to shine again September 19, 2025 EIGHT-time champion jockey Zac Purton leaving Happy Valley without a winner in mid-week is a real rarity these days. It certainly can’t be considered desired collector’s item, however, with Purton’s army of fans sure to have left the Hong Kong city track low in spirit and light of pocket after their man failed to find [...]
Don’t take Lor’s Keefy lightly at the Valley September 16, 2025 WITH the weather set fair in Hong Kong, racegoers can look forward to an exciting eight-race card at Happy Valley on Wednesday, with the Class Two Shek O Handicap (3.50pm) over the extended mile the feature race on the programme. It was mostly all doom and gloom for the Zac Purton fan club at Sha [...]
King Lotus ready to keep Newnham in the winning groove September 16, 2025 TRAINER Mark Newnham must have breathed a huge sigh of relief when Max Que finally got the stable off the mark for the 2025/26 season. It may be early days in the current campaign, but Newnham had failed to strike with his first fourteen runners, with seven of them starting at single figure odds. After [...]
