Richards’ Dragon can Storm home at the Valley September 9, 2025 RACING at Happy Valley returns today with an eight-race programme that features the Wan Chai Handicap (3.50pm) over six furlongs. With no racing at the iconic Hong Kong Island venue for the past eight weeks due to the summer break, it is guaranteed the racecourse will be jam-packed with fans flocking through the turnstiles. Despite [...]
Mighty Ho has right Steed to continue his winning return September 9, 2025 IT WAS great to see jockey Vincent Ho back in the limelight at Sha Tin on Sunday, when partnering The Heir to victory for his old boss Caspar Fownes. It has been well documented that 35-year-old Ho was seriously injured when his horse fell in a race back in February, suffering head, shoulder and neck [...]
General can shine brightest on seasonal return September 5, 2025 HONG Kong racing is back as the 2025/26 season gets underway at Sha Tin on Sunday with a 10-race programme, featuring the eagerly awaited HKSAR Chief Executive’s Cup (7.00am), a handicap over six furlongs. All eyes will be on one horse, the world’s highest-rated sprinter Ka Ying Rising, as he steps out on to the [...]
Bull and Ibis to give Newnham fast start at Sha Tin September 5, 2025 IT WILL be worth keeping a close watch of the weather in Hong Kong over the next couple of weeks. Racegoers and horses will turn up at Sha Tin on Sunday in sweltering heat, with the temperature in the mid-30s, and humidity sky-high. If that wasn’t enough, this is the ‘typhoon’ season in the territory, [...]
Wally Pyrah previews the 2025/26 Hong Kong season September 1, 2025 WITH the start of the 2025/26 Hong Kong racing season approaching at Sha Tin on Sunday, it’s time to find out what the all-important crystal ball is foretelling for the months ahead. However, you don’t need to be a soothsayer to predict that reigning champion jockey Zac Purton will have a good chance of landing [...]
Rocket ready to dig out another win to close out season in style July 15, 2025 HONG Kong’s racing season concludes today when Happy Valley hosts an action-packed nine-race programme to celebrate the season finale. Expect plenty of entertainment along the way for the 20,000 plus racegoers who will witness international musical entertainment, a breathtaking fireworks display and a jockeys’ parade for racing fans. There will also be the crowning of [...]
Endued and Aeris can secure perfect send off for Yung July 15, 2025 EXPECT a poignant send off from local racing fans when trainer Benno Yung calls time on his 12-year career in Hong Kong and saddles his final runners at Happy Valley. The affable and well-liked 66-year-old has suffered serious health problems over the last couple of years but will be hoping to go out on a [...]
Ferraris can go for Glory aboard Chancheng at Sha Tin finale July 11, 2025 WHILE there will be plenty of prizes on offer to celebrate the final day of the season at Sha Tin in Hong Kong on Sunday, bettors can be forgiven for just praying for a change of fortune before the 11-race programme gets under way at 9.00am. Results at Happy Valley on Wednesday were the proverbial [...]
Pejibaye can Star and be Richards’ end-of-season Hero July 11, 2025 YOU CAN guarantee trainer Jamie Richards will be pleased to see the back of the 2024/25 Hong Kong season. The legendary former New Zealand champion trainer has had a campaign to forget, languishing near the bottom of the trainers’ championship table with just 21 victories, and presently with a depleted stable of gallopers. Maybe a [...]
Magic Wong can add to his local Legend with more wins July 8, 2025 SERIOUS bettors will have one eye on the weather in Hong Kong, before a highly competitive nine-race programme gets underway at Happy Valley at 11.40am today. The forecast of heavy showers and possible thunderstorms during the action could scupper the chances of many in-form gallopers who have shown their best form on a fast surface [...]
