Hayes’ Elite Rubylot can rise to Class One Glory April 11, 2025 RACING fans have plenty to look forward to on Sunday when Sha Tin hosts an exciting 11-race programme featuring the Class One Healthy Community Handicap (9.10am), over seven furlongs. The David Hayes-trained RUBYLOT represents this season’s Four-Year-Old Classic Series contenders having been top-rated in last month’s BMW Hong Kong Derby. Having maybe found the 10-furlong [...]
Me Time has Good Prospects of another Valley win April 8, 2025 TRAINER Danny Shum is back in Hong Kong after a soul-destroying defeat of his champion Romantic Warrior in Dubai last Saturday and will be hoping for a change of fortune when he saddles Harmony Galaxy in the Wylie Handicap (12.40pm) over nine furlongs. The ex-Brazilian galloper will be a popular choice with bettors having given [...]
Swift Storm can capture Stellar win for Hayes April 8, 2025 RACING in Hong Kong returns to Happy Valley today with another exciting nine-race programme that features the Hong Kong China Rugby Cup (1.40pm), a handicap over five furlongs. With some of the fastest gallopers at the city track lining up, racegoers will be excused if they blink and miss the result, with the race likely [...]
Sky Jewellery can go Boom again for Size and Bowman April 4, 2025 A COUPLE of progressive gallopers who have caught the public’s imagination in recent times, step back onto the turf at Sha Tin this weekend and will be fancied to resume winning form. Expectations were high as the Chris So-trained THE BOOM BOX would make it four wins on the bounce, before the son of Spirit [...]
Feeling that Bentley can get the job done aboard Helene April 4, 2025 HONG Kong racing fans have plenty to look forward to when Sha Tin hosts a 10-race programme on Sunday, featuring the Class Two Faculty of Education Alumni Handicap (9.10am) over a mile. A small but select band of gallopers include the ultra-consistent front-runner Voyage Samurai, a winner of four races, with an impressive record of [...]
Courier Magic looks ready to deliver a Valley victory April 1, 2025 THERE are a number of hot and highly competitive handicaps on the Happy Valley card, and none more so than the finale, the Kyoto Handicap (3.50pm) over six furlongs. With the likes of Kaholo Angel and last-start winners Beauty Infinity, Romantic Son and Happy Fat Cat lining-up, this will have form book students scratching their [...]
Sharpen a Definitive pick to win for Teetan April 1, 2025 EXPECT plenty of excitement and high drama when racing gets underway with a competitive nine-race programme at Happy Valley in Hong Kong today. The action takes place on the C+3 track, which only measures 19.5 metres in width, and luck is likely to play an important part in determining winners. When racing took place on [...]
Ng’s Aurora the Call to strike purple Patch March 28, 2025 ASIDE from the two Group Two contests, Sha Tin’s supporting card has a number of gallopers on show who are capable of leaving their present ratings well behind before the season ends. For early-bird racing fans, remember the clocks go forward by an hour. The Barker Handicap (6.15am) over six furlongs sees rejuvenated Fast Network [...]
Purton’s return brings Another World of pressure for rivals March 28, 2025 HONG Kong racing fans will be flocking through the turnstiles at Sha Tin on Sunday to witness a 10-race programme, including a couple of Group Two contests, The Chairman’s Trophy (8.10am) over a mile, and The Sprint Cup (9.15am) over six furlongs. More importantly to the fanatical local racing enthusiasts will be the return of [...]
Prophecy that Sky could change Ellis Wong’s luck March 25, 2025 WHILE apprentice jockey Britney Wong has been getting many plaudits and plenty of publicity in recent times, former 10-pound claimer Ellis Wong has found himself overshadowed. The 24-year-old, employed by trainer Caspar Fownes, is having a relatively quiet season with only half-a-dozen winners despite claiming his valuable seven-pound allowance. Fownes, who has been a regular [...]
