Prepare for Unbelievable result in the Queen Mother Memorial Cup May 3, 2024 SURFACE conditions will once again ride soft when racing gets underway with an 11-race programme, featuring the Group Three Queen Mother Memorial Cup (9.05am) over a mile-and-a-half, at Sha Tin on Sunday. It is difficult to remember – certainly it’s more than 10 years – when so much rain in the territory has caused the [...]
Two Superb rides for Purton as he chases 100 winners for the season May 3, 2024 REIGNING champion jockey Zac Purton, who has been champion on six previous occasions, could reach another milestone in Hong Kong on Sunday, when he has good prospects of reaching his ninth century of winners in the territory. The Zac-Man, who has broken nearly every record in Hong Kong racing history since moving to the city [...]
Fownes’ Valley runners set to be poetry in Motion April 30, 2024 FOLLOWING all the excitement of world-class racing at Sha Tin last Sunday, it’s back to Happy Valley in Hong Kong today, with the city-track hosting a nine-race programme, featuring the France Galop Cup (2.45pm), a handicap over six furlongs. When is it going to stop raining in Hong Kong? Weather conditions didn’t make it easy [...]
Lor’s Angel one that will be Flying home on soft ground April 30, 2024 THERE is no doubt the ParisLongchamp Handicap (3.50pm) over six furlongs is the most hotly-contested and intriguing race on the card. Cases can be made for numerous contenders lining up, including the top two in the handicap; Colourful Emperor, who went down with all guns blazing behind talented Sports Legend recently, and Kaholo Angel, who [...]
Golden Sixty bids for Massive fourth Champions Mile April 26, 2024 THE RACING world will have their eyes firmly fixed on Hong Kong this Sunday when Sha Tin hosts one of its marquee meetings of the season; FWD Champions Day, featuring three Group One races worth £7.2 million in prize money. There is no doubting the city will come to a standstill at 9.00am when the [...]
Ng’s stable due another Power surge towards title with Drombeg April 26, 2024 TRAINERS’ championship leader Pierre Ng must have breathed a sigh of relief at Happy Valley in midweek when a winning double broke a long losing sequence of 40 runners for the stable this month. Winners breed confidence and Ng will surely be more than hopeful that front-running DROMBEG BANNER can strike an overdue win in [...]
Lor’s Trillion the one to watch April 23, 2024 ONCE again, the weather in Hong Kong is likely to play an important role in determining winners at Happy Valley when racing gets underway with a nine-race programme starting at 11.40am today. Rain has been lashing down in biblical proportions since the start of the week, and with intermittent thunder and lightning bringing the city [...]
Fownes looking to rise on Cloud of Glory at the Valley April 23, 2024 IT HAS been good to see trainer Caspar Fownes back in the winners’ circle in the last couple of weeks. In fact, Fownes has had a pretty good month in April with six wins and eight places from just 38 runners. When it comes to saddling winners at Happy Valley, Fownes is usually in a [...]
Shum can Chill the champagne ahead of Chibi’s run April 19, 2024 SHA TIN in Hong Kong is under threat again of possible rain and thunderstorms when racing gets underway with a mixed card of six turf and four all-weather contests, starting at 6.00am on Saturday. Adverse weather conditions have been a regular occurrence in the territory this season, causing dismay to form-book students, and it would [...]
Magnificent Must Go straight to the winners’ circle April 19, 2024 WHILE all the media attention has concentrated on trainers’ title contenders Pierre Ng and Francis Lui in recent weeks, 12-time champion John Size has become a forgotten man in the championship race. The ‘master trainer’ currently trails Ng by 13 wins, but with so much fire-power in his stable and 23 race-meetings of the season [...]
