Sovereign should have a Massive chance in the HK Derby March 22, 2024 RACING enthusiasts will have their eyes firmly focused on Sha Tin in Hong Kong this Sunday when 14 gallopers line up in the £2.6m BMW Hong Kong Derby (8.15am) over 10 furlongs. Forget all about the International Races run in the city over winter; this is the race that all local owners dream about winning, [...]
Sinba can continue Cruz’s good form with McDonald up March 22, 2024 IT HAS been good to see legendary trainer Tony Cruz making the headlines this month in Hong Kong. The former dual Champion Trainer – let’s not forget he was also six-time Champion Jockey in the territory – has struck a purple patch of form over the last few weeks, saddling seven winners and picking up [...]
Richards’ raiders ready to Attack at Happy Valley March 19, 2024 RACING at Happy Valley hosts its regular mid-week slot today, with a nine-race card featuring plenty of exciting and competitive handicaps. The action returns to the C+3 track, where in the past a low draw number and racing prominently has gone a long way in determining winners. Hopefully that trend will continue, although, finding winners [...]
Jimmy Ting heading to War on Wings of Amazing Duck March 19, 2024 ONE TRAINER in desperate need of a change of fortune is Jimmy Ting, who presently is having a season to forget, with just four wins leaving him sitting at the bottom of the championship table. Ting started his training career in 2018/19 with a flourish, saddling 38 winners and bagging his first Group Two victory [...]
Size’s expensive Youngster could be today’s Champion March 15, 2024 RACING at Sha Tin in Hong Kong on Saturday hosts a mixed-bag of action with a 10-race programme featuring action on both the turf and all-weather tracks, starting at 5.00am. You can guarantee the majority of the 1600 members of the HKJC Racing Club-owned YOUNG CHAMPION will be out in force to cheer on their [...]
Purton booked for Sweet success aboard Bear March 15, 2024 REIGNING champion jockey Zac Purton is nearly over the hill and far away with regards to winning his seventh jockeys’ championship title this season. With nearly two thirds of the season gone, the Zac-Man has an unassailable 29-win advantage over his nearest pursuer Karis Teetan, and has been firing in winners at a near 25 [...]
Blizzard of winners heading team Size and Purton’s way March 12, 2024 RACING at Happy Valley in Hong Kong today hosts its regular mid-week slot with a highly competitive nine-race programme, featuring a number of high-flying speedsters who excel around the sharp-turning track. Form book students are finding it tough going at the Valley at present. Once upon a time, selecting horses drawn low, and likely to [...]
Whyte’s Knight could be riding towards a Majestic victory March 12, 2024 LOCAL racing enthusiasts have a treat in store, with some of the fastest speedsters in the territory lining-up in the Soko Islands Handicap (2.50pm) over six furlongs. The 11 contenders have accumulated 40 wins between them in their careers, with 23 of those coming at the iconic sharp-turning city track. The likes of Tomodachi Kokoroe [...]
It could be Sweynesse’s Lucky day March 8, 2024 IT IS a day of reckoning for top-rated sprinter LUCKY SWEYNESSE, who lines-up in the feature race on the ten-race programme, the seven-furlong Group One Queen’s Silver Jubilee Cup (8.05am), at Sha Tin in Hong Kong on Sunday. For a galloper whose record reads 15 wins from 22 races, it seems strange that some pundits [...]
Bowman has Ambition for a Patch of winners March 8, 2024 LEGENDARY jockey Hugh Bowman has given his many thousands of supporters plenty to cheer about in Hong Kong in the past week. The 43-year-old has been at his indomitable best, riding a handful of winners and taking his total up to 40 for the current campaign – and that’s despite missing a large chunk of [...]
