Goldi can make Super use of his light weight June 7, 2024 FAVOURITE backers will be in their element, weather permitting, on the Sha Tin card, with a number of gallopers likely to go off at very short odds. The John Size-trained winning debutant The Winnabe, looks to have a virtual penalty-kick in the Pok Fu Lam Public Riding School Handicap (10.30am) over six furlongs, while Purton’s [...]
Trust Sky to be in hot Pursuit of another win June 4, 2024 RACING is back at Happy Valley in Hong Kong today with another nine-race programme, following a fortnight’s break to let the new summer grass seeds bed in. Trainer Pierre Ng will have breathed a huge sigh of relief when the wheels of fortune finally turned in his favour, with a winning double at Sha Tin [...]
Shum’s Helene Warrior should Pack plenty of Power June 4, 2024 WITH trainer Danny Shum probably still on top of the world following the stunning victory of stable star Romantic Warrior in the Group One Yasuda Kinen in Japan last Sunday, it would be a folly to overlook his raiders at Happy Valley. From his seven contenders on show, newcomer PACKING POWER has an obvious chance [...]
Ka Ying can keep Rising on his winning Patch May 31, 2024 IT IS good news for Hong Kong racing enthusiasts from the UK this Sunday as the action gets underway at Sha Tin at the later time of 9.00am, with a 11-race programme featuring a couple of Group Three contests. Sha Tin hosts the first of their ‘twilight’ race-meetings, which gives gallopers the chance not to [...]
Full steam Ahead for Stellar Express May 31, 2024 IT SHOULD be all systems go for the John Size-trained STELLAR EXPRESS to record his firstvictory in the territory, when he takes his chance in the Fo Tan Handicap (11.30am) over six furlongs. The son of highly acclaimed sire Zoustar was formerly owned by the Aga Khan family and was a three-time winner in France [...]
Teetan may again be Peach Perfect on Sha Tin’s dirt May 28, 2024 RACING enthusiasts can look forward to an action-packed eight-race programme on the all-weather surface at Sha Tin in Hong Kong today. With rain forecast once again, bettors should pay particular attention to how the track is riding in the early contests. On the all-weather track early last month, it paid to follow gallopers up with [...]
Cruz and Chung hold Prime chance with Monte Frutta May 28, 2024 BANK on legendary trainer Tony Cruz to continue his rich vein of form when he saddles a handful of challengers at Sha Tin. Cruz has rocketed up into fourth place in the trainers’ title race, following an impressive run of success in the past month, with nine of his stable runners entering the winners’ circle, [...]
Rebel’s Romance to leave local rivals in his wake May 24, 2024 GODOLPHIN-owned REBEL’S ROMANCE appears to have another Group One victory at his mercy, when he lines-up in the feature race of the day, the Standard Chartered Champions & Chater Cup (9.10am) over a mile-and-a-half at Sha Tin on Sunday. Presently rated second in the World’s Best Racehorses rankings, the globe-trotting six-year-old produced the form of [...]
Californiatotality can come Storming home May 24, 2024 WHILE the Tony Cruz stable are firing on all cylinders at present, having saddled eight winners since the beginning of the month, it would be a folly to ignore his host of challengers on the 10-race programme at Sha Tin. The formbook says the stable’s hat-trick seeking galloper CALIFORNIATOTALITY faces a tough task at the [...]
Atomic could send his rivals Packing May 21, 2024 BANK on trainer Danny Shum to have a change of fortune at Happy Valley in Hong Kong, when the city track hosts a nine-race programme starting at 11.40am on Wednesday. 63-year-old Shum has been one of the most consistent performers in the territory over the past 20 years, training over 800 winners, and is renowned [...]
