Hong Kong Racing Tips: Purton to start Super Fast on Sha Tin’s dirt October 26, 2021 FRANCIS Lui’s SUPER FAST rates the best bet of the afternoon, when racing resumes with an eight-race programme on the dirt surface at Sha Tin. The local betting fraternity have always looked upon racing on the dirt surface with a certain degree of suspicion. There are so many variables to consider when looking for winners, notably, whether the track suit front-running tactics [...]
Hong Kong Racing Tips: Parterre can keep up Millard’s rich vein of form in finale October 19, 2021 IT HAS been good to see former South African champion trainer Tony Millard regularly visiting the winners’ circle in the past month, with the likes of Sunday’s Group Two Sha Tin Trophy winner Panfield, Silver Fig, Resolute and CP Brave all contributing to the stables upturn in fortune. Yoo Yoo King would have been another [...]
Hong Kong Racing Tips: In-form Purton can Storm to more success October 19, 2021 WITH sunny intervals forecast in Hong Kong today, it’s back to normal for racegoers visiting Happy Valley, following last week’s cancellation due to Typhoon Kompasu flooding the territory. Leading jockey Zac Purton is guaranteed to arrive at the city track with a smile on his face following last Sunday’s four-timer at Sha Tin, which further extended [...]
Hong Kong Racing Tips: Chau to prove previous victories were not a Fluke October 12, 2021 IT DIDN’T take Jerry Chau very long to steer home his first winner as a freelance jockey, when guiding Harmony Win Win to victory at Sha Tin on Sunday. The 21-year-old Chau, who graduated into the senior riding ranks, after landing his 70th winner in Hong Kong, on the previously frustrating Transcendent at Happy Valley [...]
Hong Kong Racing Tips: Back Sun to banish the rain at Happy Valley October 12, 2021 PUNTERS may need to tread warily when racing resumes in Hong Kong, with an eight-race programme at Happy Valley today. With a tropical rainstorm dumping nearly 490mms, or around 19inches of water last weekend, and another rain cyclone homing in on the territory, you can safely assume the word firm is unlikely to figure in [...]
Hong Kong Racing Tips: Moreira to take out finale with Telecom Fighters October 5, 2021 BETTORS will have to wait until the finale for the feature race of the day, the Class Two Fleming Handicap (3.50pm), worth around £200,000 in prize money, and run over the extended mile. The dozen contenders include, course and distance winner Reliable Team, Group race performer, Not Usual Talent, and old campaigner Rattan, who makes [...]
Hong Kong Racing Tips: King can give Teetan that winning Feeling October 5, 2021 STARS have finally aligned for the Tony Millard-trained YOO YOO KING to record his first win of his career, when the six-year-old lines-up in the Harbour Handicap (1.15pm) over nine furlongs at Happy Valley. Heath issues have curtailed the progress of this former South African galloper, who had previously finished placed in a Group Two as a [...]
Hong Kong Racing Tips: Take a chance on Transcendent swooping late in finale September 21, 2021 MANY of the punters at Happy Valley on Wednesday will nominate top-weight Decisive Twelve as their banker bet of the meeting, when the Chris So-trained five-year-old lines-up in the finale, the Cooper Handicap (3.50pm) over six furlongs. The Australian bred gelding was the easiest winner of the meeting, when dashing clear of his rivals over [...]
Hong Kong Racing Tips: Low draw can prove the key for progressive Fire September 21, 2021 IT LOOKS as if the gods of fortune have smiled on highly progressive galloper HARMONY FIRE, who has an all-important low-draw number in the Clementi Handicap (2.45pm) over five furlongs at Happy Valley. The action takes place on the infamous ‘C+3’ course, where the width of the track is only around the length of a cricket [...]
Hong Kong Racing Tips: Trust in Energy for top combination Moreira and Cruz September 14, 2021 FORM students will be licking their lips with anticipation when MIG ENERGY lines-up in the Tai Shue Wan Handicap over six furlongs at 3.15pm. The six-year-old, having been dropped 3lbs by the handicapper during the close-season, finds himself racing off an 8lb lower mark from last season’s track and trip victory. A closer inspection on [...]