Zac Purton fans could Wave in another winner January 30, 2024 HAPPY VALLEY today provides a nine-race programme, featuring the Hong Kong Football Club Centenary Cup (12.10pm), a handicap for track speedsters over five furlongs. With the action taking place on the ‘A’ course, past results suggest that neither an all-important draw, nor probable track bias have played an important role in determining winners, although the [...]
Yiu runner Sure to leave you feeling Joyful at the Valley January 30, 2024 WHILE champion jockey Zac Purton was making hay in the sunshine with six wins at Sha Tin on Sunday, his arch-rival Hugh Bowman was once again having a torrid time. Bowman suffered another nasty fall early on in the card, adding to his already long catalogue of injuries and suspensions this season. Although he continued [...]
Warrior could become Fownes’ new Flagship Winner January 26, 2024 CHAMPION jockey Zac Purton may have relinquished his last four rides at Sha Tin on Wednesday due to feeling ill, but there was no way he was going to give up on a host of winning chances, including Lucky Sweynesse, on Sunday. The Zac-Man has a full book of rides on the 10-race programme, with [...]
Backing Atzeni could be Lucky For You January 26, 2024 HONG KONG racing fans are in for a treat on Sunday, when the highest-rated sprinter on the planet, Lucky Sweynesse, steps out onto the Sha Tin turf to defend his crown in the £1.3m Group One Centenary Sprint Cup (8.40pm) over six furlongs. To consider defeat for the 15-time champion should be out of the [...]
Bowman fans could Fill their pockets today January 23, 2024 RACING in Hong Kong reverts to a rare mid-week slot at Sha Tin today, with an eight-race programme on the all-weather dirt surface. When the action takes place on dirt, it is always greeted with a degree of suspicion by pundits and local bettors alike, with so many imponderables surrounding the surface. With the weather [...]
Take Diamond and Ferraris to spark a winning Flare January 23, 2024 BANK on former South African Champion Apprentice Luke Ferraris to further improve his impressive winning tally on the all-weather surface in Hong Kong. The 22-year-old son of former Hong Kong trainer David Ferraris has made a bright start to his career in the territory, having already claimed 17 wins this season. His record on the [...]
McDonald has chance to return to Hong Kong’s winning Bubble January 19, 2024 SHA TIN hosts a 10-race programme on Sunday, featuring the first local Group One of 2024, The Stewards’ Cup (8.05am), worth around £1.3 million in prize money and run over a mile. Despite the absence of legendary champion Golden Sixty, who was sidelined due to a minor leg injury earlier this month, there are still [...]
Cruz and Fownes each have a Peach of a chance January 19, 2024 THE GODS of fortune have finally smiled on the Caspar Fownes-trained DANCING CODE who has been allocated with the positive inside draw (one) in the highly competitive Tin Wan Shan Handicap (9.15am) over seven furlongs. This will be music to the ears of both his owner and King of HK pop music, Aaron Kwok, and [...]
California can Cruz home at Happy Valley January 16, 2024 HAPPY VALLEY provides another highly competitive mid-week programme, with eight races on the ‘C’ track, featuring the Hong Kong Club Challenge Cup (12.40pm), a handicap over five furlongs. The Zac Purton fan club suffered a serious reverse at Sha Tin last Sunday, when their champion, returning after a short New Year break, failed to find [...]
John Size heading towards a Blizzard of winners January 16, 2024 SUPPORTERS of the all-conquering John Size stable are having their patience pushed to the limit at present. The stable of former 12-time HK champion trainer Size is renowned for starting every season slowly, before the wheels start to turn in December and winners begin to roll in at regular intervals. This season, however, it hasn’t [...]
