Purton and Youthful can strike up a winning Deal December 1, 2023 SHA TIN in Hong Kong hosts a 10-race programme on Sunday, featuring half-a-dozen races on the all-weather surface and four on turf. Taking centre stage is the £285,000 Class Two Peninsula Golden Jubilee Challenge Cup (7.35am), a handicap over six furlongs on dirt. This contest features a number of top-class speedsters racing on dirt for [...]
Ellis Wong and Caspar Fownes the Perfect Team at Sha Tin December 1, 2023 FROM looking at the jockeys’ roster in Hong Kong this season you might find yourself wondering why young 23-year-old Ellis Wong doesn’t get more rides in the territory? The former graduate from the HKJC trainee programme, was sent over to Australia in 2021 to sharpen his skills and returned back to his homeland this year [...]
Cool runnings expected from Chill and Ruby November 28, 2023 RACEGOERS are in for a treat at Happy Valley today, when the inner-city track hosts an eight-race programme, featuring the six-furlong Class Two Eilean Handicap (2.50pm). ‘Horses for courses’ is an apt name for this contest, with seven of the 11 contenders having accumulated 28 course and distance victories between them. Top-weight Seasons Wit is [...]
Turtle Again to leave rivals shell-shocked with first win November 28, 2023 THE GODS of fortune have finally smiled on the Benno Yung-trained TURTLE AGAIN, who could record his first victory in the Crookston Castle Handicap (12.40pm) over nine furlongs. The New Zealand-bred gelding could be described as a slow-burner since making his first appearance in the territory over a year ago, but has always looked a [...]
Yung and Chau hoping to have some winning Fun Together November 24, 2023 JUST when the many thousands of Zac Purton supporters were finally feeling on good terms with themselves, after their champion had ridden nine winners at the last three race-meetings, he went from hero to zero once again, when bombing out with no success at Happy Valley in mid-week. It must be appreciated the six-time Champion [...]
Atullibigeal will be going for gold at Sha Tin November 24, 2023 SHA TIN in Hong Kong hosts a 10-race programme on Sunday, including a couple of all-weather contests and featuring the Chevalier Cup (8.10am); a handicap run over a mile worth over £400,000 in prize money. With the likes of smart galloper and top-weight Red Lion with Purton aboard in the line-up, plus ultra-consistent Circuit Stellar [...]
Unicorn has fine chance for Valley Legend Fownes November 21, 2023 TRAINER Caspar Fownes is the man to follow when racing at Happy Valley gets underway with a tricky eight-race programme starting at 11.10am today. ‘The King of the Valley’ Fownes has his stable firing on all cylinders at present, with winners at the last three meetings, and he notably saddled Straight Arron to win the [...]
Purton’s Star to continue its ascendancy with Durham November 21, 2023 FOLLOWING a stop-start beginning to the season reigning champion jockey Zac Purton is gradually starting to hit top-form, with 11 wins in the past fortnight. The Zac-Man is still suffering from niggling injuries, and points out that bad draws, stables being out of form, and horses not performing to their best, have all contributed to [...]
Fownes’ Arron can fly Straight to victory November 17, 2023 RACING in Hong Kong steps up a gear on Sunday, with a mouth-watering and highly informative 11-race programme at Sha Tin, sponsored by the Bank of China (Hong Kong). With the city’s flagship event, the LONGINES Hong Kong International Race Day, looming large on the horizon, this will be a final chance for racegoers to [...]
Irish import can Swan into the lead and keep rivals at Bay November 17, 2023 THREE Group Two contests may hold centre stage for the purists at Sha Tin over the weekend, but there are some equally intriguing and high-quality races on the supporting card, notably the BOCHK Asset Management Handicap (6.00am) over six furlongs. The much-hyped David Hayes-trained galloper, Lucky Encounter, a winner of four of his six races [...]
