It should be Greenwich’s Mean Time at Sha Tin September 15, 2023 IT WILL be good to see jockey Vincent Ho make a belated return to action when he partners four gallopers on a 10-race programme at Sha Tin in Hong Kong on Sunday. The 33-year-old suffered a horrific injury when his horse crashed to the turf in Japan at the end of July, fracturing a bone [...]
Caspar Fownes can expect to be Proud of his Dragon September 15, 2023 IT HASN’T been easy for bettors in the first week of the new Hong Kong racing season, with only three market leaders obliging in 18 races, and a few long odds-on shots vanquished along the way. With weather conditions still unpredictable and showers forecast again over the weekend, patience is going to be a key [...]
Shum’s Denfield to go Splendidly at Happy Valley September 12, 2023 WITH the weather finally relenting in Hong Kong after a typhoon and catastrophic floods in the past 10 days or so, it’s all systems go for iconic track Happy Valley to host its first meeting of the season, with an excellent eight-race programme. With crowds expected to flock through the turnstiles to celebrate the occasion [...]
Excellent should be Peerless once again from stall two September 12, 2023 OMENS are looking good for the Frankie Lor-trained EXCELLENT PEERS to register his fifth win of his career, in the Mui Wo Handicap (3.50pm) over six furlongs. This course and distance specialist found life tough in the latter stages of last season, with a series of awkward draws and troubled journeys going against him, although [...]
All Is Good for Purton to strike on Lucky September 8, 2023 RACEGOERS are in for a treat for the start of the 2023/24 Hong Kong season at Sha Tin on Sunday, when one of the world’s top-rated sprinters Lucky Sweynesse, with Zac Purton aboard, reappears in the Class One HKSAR Chief Executive’s Cup (6.55am), a Class One handicap over six furlongs. No one can accuse trainer [...]
Hewitson looking for Super Fast start to new season aboard Dragon September 8, 2023 FORM students take note! Weather and surface conditions may once again play an important role when determining winners at Sha Tin on Sunday. Heavy rainfall on Thursday and Friday, caused the city to be flooded, with more rainfall recorded in a single hour (over six inches) since records began in 1884. With showers expected over [...]
Chadwick hopes to repeat Shergar Cup heroics August 11, 2023 HONG KONG rider Matthew Chadwick will participate in his second Shergar Cup at Ascot on Saturday, after stepping in to take the place of the injured Vincent Ho. Chadwick has the chance to follow up his previous Shergar Cup success, when winning the Silver Saddle in 2012 as part of a triumphant Rest of the [...]
Peter Ho hoping to secure licence with Amazing Victory July 14, 2023 IT WILL be the day of destiny for trainer Peter Ho when he arrives at Sha Tin in Hong Kong for the final day of the 2022/23 season on Sunday. Ho will enter the track for a highly competitive 11-race programme, knowing he needs two winners to save his 26-year training career. The popular 63-year-old [...]
David Hall and Luke Ferraris could be a Genius combination July 14, 2023 NO DOUBT the many thousands of racing enthusiasts flocking to Sha Tin on Sunday will be praying that their favourite jockey, champion Zac Purton, can bank-roll them for the following six weeks after racing comes to a close on Sunday. There has been no let-up in the Purton victory charge in recent times, with the [...]
Hameron to hand Lui Joy of being top Valley trainer July 11, 2023 BANK on Francis Lui to be proclaimed top trainer at Happy Valley when the city track closes the curtain for its final time this season with a nine-race midweek programme. Lui arrives at the Valley with a one winner advantage over reigning ‘King of the Valley’ Caspar Fownes, but looks to have enough firepower from [...]
