Ascension a winner written in the Stars for Hall and Bowman February 14, 2023 FIRST season claiming rider Angus Chung is getting plenty of media attention lately. The 26-year-old, has booted home 17 winners since the season started but seems to be getting plenty of adverse publicity, despite still learning his trade. With his 10lb claim worth its weight in gold, especially around a tight circuit like Happy Valley, [...]
Hero to finally hit the winning Patch at Sha Tin February 10, 2023 IT’S SAFE to assume trainer Manfred Man must have celebrated the start to the Chinese New Year in some style last week! Not only did the 65-year-old have his trainers licence extended by the HKJC, he also proceeded to win the Group One Centenary Sprint Cup with flying-machine Lucky Sweynesse. To add icing to the [...]
Size’s Eternal looks a Beauty of a bet February 10, 2023 THE PROGRESSIVE and exciting John Size-trained galloper BEAUTY ETERNAL will take centre stage on a 10-race programme at Sha Tin in Hong Kong on Sunday. The son of Starspangledbanner has been one of the talking horses in Hong Kong this season, following an impressive winning debut from the outside draw back in October. There has been plenty [...]
Richards to Encounter another Valley winner in progressive Pachisi February 7, 2023 RACING fans can look forward to an excellent card at Happy Valley on Wednesday, with over £1.6m in prize money on offer on the nine-race programme. Favourite-backers would have left Sha Tin on Sunday full of the joys of spring after six of the 10 races went to market leaders. They will, however, find this [...]
Size’s M can spoil Special comeback win for returning Chadwick February 7, 2023 IT’S GOOD to see jockey Matthew Chadwick back in action for the first time since he fractured his ankle in a track-trial accident back in December. The injury couldn’t have happened at a worse time for the former Hong Kong Champion Apprentice, who was on fire, riding 17 winners, and at the top of his [...]
Happy Together can cap red letter day for Gibson and Badel February 3, 2023 THERE’S another huge day in store for Hong Kong racing enthusiasts at Sha Tin on Sunday, when the two best sprinters in town, Wellington and Lucky Sweynesse, battle for supremacy in the Group 1 Centenary Sprint Cup (8.40am) over six furlongs. You can safely assume that Richard Gibson, trainer of Wellington, will be looking to [...]
Poon to Stride to another Win with Supreme Lucky February 3, 2023 IT WAS good to see 29-year-old pilot Matthew Poon back in the winners’ circle at Happy Valley on Wednesday, after a long losing sequence of 64 rides, stretching back to Sha Tin on New Year’s Day. Poon, fondly known as the ‘Poon Train’ for his all-action riding style, has bright prospects of striking once again, [...]
Fownes’ Rocket has Spades of potential to Snaffle first win January 31, 2023 WITH the Chinese New Year celebrations in Hong Kong done and dusted after a couple of weeks racing at Sha Tin, the action resumes at Happy Valley with another highly competitive nine-race programme. It hasn’t been easy for bettors in the past fortnight, with numerous double-figure odds winners obliging, causing dismay and anguish to many [...]
All will be Good as Gold for formidable partnership of Lui and Ho January 31, 2023 BANK on the partnership of trainer Francis Lui and jockey Vincent Ho to continue their run of good fortune with a winning double at Happy Valley. Lui and Ho have proved a formidable combination to follow this season, winning 14 times and recording a 32 percent win and place strike-rate when teaming up. Fresh from [...]
There’s no Romanticising Warrior’s Stewards’ Cup chances January 27, 2023 RACING enthusiasts from around the world will have their eyes firmly focused on Sha Tin on Sunday morning when three of the highest-rated horses in the world, according to official world rankings, line up in the £1.2 million Group One Stewards’ Cup (8.05am) over a mile. Rarely does a blockbuster of a race catch the [...]
