Harmony can get punters Home before Cheltenham begins March 15, 2022 RACING at Happy Valley serves up a tasty hors d’oeuvre this morning with a nine-race programme full of exciting and highly competitive handicaps, starting at 10.45am. With the Cheltenham Festival getting under way during the afternoon, it’s paramount that backers have money to play with by finding a winner before the action starts in the [...]
Hong Kong Racing Tips: Lucky looks the value amongst Purton’s book of Quality rides March 8, 2022 ZAC PURTON’S fans will no doubt once again be rubbing their hands with anticipation when the leading jockey arrives at Happy Valley. Purton has an extraordinary record at the city-track this season. Not only has he ridden a staggering 45 winners, but his win and place tally, from 156 rides, presently stands at over 60 [...]
Hong Kong Racing Tips: Time has come for Moreira’s Star to Spark back into life March 8, 2022 BANK on reigning Champion Jockey Joao Moreira to once again be in the spotlight when racing gets underway with a nine-race card at Happy Valley. It didn’t take long for the ‘Magic Man’ to get back into the swing of things following his six-meeting suspension last month. A couple of winning doubles at the Valley [...]
Purton to ruin Moreira’s hopes of Blissful return to the Valley March 1, 2022 IT WAS good to see Joao Moreira back in the saddle after a six-meeting suspension at Sha Tin last Sunday, although his fan club would have hoped for better results. No wins from 10 rides would have had his many thousands of supporters, who once famously likened him to a Hong Kong ATM cash-point machine, [...]
Expect more Valley fireworks from in the Zone Teetan March 1, 2022 BANK ON ‘Mauritian Magician’ Karis Teetan to continue his run of good fortune when racing gets underway with an exciting nine-race programme at Happy Valley. The never-say-die pilot accumulated half a dozen winners from just 19 rides last week, highlighted by a winning four-timer at the Valley last Wednesday. Teetan is a confidence jockey and [...]
Hong Kong Racing Tips: Joy looks a Beauty of a bet in tricky Happy Valley handicap February 22, 2022 CONNECTIONS of Cheerful Days are in for a nail-biting afternoon as they need results to go their way early on in the card to have a chance of sharing the £61,000 top prize with Fa Fa in the Manulife Million Dollar Challenge. This is an annual competition for horses racing at Happy Valley, with points [...]
Hong Kong Racing Tips: Packing can claim the Award in chilly Hong Kong February 22, 2022 RACING is once again on the infamous C+3 track at Happy Valley today, where the draw always plays an important role in determining winners, with the width of the track so narrow and only a short home straight of under two furlongs. Historically, low numbers have a decided advantage, especially over distances of six furlongs [...]
Hong Kong Racing Tips: Purton’s army of loyal followers should flock around Birdsville February 15, 2022 PUNTERS will be hoping for another sparkling performance from former champion jockey Zac Purton when the Australian arrives at Happy Valley with another full-book of rides on the nine-race programme. With nine wins from his last 18 rides at the city track, it’s easy to see why his many thousands of avid supporters will be highlighting [...]
Hong Kong Racing Tips: Eason to keep the Poon Train firmly on course February 15, 2022 BANK on the Tony Millard-trained GALLANT CROWN to resume winning ways, when the five-year-old gets his chance to score an overdue victory, in the Cypress Handicap (2.50pm) over the extended mile at Happy Valley. The New Zealand bred galloper has been a model of consistency in four runs this season, but is yet to get his head in [...]
Hong Kong Racing Tips: History to prove no burden for in-form Shum’s Gorytus in finale February 8, 2022 RACING fans with long memories may recall that it’s 40 years since a doping scandal rocked British horse-racing, when a potential champion racehorse named Gorytus was found to have been ‘got at’ after finishing last of four in the Dewhurst Stakes at Newmarket. Hopefully there will be happier times ahead for former UK-trained galloper GORYTUS, who [...]