Hong Kong Racing Tips: So many reasons to back Moreira’s mount in the opener September 24, 2019 THERE is no doubt that the most difficult puzzle to solve on the nine race card at Happy Valley today has to be the £200,000 Heung Yip Handicap (11.45am) run over nine furlongs. There may be only seven runners, but this is a race which will have formbook students scratching their heads for hours, with [...]
Hong Kong Racing Tips: Ting’s sprinter can Breeze to Valley victory September 24, 2019 RACING hopefully resumes at Happy Valley in Hong Kong today after last week’s card was cancelled because of political unrest in the territory. Punters arriving at the inner-city track will be hoping for some respite after Saturday’s meeting at Sha Tin threw up a sequence of surprising results. Half the winners on the 10 race [...]
Hong Kong Betting Tips: Purton can soar to victory aboard Shum’s Charity Wings September 17, 2019 YOU CAN guarantee the local punters went home from Sha Tin on Sunday with a spring in their step and a fistful of dollars in their back pockets. With five of the ten market leaders obliging, and one second favourite first past the post, it doesn’t take a rocket scientist to understand the reason for [...]
Hong Kong Betting Tips: Former champ Moreira can be King once again September 17, 2019 JOAO the ‘Magic Man’ Moreira looks the jockey to follow when racing resumes at Happy Valley in Hong Kong this afternoon. The Brazilian ace sent his thousands of supporters home happy from the inner-city track last week when landing a treble and it could be a similar scenario, or maybe even better, with a full [...]
Hong Kong Betting Tips: Tycoon to kick start Lor’s Mission for the trainers’ title September 10, 2019 THE beginning of a racing season is always a tough nut to crack for bettors, with so many imponderables to consider. After a six-week break due to the stifling heat in July and August, punters have to consider whether a horse is fit enough on his comeback run, has improved during the close season and [...]
Hong Kong Betting Tips: Moreira’s mount looks the Perfect Play at the Valley September 10, 2019 RACING returns to Happy Valley for the first time this season as an eight-race card takes centre stage this afternoon. Hong Kong may be suffering its own internal problems at present, but that hasn’t stopped racegoers flocking to Sha Tin for the last two Sundays in the hope of winning ‘lucky money’. In fact, the [...]
Magic jockeys and horses of a Generation August 29, 2019 RACING in Hong Kong is back in the limelight in the early hours of Sunday morning, when the first meeting of the 2019/20 season gets under way at Sha Tin. Hong Kong may be suffering its own personal problems at present, but that won’t stop thousands of local racing enthusiasts descending on the territory’s premier [...]
Hong Kong Racing Tips: Improving Dream Warriors looks to be a Fairy good bet July 9, 2019 WITH the Hong Kong racing season coming to an end, it becomes increasingly difficult to find horses that may have a few points in hand over the handicapper. With around 1,300 horses racing in the territory, it’s rare that the handicap system makes many mistakes and it’s a matter of finding horses that still have [...]
Hong Kong Racing Tips: Purton can close in on record wins with Tashidelek July 9, 2019 ALL GOOD things must come to an end and that’s the case for Happy Valley today as it hosts its final meeting of the 2018/19 season. It’s safe to say the spotlight will remain firmly on champion jockey Zac Purton as he bids to emulate Joao Moreira’s record-breaking 170-winner haul back in 2016/17. The record [...]
Hong Kong horse racing betting tips: Danny’s Green to Dispatch rivals from ideal inside draw July 2, 2019 THIS is the time of the year when horses that have been campaigned throughout the season begin to lose their body weight and form, and one or two shocks can surface. Bearing that in mind, it could pay to take a chance with the Danny Shum-trained GREEN DISPATCH who lines up in the 1.15pm over [...]