Champion the one for Size at Sha Tin March 27, 2026 WITH the clocks going forward an hour, Hong Kong racing fans in the UK can at last sit down and have their Sunday morning breakfast in comfort while watching all the action at Sha Tin. The showpiece contest on the 11-race programme is the six-furlong Class Two CW Chu Alumni Handicap (10.05am) which features a [...]
Geneva ready to peak under in-form Bowman March 27, 2026 IT IS safe to say 45-year-old Australian jockey Hugh Bowman is riding on the crest of a wave at present. The former LONGINES World’s Best Jockey celebrated his third success in the BMW Hong Kong Derby aboard Invincible Ibis a week ago and followed up with a winning treble at Happy Valley in midweek. Bowman, [...]
Spirits can Further Newnham’s hot streak March 24, 2026 HAPPY Valley’s five-furlong Rotary Centenary Challenge Cup Handicap (12.40pm) is the feature race on another exciting nine-race card in Hong Kong today. There is no doubt there would have been a celebration party at the stable of trainer Mark Newnham on Sunday evening. The former assistant to Australian training greats Bart Cummings and Gai Waterhouse [...]
Shum’s King will Manage to make Profit at the Valley March 24, 2026 BETTORS could start the Happy Valley programme with a bang by supporting old campaigner MANAGEMENT FOLKS in the mile-and-three-furlong Tuen Mun Handicap (10.40am). Normally, serious form students would tread warily in Class Five handicaps over this distance, but the David Hall-trained galloper appears to have plenty in his favour and has the bonus of champion [...]
Ibis can prove Invincible in Hong Kong Derby March 20, 2026 EXPECT a huge crowd at Sha Tin in Hong Kong on Sunday to witness the local sporting highlight of the season – the 10-furlong £2.5m BMW Hong Kong Derby (8.05am). Finding the winner will be no mean feat, and there are question marks about many gallopers truly staying the trip, while others will need plenty [...]
Look to Infinite to keep streak going for red-hot Newnham March 20, 2026 SHA TIN’s supporting card for the BMW Hong Kong Derby contains a couple of interesting gallopers who have already caught the public’s imagination in recent times. The Francis Lui-trained three-year-old Hot Delight has already been ear-marked as a potential Classic Series contender for next season following a couple of dominant displays over the course and [...]
Master Size’s Champion looks ready for success March 17, 2026 TRAINER John Size is the man to follow when racing in Hong Kong gets underway with a nine-race programme at Happy Valley on Wednesday, featuring the £270,000 Class Two Daisy Handicap (1.45pm). At the top of the Trainers’ Championship, the Caspar Fownes stable is rightly taking all the plaudits at present. They landed another winning [...]
Newnham can fly back into winners’ circle with Eagle March 17, 2026 SUPPORTERS of the Mark Newnham stable will need no reminding their trainer is in desperate need of a change of fortune. The stable, who held a commanding lead over their rivals in the Trainers’ Championship race at the beginning of the year, have found winners hard to come by in the past month or so [...]
Thor to hammer his rivals on Sha Tin dirt March 13, 2026 RACING in Hong Kong returns to Sha Tin on Sunday, with a mixed bag of action on turf and the all-weather surface. The 11-race programme features the Class Three Junction Handicap (8.05am) over the extended mile on the all-weather surface, and includes some of the top dirt performers in the city, such as Talents Ambition [...]
Papaya to bear fruit for Fownes March 13, 2026 TRAINER John Size and jockey Zac Purton are going to be a popular combination for bettors, when they team up with Endeared in division one of the Lung Kong Handicap (7.35am) over seven furlongs. The consistent course and distance specialist has tasted success three times over the trip, and notably twice when dropping down into [...]
