Shum’s Master can foil Purton and Moreira June 21, 2022 RESULTS at the nine-race programme at Happy Valley on Wednesday could be pivotal in deciding who will be crowned Champion Jockey and Trainer in the territory for the 2021/22 season. With just over three weeks of the season remaining and eight meetings left on the calendar, it has suddenly become game on in the Jockeys’ [...]
Lor’s progressive galloper can prove too strong for his Peers June 7, 2022 PROMISING New Zealand-bred galloper EXCELLENT PEERS finally came good with a convincing victory over the course and distance a fortnight ago, and it would be folly to oppose the four-year-old backing that up in division two of the Dandelion Handicap (2.45pm) over six furlongs. This son of New Zealand Classic-winning sire Jimmy Choux, never looked in danger [...]
Soft ground holds no fears for Hall’s Posh June 7, 2022 SPECTATORS attending the nine-race programme at Happy Valley in Hong Kong today will definitely need their raincoats and brollies. With heavy rain forecast for the majority of the week, plus the likelihood of thunderstorms and lightning circling the city, it would be brave to arrive at the track in a T-shirt and shorts! This forecast [...]
Leung and Loriz to give punters fast start from key low draw May 31, 2022 RACING at Happy Valley is back on the infamous ‘C+3’ track where a low draw number is paramount to a winning chance. Records over the past three seasons show that horses drawn low in sprint races – five and six-furlong contests – have a huge advantage over rivals drawn with double-figure numbers. It’s the same [...]
Purton’s Star Rising again to renew title fight May 31, 2022 RIVALS Joao Moreira and Zac Purton are set to take centre stage again when the duelling duo go head-to-head in eight of the nine races at Happy Valley today. Former Champion Jockey Purton finally breathed some life back into the Championship race with a winning treble at Sha Tin on Sunday, cutting Moreira’s lead back [...]
Hornet to give Whyte and Hewitson followers a Super buzz May 24, 2022 TRAINER Douglas Whyte and jockey Lyle Hewitson are a red-hot partnership to follow at present. The duo, who have combined with 14 winners this season, can’t seem to stop visiting the winners’ circle this month. Whyte has trained half-a-dozen winners from his last 38 runners, and added another Group One victory to his CV when [...]
Peerless Moreira can remain in Excellent form May 24, 2022 REIGNING champion Joao Moreira is once again the jockey to follow when racing gets underway with a competitive nine-race card at Happy Valley today. Normal service resumed at Sha Tin last Sunday, when the Magic Man completed a four-timer, following his return from a two-meeting suspension, which stretched his lead to seven over Zac Purton [...]
California can stop punters looking to the Sky in handicap puzzle May 17, 2022 PUNTERS and form-book students are faced with a real ‘head-scratcher’ in the Class Three Ma Wan Handicap (3.15pm) over the extended mile. With the two in-form ‘Packing’ gallopers, Award and Famous, lining up, and last start winners Nothing New and Viva Hunter in opposition, this has the makings of a classic Happy Valley handicap, with [...]
Expect no Drop in form from Shinn and the Gang May 17, 2022 RACING in Hong Kong can finally get back to some normality after last week’s incessant rain and thunderstorms caused havoc with the formbook at both Happy Valley and Sha Tin. With the sun out in force and temperatures up in the high 20s again, racing will be back on a sound surface, and racegoers can [...]
Teetan’s Star can rise once more to prolong his Blissful spell May 10, 2022 LIFE JUST couldn’t get any better for the ‘Mauritian Magician’ Karis Teetan in Hong Kong at present. The 31-year-old jockey will be on cloud nine following the birth of his first daughter Isabelle last month, riding Romantic Warrior to win the Group One QEII Cup, and completing a four-timer at Sha Tin over the weekend. [...]
