Hong Kong Racing Tips: Tourbillon has a Diamond chance at Sha Tin April 23, 2021 IF THERE is one horse who you can guarantee the local racing population will have their eye on it is the undisputed champion Golden Sixty who lines-up in the Champions Mile (8.55am). Ranked joint-fifth in the world’s best racehorses, the Francis Lui-trained five-year-old extended his winning sequence to 13 when winning the Group 1 Citi [...]
Hong Kong Racing Tips: Spicy could be So Good at Happy Valley April 20, 2021 LOCAL bettors will be whetting their lips with anticipation when they see the combination of Danny Shum and Zac Purton represented by SPICY SO GOOD in the Pedder Handicap (2:45pm) over five furlongs. Shum and Purton have been one of the dominant partnerships this season with a 25 per cent win strike-rate, one of the [...]
Hong Kong Racing Tips: Capital to Star for Caspar Fownes April 20, 2021 TRAINER Caspar Fownes will surely be praying to the gods of fortune for a change of luck before he arrives at Happy Valley today. The former champion trainer hasn’t had a winner since he saddled Sky Darci to victory in the Hong Kong Derby on March 21st. A losing sequence of 55 may look bad [...]
Hong Kong Racing Tips: Lor Ready with Savvy chances at the Valley April 20, 2021 BANK on high-flying Frankie Lor to close the gap on current trainers’ championship leader John Size when racing resumes at Happy Valley in Hong Kong on Wednesday. The 55-year-old trainer, in only his fourth season, is currently one away from his half century of winners for the campaign and is trailing Size by a fast-diminishing [...]
Hong Kong Racing Tips: Charity Fun to continue upwards curve April 13, 2021 TRAINER Danny Shum can end the day on a high when he saddles highly progressive CHARITY FUN in the feature race of the day, the £200,000 Cedar Handicap (3:50pm) over 1m1f. Hong Kong Derby aspirations were held for this son of War Command after he put clear daylight between himself and his rivals at the [...]
Hong Kong Racing Tips: Bulletproof chance at the Valley April 13, 2021 WILL this be the day that frustrating Cheerful Day finally loses his maiden tag in the Spruce Handicap (1.45pm) over the extended mile? The Francis Lui gelding has had seven starts, making the frame six times, but costing his supporters a fortune having started favourite on half-a-dozen times occasions. Drawn wide in a handful of [...]
Hong Kong Racing Tips: Big Run due from Shum’s galloper April 13, 2021 OMENS look good for The Racing Club-owned galloper YOUNG LEGEND, when he lines-up in the Cypress Handicap (2.45pm), over six furlongs at Happy Valley in Hong Kong on Wednesday. You can guarantee the majority of the 1,500 strong club-members will have their fingers crossed about their favourite horse finally getting back into the winners’ circle [...]
Hong Kong Racing Tips: Nordic Wellstar could bounce back at the Valley April 7, 2021 BETTORS are asked a serious question about the chances of Harmony And Rich in the Cooper Handicap (1:15pm) over five furlongs. The top-weight was a clear-cut winner against similar opposition over the course and distance last month and is capable of defying a penalty. The problem, however, is that he is now ridden by 3lb [...]
Hong Kong Racing Tips: Wuyi to Star at Happy Valley April 7, 2021 IT WASN’T that long ago that talk about reigning champion jockey Zac Purton retaining his title was out of the question, with Joao Moreira ‘over the hill and faraway’. In the early weeks of February, Moreira had a decisive lead of 30 and was riding winners for fun, making the most of his partnerships with [...]
Hong Kong Racing Tips: Danny Shum to continue red-hot form April 7, 2021 BANK on trainer Danny Shum to continue his red-hot streak of winning form when racing resumes at Happy Valley on Thursday. With 29 winners to his name since the start of the year, Shum has visited the winners’ circle at least once at nine of the last 10 race-meetings. Currently lying third in the trainers’ [...]
