Hong Kong Racing Tips: Vincy can Warm up Christmas for Valley punters December 22, 2021 FORMER Australian champion jockey Blake Shinn is the man to provide plenty of pre-Christmas celebrations when he climbs aboard unpredictable but talented galloper VINCY in the competitive one mile three-furlong Marble Handicap (12.15pm) at Happy Valley today. With victories in the Melbourne Cup, Golden Slipper and Doncaster Mile on his CV, plus a Sydney jockeys premiership medal [...]
Hong Kong Racing Tips: Back Ting’s Breaker to leave rivals staring at his Shadow December 14, 2021 IT IS fair to say that the combination of Viva Popcorn and Joao Moreira will be an automatic choice for punters when the striking four-year-old gelding lines-up for the Saturn Handicap (12.15pm) over the extended mile. The Tony Cruz-trained son of Farhh, who won over the track and trip in the bottom grade back in October, has [...]
Hong Kong Racing Tips: Decisive Twelve can defy top-weight in Valley handicap December 14, 2021 AFTER all the excitement and drama of the HKIR meeting at Sha Tin last Sunday, it’s back to Happy Valley for their regular mid-week Wednesday slot with an eight-race programme under the lights. With Jockeys’ Championship leader Zac Purton side-lined through injury, there’s a big chance for arch-rival Joao Moreira to close the 10-winner gap he currently trails the [...]
Hong Kong Racing Tips: Back Breeders’ Cup winner that always Loves it in Hong Kong December 9, 2021 LOCAL sprinters from Hong Kong haven’t set the world alight in recent times and are in danger of seeing their £2.3 million Group One Hong Kong Sprint (6.40am) prize going overseas again. Lucky Patch has emerged as a legitimate contender from the home territory having won the Group Two Jockey Club Sprint last month, with [...]
Hong Kong Racing Tips: More Glory on the cards for Japanese raider in HK Vase December 9, 2021 IT’S THAT time of the year again when racing enthusiasts will have to set their alarms early on Sunday morning to watch Hong Kong’s flagship race-meeting of the year, the LONGINES International Races at Sha Tin. Despite the ongoing pandemic and travel restrictions, there are still several raiders from England, Ireland, France and Japan taking [...]
Hong Kong Racing Tips: Hayes’ Fearless Fire to scorch away from Valley rivals December 7, 2021 IF EVER a horse looks like he has been lined-up for a contest at Happy Valley, it’s the David Hayes-trained galloper FEARLESS FIRE in the France Handicap (11.00am) over the extended mile. This Happy Valley specialist has won five times around the city circuit and suffered accordingly at the hands of the handicapper after winning over the [...]
Hong Kong Racing Tips: Awesome Moore and Marquand take top IJC rides December 7, 2021 GET SET for the ‘Valley of the Kings’ extravaganza at Happy Valley on Wednesday, when a dozen of the best jockeys from around the world compete for the LONGINES International Jockeys’ Championship. With nearly £50,000 going to the winning rider, in what is the most lucrative jockeys series prize in horse racing, it’s no wonder [...]
Hong Kong Racing Tips: Purton and Tsui can grind out victory with Sergeant Pepper November 30, 2021 TRAINER Me Tsui and jockey Zac Purton will be hoping that lightning strikes twice when they team up with SERGEANT PEPPER in the Robin Handicap (1.15pm) over five furlongs. Purton had to get down to his minimum weight of 8st 8lbs and declare a pound overweight before winning by the narrowest of margins aboard Sparkling Dolphin for [...]
Hong Kong Racing Tips: Allstars to plunder more Treasure at the Valley November 30, 2021 PUNTERS are faced with some fiendishly difficult puzzles to solve when racing gets underway with a nine-race programme at Happy Valley today. When the local racing enthusiasts have faced similar scenarios in the past, they nearly always pin their hopes on Joao Moreira, and bet him blindly, expecting the champion can at least get a [...]
Hong Kong Racing Tips: Golden partnership of Ho and Lui to follow up Sixty’s success November 23, 2021 BOTH trainer Francis Lui and jockey Vincent Ho must have breathed a huge sigh of relief following the success of their very own ‘Pegasus’, Golden Sixty, in the Group 2 Jockey Club Mile at Sha Tin on Sunday. Expectations were huge in the territory about Hong Kong’s champion delivering his 15th straight victory and the population [...]
