Purton and Shum hope to print the Christmas Cash at Sha Tin December 24, 2025 RACING in Hong Kong has come thick and fast over the Christmas and New Year period – five meetings in the past fortnight – and resumes again at Sha Tin on Saturday with a 10-race programme. With a mixed bag of action, including three on the all-weather surface and seven on turf, racing enthusiasts will [...]
Magnifique can Star on reappearance for Hall December 24, 2025 MANFRED Man’s ROBOT STAR is worth supporting in the TaiTan Handicap (7.35am) over seven furlongs. The well-bred son of Extreme Choice was well supported on his debut following some encouraging trials, and after missing the start ran on strongly in the closing stages to finish fourth to highly regarded Majestic Valour over six furlongs. That [...]
Christmas can come early for Size and Purton with Enthralled December 22, 2025 BANK on the formidable partnership of trainer John Size and jockey Zac Purton to serve up a pre-Christmas treat for racegoers, when racing gets underway with a nine-race programme at Happy Valley on Tuesday. The pair team up with strong stayer ENTHRALLED, who comes to the Valley for the first time in the competitive Saturn [...]
Sugar out to land sweet Valley success for Fownes December 22, 2025 TRAINER Caspar Fownes continues to churn out winners at regular intervals this current campaign, and 16 of his 24 winners have come at his favourite track, Happy Valley. The proclaimed King of the Valley is a dab hand at getting his gallopers to show their best form at the city track, so it is interesting [...]
The Wolf is Coming to Win for Shum December 19, 2025 RACING in Hong Kong reverts to Saturday from Sunday this weekend for an 11-race programme at Sha Tin and features the Class Two Ivy Handicap (9.05am) over six furlongs. With the Christmas festivities fast approaching, it will be paramount for many racegoers to top up their balances to pay for the turkey and presents under [...]
Invincible Ibis hoping for good Fortune on mile debut December 19, 2025 WITH the flagship event on the racing calendar, the LONGINES Hong Kong International Races, done and dusted for another season, it is now the turn of the Four-Year-Old Classic Series to take the spotlight, starting at the beginning of February. The likes of highly progressive gallopers Dazzling Fit and INVINCIBLE IBIS have already put their [...]
Water win would put Size back in usual Flow December 16, 2025 REALITY returns for regular racegoers in Hong Kong when they arrive for a nine-race programme at Happy Valley on Wednesday. The many thousands of racing fans from all over the globe have now headed home following a hugely successful International Jockeys’ Championship at the city track last week, and normal service resumes. Despite incessant media [...]
South Star can guide Purton to victory at the Valley December 16, 2025 REIGNING champion jockey Zac Purton, fresh from his Group One winning double aboard Ka Ying Rising and Voyage Bubble at Sha Tin on Sunday, could surpass 50 winners for the season with a host of winning chances at Happy Valley on Wednesday. The eight-time Hong Kong champion jockey, with 48 wins already on the scoresheet, [...]
Fabre poised to hit target again in the Hong Kong Vase with Sosie December 12, 2025 GET SET for Hong Kong’s blockbuster race meeting of the year, the LONGINES Hong Kong International races at Sha Tin on Sunday. Four elite Group One races, with 20 Group One winners on show, competing for around £13m in prize money. With an eight-hour time difference in the UK, racing fans are going to need [...]
Warrior can make Wish come true in Hong Kong Cup December 12, 2025 HONG Kong will come to a standstill when local equine idols Ka Ying Rising and ROMANTIC WARRIOR step out on to the turf in their respective races on Sunday. Both Ka Ying Rising, in the Group One LONGINES Hong Kong Sprint (6.50am), and Romantic Warrior in the Group One LONGINES Hong Kong Cup (8.40am) over [...]
