Britain can claim top Honours in final Group One of the Hong Kong season May 23, 2025 EXPECT the grandstands to be packed to the rafters when Sha Tin features their final Group One contest of the season, the Standard Chartered Champions & Chaters Cup (9.10am), run over a mile-and-a-half on Sunday morning. Spectators are in for a treat with the city’s champion Romantic Warrior on show in a ‘Welcome Home’ ceremony [...]
King up for the fight to gain victory in Hong Kong May 20, 2025 HAPPY Valley racing fans face a dilemma when they arrive at the city track for a nine-race programme starting at 11.40am on Wednesday. It has not been easy for bettors at the Valley in the past six weeks with numerous surprise results – there were a handful of winners last week returning at double-figure odds [...]
Casa’s fortune Written in the stars with Purton in the saddle May 20, 2025 REGULAR viewers of Hong Kong racing will need no reminding how unlucky Thesis was when last seen at Happy Valley a fortnight ago. The winner of the 2022 Britannia Handicap at Royal Ascot suffered a desperate journey over the course and distance and was caught three-wide for the majority of the contest but still went [...]
Morgan out to make breakthrough Success in Hong Kong May 16, 2025 IT HAS not been easy for bettors in Hong Kong over the past month or so with numerous surprise results causing grief, and plenty of head scratching from form book students. This was once again highlighted at Happy Valley in mid-week, when a handful of winners on the nine-race card were returned at double-figure odds, [...]
Gummy can continue Purton’s winning Legacy at Sha Tin May 16, 2025 RACEGOERS in Hong Kong can look forward to a mixed-bag of entertainment at Sha Tin on Sunday with a 10-race programme, including seven races on turf and three on the all-weather surface. It is worth noting racing takes place on the C+3 course, the narrowest in width of all the tracks in Hong Kong, measuring [...]
Atzeni can Flash past rivals aboard Crimson at the Valley May 13, 2025 THERE is no doubt that highly progressive galloper CRIMSON FLASH is going to be one of the most popular gallopers on show, when he lines up in the Hoi Lai Handicap (3.50pm) over six furlongs, and it’s easy to see why. The son of Showtime had been working up to a win with a series [...]
Joy ready to Spring into action for Fownes May 13, 2025 RACING at Happy Valley in Hong Kong returns for another exciting nine-race card on Wednesday, with a small but selective field lining up for the feature Class Two Choi Hung Handicap (1.10pm) over the extended mile. The in-form partnership of trainer David Hayes and jockey Zac Purton aboard Soleil Fighter will probably dominate the betting, [...]
Shield to prove himself Invincible in classy Sha Tin sprint May 9, 2025 SHA TIN racegoers have a treat in store when some of the top four-year-old sprinters in the territory line-up in the Pok Fu Lam Reservoir Road Handicap (10.45am) over six furlongs. This mouth-watering encounter includes the likes of the John Size-trained Wunderbar, the only horse to beat world’s best sprinter Ka Ying Rising, highly-progressive Fast [...]
Top Gun can shoot past rivals for Lor and Atzeni May 9, 2025 RACING fans in Hong Kong need to keep a beady eye on the weather before the action starts with a 10-race programme at Sha Tin on Saturday. With rain and showers forecast over the weekend and thunderstorms developing in the territory, it’s anyone’s guess as to what surface conditions will be like during the action. [...]
All systems Go for Whyte to Win and end losing streak May 6, 2025 YOU CAN guarantee that trainer Douglas Whyte will arrive at Happy Valley on Wednesday armed with every lucky charm he has at his disposal. The former 13-time champion jockey has suffered desperate times of late, saddling a sequence of 37 losers, and is unlikely to remember the last time he visited the winners’ circle just [...]
