Hermod can Pack a punch and defy penalty at Sha Tin June 20, 2025 AFTER five days of top-class racing at Royal Ascot, it’s the turn of Sha Tin in Hong Kong on Sunday to host an 11-race programme starting at 9.00am which includes a couple of enticing Group Three handicaps. It is interesting Zac Purton climbs back aboard Beauty Eternal in the Group Three Premier Plate (11.30am), a [...]
Robot and Joy can Spring Wong into the winners’ circle June 13, 2025 BEWARE of the weather which is going to play an important part in proceedings when racing gets underway at Sha Tin in Hong Kong on Saturday with an 11-race card including two races on the all-weather surface. The forecast is dreadful, with heavy showers throughout the day and likely thunderstorms during the action. Young seven-pound [...]
Lightweight Energia to reach the Stars under Teetan June 13, 2025 WITH so many imponderables to weigh up due to rain, surface conditions, and likely track bias – suiting gallopers up with the early pace or finishing strongly – and there is going to be plenty of head-scratching from Hong Kong form students. Maybe ‘patience’ is the key word and to wait for the finale when [...]
Atzeni ready to stay one Step Ahead of his rivals June 10, 2025 WITH just over a month before the Hong Kong racing season ends, expect a big crowd to descend on city track Happy Valley for an exciting midweek nine-race programme, featuring the Class Two Cheung Sha Handicap (2.10pm). There is little doubt that regular bettors in the territory will be in need of a large dose [...]
Chateau looks E-Neuf for Hayes to gain ground in title pursuit June 10, 2025 ANY HOPES trainer David Hayes had of winning another belated trainers’ championship title – he last won back in the 1998/99 season – were probably dashed, when present leader John Size posted another winning double at Sha Tin on Sunday. After visiting the winners’ circle nine times in May, legendary figure Hayes had cut Size’s [...]
Charm could prove Light Years ahead of rivals for Eustace June 6, 2025 HONG Kong racing enthusiasts can look forward to a lie in on Sunday morning, when Sha Tin hosts a 10-race programme starting at 9.00am. With temperatures soaring to 30 degrees and above in the coming months, a Summer Series campaign has been announced, which will see racing start later than the normal, to give both [...]
Ting’s charge can find his own Little Paradise in sprint finish June 6, 2025 TRAINER Jimmy Ting, currently propping up the trainers’ championship table with a lowly 14 winners this season, has a strong chance of getting off the bottom of the ladder when he saddles exciting prospect LITTLE PARADISE in the Tin Wan Handicap (1.45pm) over six furlongs. This three-year-old son of Toronado confirmed impressive track-work reports, when [...]
Trust in Joy to Spring back into winners’ circle June 3, 2025 UMBRELLAS are likely to be at the fore when racegoers arrive at Happy Valley in Hong Kong on Wednesday for a nine-race programme, featuring a couple of red-hot Class Three sprint contests. Rain didn’t materialise during the action last week when the forecast suggested otherwise, but the city track will be lucky to get away [...]
Purton is right Rider to put Storm ahead of rivals June 3, 2025 BETTORS face a big question in the fiercely competitive Stanley Gap Handicap (2.10pm) over six furlongs. Will the blinkers, equipped on STORM RIDER for the first time, derive the necessary improvement needed for the four-year-old to score his first success in the territory? Three consecutive runner-up spots in the last couple of months suggest the [...]
Johannes Brahms can take Express route to victory for Ng May 30, 2025 LOCAL racing enthusiasts have plenty to look forward to when they arrive at Sha Tin in Hong Kong on Saturday with an 11-race programme, featuring two Group Three contests, the Lion Rock Trophy (8.00am) over a mile, and the Sha Tin Vase (9.05am) over six furlongs. The John Size-trained Red Lion brings the best form [...]
