Reve can chase home Sha Tin sprint king Ka Ying April 25, 2025 ALL EYES of the racing world will be focused on Hong Kong on Sunday morning when Sha Tin hosts one of the major events in the racing calendar, FWD Champions Day, featuring three International Group One races worth in excess of £7 million in prize money. Expect the whole city to come to a standstill [...]
Legend and Sugar to give Fownes sweet Valley success April 22, 2025 HONG Kong racing fans have plenty to look forward to today when Happy Valley hosts another action-packed nine-race programme starting at 11.40am. Trainer Caspar Fownes’ title challenge may have stalled in recent weeks, but the proclaimed ‘King of the Valley’ to his many thousands of fans can still get them ready at his favourite venue. [...]
Newnham in Flying form as he seeks another winning Moment April 22, 2025 MARK Newnham’s stable will be looking for a confidence booster at Happy Valley before their stable star My Wish steps onto the turf for his date with destiny in the FWD Group One Champions Mile at Sha Tin on Sunday. Newnham has been a regular visitor to the winners’ circle all season, having struck the [...]
Bundle ready to Award Size and Purton another win April 18, 2025 HONG Kong racegoers can look forward to a mixed bag of racing at Sha Tin on Sunday, where action will be divided between five races on the all-weather surface and five on the turf track. Although the title charge by the John Size stable has slowed down in recent weeks – he sent out 13 [...]
Atzeni’s Star can rise further aboard South April 18, 2025 WITH an impressive total of 13 winners in the past month, there is no jockey in Hong Kong, Zac Purton included, who is riding better than former UK pilot Andrea Atzeni. The 34-year-old Sardinian-born rider, presently sitting third in the jockeys’ championship table with 43 wins, is guaranteed to surpass last season’s best total of [...]
So Knows Heart can Embrace challenge from the Valley April 15, 2025 IN THE Chamomile Handicap (3.50pm) over the extended mile, useful handicapper EMBRACES has a great opportunity to bounce back to winning form with his regular pilot Jerry Chau back in the saddle. The Cody Mo-trained four-year-old has made the frame in his last half-dozen races, including a course-and-distance victory back in December, and another success [...]
War ready to spread Wings and Soar to another win April 15, 2025 REGULAR horse racing fans in Hong Kong will flock through the gates at Happy Valley today for another competitive and exciting nine-race programme. With legendary jockey Hugh Bowman riding at the top of his game, bank on his partnership with striking grey sprinter WINGS OF WAR to provide a winning combination in division one of [...]
Joy Of Spring to be Fownes’ Winning Charm at Sha Tin April 11, 2025 LOCAL racegoers in Hong Kong will be out in force forming long queues at the betting counters to support the Caspar Fownes-trained speedball Justifying, in the Nurturing Talent Handicap (9.40am) over five furlongs. The three-year-old son of Justify caught the public’s imagination when storming away from opposition at Sha Tin early last month, and expectations [...]
Hayes’ Elite Rubylot can rise to Class One Glory April 11, 2025 RACING fans have plenty to look forward to on Sunday when Sha Tin hosts an exciting 11-race programme featuring the Class One Healthy Community Handicap (9.10am), over seven furlongs. The David Hayes-trained RUBYLOT represents this season’s Four-Year-Old Classic Series contenders having been top-rated in last month’s BMW Hong Kong Derby. Having maybe found the 10-furlong [...]
Me Time has Good Prospects of another Valley win April 8, 2025 TRAINER Danny Shum is back in Hong Kong after a soul-destroying defeat of his champion Romantic Warrior in Dubai last Saturday and will be hoping for a change of fortune when he saddles Harmony Galaxy in the Wylie Handicap (12.40pm) over nine furlongs. The ex-Brazilian galloper will be a popular choice with bettors having given [...]
