Bottomuptogether could be a Smart Fighter on debut at Happy Valley January 14, 2025 BANK on former Hong Kong champion trainer Ricky Yiu to provide the best bet on a tricky and highly competitive nine-race programme at Happy Valley today. With just seven winners separating the top nine stables in the Trainers’ Championship at present, Yiu is making a strong bid to win another title he last held five [...]
Mickley in pole position to tee up Classic Series bid January 10, 2025 FORM students will be in their element when racing at Sha Tin on Sunday gets underway with an informative 10-race programme starting at 5.00am. With the Four-Year-Old Classic Series getting underway with the Classic Mile at the end of the month, this is probably the final chance for some expensively bought gallopers to stake their [...]
Purton Power can get Young Champion’s head in front January 10, 2025 THERE are a handful of Four-Year-Old Classic Series candidates who put their reputations on the line in the feature race on the Sha Tin card, The Racing Club Cup (8.05am), a handicap over seven furlongs. The likes of top-weight Packing Hermod, officially rated fourth in the top 50 four-year-olds in the territory, Rubylot, well-handicapped with [...]
Purton in high Spirits as he closes in on Whyte’s HK record January 7, 2025 IT IS surprising that man of the moment, jockey Zac Purton, hasn’t been booked in the feature race, the Group Three January Cup at the Valley, but his many thousands of supporters will still be expecting to make another fistful of dollars from their champion. Purton, only nine wins away from Douglas Whyte’s all-time riding [...]
Bowman set to seize his Moment in January Cup January 7, 2025 HONG Kong racing returns under the bright lights of Happy Valley today with a nine-race programme, featuring the Group Three January Cup (1.45pm), a handicap over nine furlongs. Trainer Frankie Lor, having saddled the past two winners of the only Group contest run at the track, goes all-in to complete a hat-trick by saddling three [...]
Newnham’s Speedster can continue flurry of Winners January 3, 2025 EARLY risers will need to be brave waking up to freezing cold and rainy weather in the dark on Sunday morning before following the action at Sha Tin. They could, however, do worse than follow a couple of possible ‘winter warmers’ early in the card, starting with Hong Lok Golf in the Tai Lam Handicap [...]
Eustace Swiftly Ascending as Hong Kong’s go-to trainer January 3, 2025 RACING is back again in Hong Kong on Sunday for another exciting and competitive 10-race programme starting at 5.00am, and with all eyes drawn to one jockey. The Zac Purton show is dominating the racing scene in the city at present and shows no signs of abating. Purton produced a masterclass with a staggering 12-winner [...]
Purton on track to become Hong Kong Legend aboard St Paul’s December 31, 2024 MANY of the thousands of racegoers who go through the turnstiles for the New Year racing bonanza will make a beeline for the gift shops around Sha Tin racecourse. Local racing enthusiasts always want the start of the year to go off with a bang, and will rely on anything to bring them luck, and [...]
Theta to make light work of heavyweight California Spangle December 31, 2024 THE ACTION starts early for horse-racing fans in Hong Kong on New Year’s Day, when Sha Tin hosts an 11-race programme starting at 4.30am, featuring two Group Three contests, The Bauhinia Sprint Trophy (6.00am), a handicap over five furlongs, and The Chinese Club Challenge Cup (8.10am) over seven furlongs. The Bauhinia Sprint Trophy should provide [...]
Expect winning Embraces all round for Cody Mo December 24, 2024 HAPPY Valley in Hong Kong provides a bonus for enthusiastic racing fans on Boxing Day, by featuring a mammoth 10-race programme for the first time in living memory at the city track. With the early contests low-key affairs, the best advice is to concentrate on races later on in the card, starting with division two [...]
