It’s Sunny So time for a Sing Song September 29, 2023 TRAINER Chris So is going to cut a disconsolate figure if he is not in the winners’ circle to greet his stable-star SUPER SUNNY SING following the running of the Beijing Handicap (9.05am) on Sunday. So has made no secret that he expects his former Australian galloper to be racing in Group company this term, after a [...]
Lui has a Dandy chance to return to the winners’ enclosure September 29, 2023 BANK on trainer Francis Lui to be back in the winners’ circle again when Sha Tin hosts a 10-race programme, celebrating National Day in Hong Kong, on Sunday. The Lui stable had taken the new season by storm with eight winners during September, but suffered a setback at Happy Valley in midweek when their four [...]
Sweet taste of success set to come Lui’s way September 26, 2023 THERE will be plenty of media attention surrounding trainer Francis Lui when the 64-year-old arrives at Happy Valley for a nine-race programme in Hong Kong today. To say Lui is on fire at the moment is an understatement, with the stable having hit the bullseye with eight wins and a further four places from just [...]
Lucky Caspar Fownes to conduct his own Valley Concerto September 26, 2023 IT IS worth keeping a close eye on the Caspar Fownes yard in Hong Kong at present, especially at inner-city track Happy Valley. The popular and former four-time champion trainer has already struck gold with a handful of winners this month, but also importantly, has hit the crossbar with seven runners-up, suggesting the stable is [...]
Connections of Nordic Dragon going for gold September 22, 2023 TRAINER Danny Shum will have all his fingers crossed when his progressive galloper NORDIC DRAGON makes his seasonal reappearance in the HKU Foundation Handicap (10.45am) over six furlongs at Sha Tin in Hong Kong on Sunday. Shum publicly stated that he believed he had a potential superstar on his hands after the four-year-old made a [...]
There’s a Big day ahead for Dragon and Red September 22, 2023 RACING is back in Hong Kong at Sha Tin on Sunday for a 10-race programme, including a couple of all-weather contests and featuring the first Group Three contest of the season; the Celebration Cup (7.00am), a seven-furlong handicap. Although only half-a-dozen contenders line up, this has the makings of a puzzle more difficult to solve [...]
Galvanic can go Dancing towards a win for Fownes September 19, 2023 EXPECT the Caspar Fownes fan club to be out in force when city-track Happy Valley resumes with another eight-race midweek programme in Hong Kong today. The proclaimed King of the Valley may have relinquished his crown to Francis Lui last season, but you can guarantee the former four-time champion trainer will be going all out [...]
Danny Shum’s charge to move on Up And Up this season September 19, 2023 BANK on the Danny Shum-trained UP AND UP to prove much better than his present handicap mark when he lines up in the Hung Luen Handicap (2.45pm) over the extended mile. This former UK galloper, known as Ikhtiraaq when trained by Owen Burrows, and subsequently Sir Michael Stoute, was a winner over seven furlongs and [...]
It should be Greenwich’s Mean Time at Sha Tin September 15, 2023 IT WILL be good to see jockey Vincent Ho make a belated return to action when he partners four gallopers on a 10-race programme at Sha Tin in Hong Kong on Sunday. The 33-year-old suffered a horrific injury when his horse crashed to the turf in Japan at the end of July, fracturing a bone [...]
Caspar Fownes can expect to be Proud of his Dragon September 15, 2023 IT HASN’T been easy for bettors in the first week of the new Hong Kong racing season, with only three market leaders obliging in 18 races, and a few long odds-on shots vanquished along the way. With weather conditions still unpredictable and showers forecast again over the weekend, patience is going to be a key [...]
