Poon to Stride to another Win with Supreme Lucky February 3, 2023 IT WAS good to see 29-year-old pilot Matthew Poon back in the winners’ circle at Happy Valley on Wednesday, after a long losing sequence of 64 rides, stretching back to Sha Tin on New Year’s Day. Poon, fondly known as the ‘Poon Train’ for his all-action riding style, has bright prospects of striking once again, [...]
Fownes’ Rocket has Spades of potential to Snaffle first win January 31, 2023 WITH the Chinese New Year celebrations in Hong Kong done and dusted after a couple of weeks racing at Sha Tin, the action resumes at Happy Valley with another highly competitive nine-race programme. It hasn’t been easy for bettors in the past fortnight, with numerous double-figure odds winners obliging, causing dismay and anguish to many [...]
All will be Good as Gold for formidable partnership of Lui and Ho January 31, 2023 BANK on the partnership of trainer Francis Lui and jockey Vincent Ho to continue their run of good fortune with a winning double at Happy Valley. Lui and Ho have proved a formidable combination to follow this season, winning 14 times and recording a 32 percent win and place strike-rate when teaming up. Fresh from [...]
There’s no Romanticising Warrior’s Stewards’ Cup chances January 27, 2023 RACING enthusiasts from around the world will have their eyes firmly focused on Sha Tin on Sunday morning when three of the highest-rated horses in the world, according to official world rankings, line up in the £1.2 million Group One Stewards’ Cup (8.05am) over a mile. Rarely does a blockbuster of a race catch the [...]
Keefy may be the key to the Classic Mile for Lor January 27, 2023 IF THE local official handicap ratings are to be believed, Cordyceps Six should be a certainty in the £1.2 million Hong Kong Classic Mile (9.15am). A winner of six of his 17 career starts, he is rated 11lbs in front of his nearest rival, but there is a major problem – he has yet to [...]
Back Purton for a Healthy Happy New Year January 23, 2023 THE CHINESE New Year race day at Sha Tin on Tuesday is one of the most day popular days in the Hong Kong racing calendar, offering the public a chance to start the New Year with a bang and have plenty of dollars in their pocket. The year of the ‘Rabbit’ is seen as the [...]
Goko Win to be great Publicist for trainer Yip January 23, 2023 ALTHOUGH there will plenty of short-priced favourites on the 11-race card at Sha Tin – the majority of which will be ridden by Purton – it may pay to look elsewhere for some value-for-money selections. There are a couple that catch the eye, starting with the down-in-class PUBLICIST who lines up in the second division [...]
Eternal success on the cards for Size and Purton January 20, 2023 IT WILL be imperative for the majority of racegoers entering Sha Tin on Saturday to make some ’lucky’ money on the eve of the four-day Chinese New Year Festival. For the start of the ‘Year of the Rabbit’ celebration, Lucky Red Packets – red envelopes with dollars inside – will be exchanged between family and friends, [...]
Five G Patch to put up an Excellent Fight for Bowman January 20, 2023 THIS really looks like ‘last chance saloon’ for unpredictable but hugely talented FIVE G PATCH in the Azalea Handicap (8.25pm) over 10 furlongs. There is no doubt this son of Camelot can win off his present handicap mark, having won doing handsprings over the course and distance last May, but things haven’t gone according to [...]
Trust Deeply in Fownes’ Forever to go two better January 17, 2023 ICONIC Happy Valley provides another entertaining and highly competitive eight-race programme in Hong Kong on Wednesday. The many thousands of loyal Zac Purton fans have probably just got their heads above water since the start of the New Year, with the reigning champ having ridden half-a-dozen winners from 40 rides. Unfortunately, he has ridden 14 [...]
