Hong Kong Racing Tips: Chariot in with an Excellent chance March 2, 2021 REIGNING champion trainer Ricky Yiu has found it tough going in Hong Kong this season, with only 18 winners and languishing mid-table in the trainers’ championship. This is due to having a stable full of handicappers who, after last season’s successful exploits, are too high in the ratings and are waiting for some relief from the [...]
Hong Kong Racing Tips: All aboard the ‘Poon Train’ March 2, 2021 MATTHEW Poon is the jockey to follow when racing takes place under floodlights at Happy Valley in Hong Kong on Wednesday. The ‘Poon Train’, as he’s nick-named by the locals in the territory, has been on the crest of a wave over the past month, riding seven winners including a hat-trick at the city track three weeks back. He [...]
Hong Kong Racing Tips: Luck on Fownes’ side again at Happy Valley February 23, 2021 HAVING been surpassed by John Size in the trainers’ championship race at Sha Tin on Sunday, expect Caspar Fownes to come back with all guns blazing in his attempt to wrest back the lead at Happy Valley on Wednesday. Fownes, with over 500 career winners at the city-track, saddles eight runners, including some of the [...]
Hong Kong Racing Tips: Carry The Diamond can find that Winning Feeling again February 23, 2021 CASPAR Fownes and Joao Moreira are going to be all the rage when they team up with last-start winner Daily Beauty in the six-furlong Wang Tak Handicap (1.50pm). From an inside draw his chance is obvious, but with a seven-pound penalty, he is now racing off a career high mark and may not offer any [...]
Hong Kong Racing Tips: Mo looks to hold a Magnificent chance February 23, 2021 CLAIMER Dylan Mo finally gets a good opportunity to ride an overdue winner when he partners MAGNIFICENT in the feature race of the day, the Class 1 Shan Kwong Handicap (11.45am), over the extended mile, at Happy Valley on Wednesday. It’s been a long time between drinks for the local 26-year-old, who hasn’t visited the winners’ circle [...]
Hong Kong Racing Tips: Frankie Lor’s belated birthday celebrations ready to Peak February 16, 2021 ANTICIPATE trainer Frankie Lor celebrating a belated birthday present when he saddles improving PEAK TO PEAK in the Mut Wah Handicap (12.15pm) over six surlongs. Lor’s birthday coincided with the Chinese New Year racing at Sha Tin on Sunday, but the former assistant to John Size had to make do with his performer Right Choice finishing runner-up [...]
Hong Kong Racing Tips: Ho Ready to Conquer all February 16, 2021 BETTORS must have been on good terms with themselves following the results of the Chinese New Year meeting at Sha Tin on Sunday. On what is the biggest turnover day of the Hong Kong racing calendar, with a record £180 million bet, the majority of winners were well supported, leaving punters in good spirits for [...]
Hong Kong Racing Tips: Purton has Two Size-able chances at the Valley February 16, 2021 PUNTERS must be rubbing their hands with anticipation as the unusual combination of trainer John Size and jockey Zac Purton team up on a highly-competitive nine-race programme at Happy Valley on Wednesday. This is a rare occurrence which has only happened twice this season, with Size and leading jockey Joao Moreira normally glued together throughout [...]
Hong Kong Racing Tips: Millard’s Land to Power home February 11, 2021 FORMER South African champion trainer Tony Millard has his stable firing on all cylinders at present. Gallant Crown’s success at Happy Valley on Wednesday took the 59-year-old’s total to 15 winners for the season, with three of them coming at the last four meetings. Millard is renowned for paying particular care and attention to his [...]
Hong Kong Racing Tips: Missile can surge to victory for Purton February 11, 2021 WITH arch-rival Joao Moreira sitting out the New Year celebrations at Sha Tin, reigning champ Zac Purton must be looking to make inroads into what appears to be an unassailable lead of thirty in the jockeys’ title race. The Australian has a couple of high-profile mounts on the Richard Gibson-trained Wellington, who faces tough opposition [...]
