Hong Kong Racing Tips: Alliances has a Super chance March 30, 2021 SHA TIN hosts the mid-week action in Hong Kong on Wednesday, with a competitive nine-race card under floodlights on the all-weather surface. Local bettors are always wary when the action takes place on dirt, and it’s easy to see why. With the temperature around 30 degrees, the humidity high and the chance of showers, it’s anybody’s guess how the [...]
Hong Kong Racing Tips: Lui to continue fine recent run March 23, 2021 IT’S BEEN a tough few months for trainer Douglas Whyte. The former 13-time champion jockey come trainer most recently saw his Hong Kong Derby hope Russian Emperor need two more strides to win the territory’s coveted prize. Unfortunately, that’s been the story of Whyte’s run of bad fortune since the beginning of January with only [...]
Hong Kong Racing Tips: Kingman is a Savvy shout March 23, 2021 WHEN in-form trainer Frankie Lor and last Sunday’s HK Derby winning hero Joao Moreira team up it always looks a recipe for success. The partnership has a 22% strike rate season and over 50% have finished in the first three. Lor and Moreira team-up with lightly raced but exciting SAVVY KINGMAN, who will be looking [...]
Hong Kong Racing Tips: Farshad with critical inside draw March 23, 2021 WITH the action taking place on the infamous C+3 track at Happy Valley on Wednesday, FARSHAD is a sporting bet to follow up his recent course and distance win with the inside draw a massive bonus. Past records show that when racing takes place on this track, which only measures 23.5 meters in width, being [...]
Hong Kong Racing Tips: Hayes can be the Master this weekend March 18, 2021 TAKE trainer David Hayes to cap a memorable day when he saddles expensive Australian import MASTER MONTARO in the Rapper Dragon Handicap (9.50am). This highly competitive handicap is a minefield of seasoned gallopers and unexposed, but potentially exciting, four-year-olds including Super Football and the progressive Flagship Glory, who was unlucky not to make the HK Derby line-up. Master [...]
Hong Kong Racing Tips: Courier’s a Wonder at Sha Tin March 18, 2021 THERE are not many horses that get the battle-hardened local bettors excited after making their debuts in Hong Kong, but COURIER WONDER was an exception. The New Zealand-bred import spreadeagled his rivals in impressive fashion when making all over the course and distance back in October, and will be short odds to produce the goods again in [...]
Hong Kong Racing Tips: Shadow to be the HK Derby Hero March 18, 2021 MAKE sure you set your alarm for 8.40am on Sunday morning for the £2.2million BMW HK Derby at Sha Tin. With no stand-out performers in the race, this is a fascinating and wide-open contest and trying to find the winner is like detective Hercule Poirot trying to solve an Agatha Christie who-done-it mystery. There are [...]
Hong Kong Racing Tips: Wally Pyrah’s Happy Valley fancies March 16, 2021 DOUGLAS Whyte’s NORDIC WELLSTAR looks the star bet, on an intriguing and highly competitive nine-race programme, at Happy Valley in Hong Kong on Wednesday. This is a big week for the former 13-time champion jockey turned trainer, who will be looking to his ex-Australian four-year-old as a launch pad for success when the he lines-up [...]
Hong Kong Racing Tips: Perfect draw for Strive For Glory March 9, 2021 AN IMPORTANT factor to take into account at Happy Valley when racing takes place on the ‘B’ course is the significance of the draw in six furlong races. Records show over the past three seasons that horses drawn in either one, two or three have won nearly 50 per cent of the 94 races run over the [...]
Hong Kong Racing Tips: Wisdom can Star at the Valley March 9, 2021 WITH arch-rival Joao Moreira sidelined through suspension over the last week, the old adage of ‘when the cat’s away the mice will play’ certainly applied to reigning champion jockey Zac Purton. Purton plundered eight prizes at Happy Valley and Sha Tin, including a masterclass of jockeyship with a five-timer at Happy Valley last Wednesday, and [...]
