Hong Kong Racing Tips: Big Party on the cards for Happy Alumni backers December 18, 2019 CHRISTMAS comes early in Hong Kong today with several festivities taking place at Happy Valley. With Father Christmas parading around the track dishing out a sack full of presents, traditional food and drink on offer and seasonal songs blasting from the famous beer garden, what more could racegoers want? In terms of what most racing [...]
Hong Kong Betting Tips: No Racing Luck needed with Ho’s mount in Valley handicap December 10, 2019 HAPPY Valley’s extended mile track tests both the adaptability of the horse and the skill of the jockey. Starting just past the grandstand in front of the noisy beer garden, both horse and rider have to negotiate four bends, with the home straight only just over one-and-a-half furlongs long. The draw is obviously vitally important, [...]
Hong Kong Betting Tips: Purton can make a Speedy return to winning form December 10, 2019 ‘MAGIC Man’ Joao Moreira is back in the big time having ridden a five-timer at the LONGINES Hong Kong International Races at Sha Tin on Sunday. When Moreira is in this kind of form he is unstoppable. Last weekend’s victories in two international Group Ones aboard Glory Vase and Beat The Clock may not have [...]
Hong Kong Betting Tips: O’Brien can wave Magic Wand to land illustrious Hong Kong win December 5, 2019 FOR MANY thousands of Beauty Generation fans, the moment of truth will arrive when the reigning champion lines up in the Group One Hong Kong Mile (7.30am). The world’s top-rated miler had his air of invincibility blown sky high with a couple of below-par efforts this season, and the jury is out as to whether [...]
Hong Kong Racing Tips: World should be watching Aethero sprint to victory December 5, 2019 ALL EYES from the racing world will be firmly fixed on events happening at Sha Tin in Hong Kong on Sunday morning. It’s the LONGINES Hong Kong International Races (HKIR), featuring four Group One contests worth around £9million in prize money. With some of the best horses and most popular jockeys from around the globe [...]
Hong Kong Racing Tips: Former UK Rocket can card Glorious Happy Valley victory December 3, 2019 PERHAPS one of the best things about racing in Hong Kong is the competitive nature of their handicaps. Such is the ratings system with only around 1,300 racehorses in the territory, it’s unusual to find wide margin winners during the season. A horse that has bucked the trend and has already been mentioned elsewhere is [...]
Hong Kong Racing Tips: G Unit is worth 50 Cent in IJC opener December 3, 2019 HORSE racing fans from around the globe will have their eyes firmly focused on Happy Valley in Hong Kong today when the LONGINES International Jockeys’ Championship (IJC) takes centre stage. An all-star cast of some of the world’s best jockeys including Frankie Dettori, Ryan Moore, Silvestre de Sousa, Oisin Murphy and local heroes Zac Purton [...]
Hong Kong Racing Tips: Cot Campbell to give Millard a welcome Happy Valley winner November 26, 2019 TRAINER Tony Millard will be hoping for a change of fortune at Happy Valley today following a number of near misses recently. Millard sends four runners to the city track and is capable of coming away with a winning double. When the former South African champion trainer teams up with leading jockey Joao Moreira it’s [...]
Hong Kong Racing Tips: Trooper can take Jumbo Prize for in-form Ricky Yiu November 26, 2019 IN-FORM Ricky Yiu looks to be the trainer to follow when racing resumes at Happy Valley in Hong Kong today. Yiu is in the middle of a purple patch, with two winning trebles at the Valley and Sha Tin in the past week, rocketing him to the head of the trainer’s leaderboard with 20 winners. [...]
Hong Kong Betting Tips: Mr Aldan can make sure Cruz returns to winners’ enclosure November 19, 2019 LEGENDARY Hong Kong trainer Tony Cruz must have breathed a huge sigh of relief when his stable star Exultant won the Group 2 Jockey Club Cup at Sha Tin on Sunday. Cruz had to suffer a tough five week-period with 55 runners in total failing to make it into the winners’ enclosure before Exultant broke [...]
