Hong Kong Racing Tips: Hercules to fight off rivals under Purton September 15, 2020 ALL EYES will once again be on Champion Jockey Zac Purton under the lights at Happy Valley on Wednesday. The ‘Zac-Man’ is in a league of his own when riding around the tight and tricky bends of the inner-city circuit. This is highlighted by the fact he has been leading jockey at the Valley for [...]
Rad can start new campaign in red-hot form September 8, 2020 RACING fans in Hong Kong are quick to associate themselves with any horse that catches their eye as a real trier and rarely lets them down, especially at Happy Valley. Such a horse is the Tony Cruz-trained CALIFORNIA RAD, who makes his seasonal appearance in the Class 3 Causeway Bay Handicap (3.15pm) over six furlongs. The [...]
Moreira to keep Lightning fast start going September 8, 2020 WE’RE back under the lights as Happy Valley hosts its first meeting of the new 2020/21 season with a typically competitive eight-race card. Around £136 million was bet on the opening card at Sha Tin on Sunday, a record high for the start of a Hong Kong season, and it wouldn’t be a surprise if [...]
Hong Kong Racing Tips: Fighter to come Racing home in Valley finale July 14, 2020 IT HASN’T been easy for form students in Hong Kong this season with plenty of surprise results and the form-book disappearing into orbit on numerous occasions. If there has been one redeeming feature of the action at Happy Valley it has been the impressive form of jockey Zac Purton, and it’s easy to see why [...]
Hong Kong Racing Tips: Be Prepared for a big run from Sell My Sole July 14, 2020 HONG Kong’s 2019/20 season finally draws to a close with a nine-race card at Happy Valley on Wednesday. Unlike most racing jurisdictions around the globe, forced to close due to the COVID-19 pandemic, racing in Hong Kong has continued for the past six months, despite the action taking place behind closed doors. Reigning champion jockey [...]
Hong Kong Racing Tips: Purton has Golden chance aboard Total Power July 7, 2020 THREE-TIME champion jockey Zac Purton is within sight of his fourth title following another suspension for rival Joao Moreira at Sha Tin last Sunday. Brazilian-born Moreira misses two of the last three meetings of the season and with the ‘Zac-Man’ currently half-a-dozen winners in front of his rival, the championship looks done and dusted. Purton [...]
Hong Kong Racing Tips: Harvest to mow down Valley rivals July 7, 2020 THERE will be plenty of pressure on local trainers Ricky Yiu and Francis Lui when they square up against one another at Happy Valley today. Yiu, with 64 wins, is just one ahead of Lui in the race for the trainers’ championship title, and with just three meetings left, it’s anyone’s guess who will lift [...]
Hong Kong Racing Tips: High Rev could find the Winning feeling again June 30, 2020 WEDNESDAY’S most intriguing contest is the closing Better Future Handicap (10.50am), a five-furlong dash over the straight course. This contest brings together some seasoned sprinting campaigners as well as a number of horses who have shown signs of potential in their first season in Hong Kong. The talented but frustrating Seven Heavens, Cue The Music, [...]
Hong Kong Racing Tips: Moreira has an Excellent chance in six-furlong sprint June 30, 2020 IT’S all very much still to play for in both the Hong Kong jockeys’ and trainers’ title races as the action continues with a public holiday 10-race programme at Sha Tin on Wednesday morning. It couldn’t be any tighter in the trainers’ championship, with local trainers Ricky Yui (62 wins), Francis Lui (61) and Tony Cruz (58) all [...]
Hong Kong Racing Tips: Power can add to Purton’s Total June 23, 2020 ALTHOUGH Joao Moreira will be desperate to cut into Zac Purton’s lead in the jockeys’ title race, it would be a brave man to expect the reigning champion to leave the track empty-handed. If ever a horse looks likely to have been ear-marked for a contest, it’s Purton’s mount TOTAL POWER, who carries top-weight, in the [...]
