Hong Kong Racing Tips: Moreira could find Winning Method in Valley finale June 23, 2020 WHEN Joao Moreira arrives at Happy Valley today, he will surely know this could prove a pivotal week in his efforts to wrest the jockeys’ title back from arch-rival Zac Purton. With a full-book of rides on the nine-race card, he has to cut into the four-winner deficit he currently trails the Australian by, especially as the [...]
Hong Kong Racing Tips: Shinn might find his Way to the winners’ enclosure again June 9, 2020 MELBOURNE Cup winning rider Blake Shinn has found it tough going since joining the Hong Kong jockey ranks back in September. The former Sydney champion arrived in the territory with a big reputation, and was expected to be near the top of the leaderboard behind the likes of Zac Purton and Joao Moreira. Unfortunately, results haven’t gone [...]
Hong Kong Racing Tips: Borges can score aboard V Chevaliers June 9, 2020 PUNTERS will be hoping for a change of fortune at Happy Valley on Wednesday. They are currently having to suffer while their favoured jockeys, Zac Purton and Joao Moreira, are enduring a torrid sequence of poor results. A combined total of just three wins from their last 30 rides is a poor return for their army [...]
Hong Kong Racing Tips: Get Rich And Lucky with Ho’s Kingman miler June 2, 2020 WITH just 12 race-meetings left before the season ends in Hong Kong, the race for the trainers’ title is suddenly making the headlines. In April, local handler Ricky Yiu, currently with 57 winners, was carrying all before him and looked set to be crowned champion for the first time in his 23 years as a [...]
Hong Kong Racing Tips: Moreira can close the gap aboard Helena Baby June 2, 2020 IT SHOULD be ‘normal service resumed’ when jockeys Zac Purton and Joao Moreira square up under the lights at Happy Valley on Wednesday. Although Purton (127 winners) and Moreira (123) are locked in their high-profile battle to be crowned 2019/20 Hong Kong Champion Jockey, it didn’t go according to plan at Sha Tin last Sunday. The pair [...]
Hong Kong Racing Tips: Purton to rule again aboard Kings Shield May 26, 2020 WEDNESDAY’S main event is the £200,000 Egret Handicap (1.15pm) which brings together some of the best and most-progressive all-weather milers in Hong Kong. With only eight runners set to go to post, the draw shouldn’t have too much baring in determining the result and the best horse should win. Top trainer Frankie Lor finally broke [...]
Hong Kong Racing Tips: Life can send Chau’s supporters into Utopia May 26, 2020 PUNTERS need to keep a close eye on the weather ahead of the nine-race all-weather card at Sha Tin on Wednesday. With showers and thunderstorms roaming around the territory at present, there is a distinct possibility the surface could ride slow, meaning the form-book can be thrown out of the window! The majority of racing in [...]
Hong Kong Racing Tips: You don’t need to be Brave to back Whyte’s King May 19, 2020 FORMER 13-time champion jockey Douglas Whyte has made an impressive start to his first season as a trainer in Hong Kong. Whyte has been as meticulous as ever, planning the right races for his horses – a trait he has carried over from his former career when riding an all-time record of 1813 winners in Hong Kong. [...]
Hong Kong Racing Tips: Purton and Moreira set for Explosive night at the Valley May 19, 2020 JOCKEYS Zac Purton and Joao Moreira, currently serving up a show of their own in Hong Kong, look likely to go head-to-head again at Happy Valley today. It’s all-square in the championship race with both riders on 117 wins, and the pair have a full-book of rides on the nine-race programme. Unsurprisingly, both pilots ride horses [...]
Sumstreetsumwhere can keep Purton on road to the title May 12, 2020 THINGS continue to ebb and flow in the jockeys’ title race in Hong Kong and it really is anyone’s guess who is going to emerge victorious. This time last week, Joao Moreira held the narrowest of advantages over Zac Purton by one winner, but as we know in HK, things changed very quickly. A five-winner [...]
