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The Wolf is Coming to Win for Shum December 19, 2025 RACING in Hong Kong reverts to Saturday from Sunday this weekend for an 11-race programme at Sha Tin and features the Class Two Ivy Handicap (9.05am) over six furlongs. With the Christmas festivities fast approaching, it will be paramount for many racegoers to top up their balances to pay for the turkey and presents under [...]
Invincible Ibis hoping for good Fortune on mile debut December 19, 2025 WITH the flagship event on the racing calendar, the LONGINES Hong Kong International Races, done and dusted for another season, it is now the turn of the Four-Year-Old Classic Series to take the spotlight, starting at the beginning of February. The likes of highly progressive gallopers Dazzling Fit and INVINCIBLE IBIS have already put their [...]
Water win would put Size back in usual Flow December 16, 2025 REALITY returns for regular racegoers in Hong Kong when they arrive for a nine-race programme at Happy Valley on Wednesday. The many thousands of racing fans from all over the globe have now headed home following a hugely successful International Jockeys’ Championship at the city track last week, and normal service resumes. Despite incessant media [...]
South Star can guide Purton to victory at the Valley December 16, 2025 REIGNING champion jockey Zac Purton, fresh from his Group One winning double aboard Ka Ying Rising and Voyage Bubble at Sha Tin on Sunday, could surpass 50 winners for the season with a host of winning chances at Happy Valley on Wednesday. The eight-time Hong Kong champion jockey, with 48 wins already on the scoresheet, [...]
Fabre poised to hit target again in the Hong Kong Vase with Sosie December 12, 2025 GET SET for Hong Kong’s blockbuster race meeting of the year, the LONGINES Hong Kong International races at Sha Tin on Sunday. Four elite Group One races, with 20 Group One winners on show, competing for around £13m in prize money. With an eight-hour time difference in the UK, racing fans are going to need [...]
Warrior can make Wish come true in Hong Kong Cup December 12, 2025 HONG Kong will come to a standstill when local equine idols Ka Ying Rising and ROMANTIC WARRIOR step out on to the turf in their respective races on Sunday. Both Ka Ying Rising, in the Group One LONGINES Hong Kong Sprint (6.50am), and Romantic Warrior in the Group One LONGINES Hong Kong Cup (8.40am) over [...]
Corleone can be the don with Moore up December 9, 2025 LOCAL racegoers in Hong Kong are in for a treat when they arrive for a nine-race programme at Happy Valley on Wednesday. The city track plays host to the annual LONGINES International Jockeys’ Championship, consisting of four races between 12.10pm and 2.10pm, with points awarded to the first three finishers. With prize money of around [...]
Back Bowman and Helene to Breeze past their rivals December 9, 2025 STARS have aligned for the Danny Shum-trained HELENE FEELING to run a huge race at attractive odds in the Wong Nai Chung Handicap (2.55pm) over nine furlongs. The Shum stable are on-fire at present, with half-a-dozen winners in the last fortnight and they will be looking forward to saddling global superstar Romantic Warrior in the [...]
Purton could rake in All the Cash in his Sha Tin Paradise December 5, 2025 RACING enthusiasts in Hong Kong have the best of both worlds on a 10-race programme at Sha Tin on Sunday, with five races on turf and five on the all-weather surface. With just a week to go before the LONGINES Hong Kong International Races take centre stage, it is likely that both stables and jockeys [...]
Swift can Ascend higher than rivals with Bentley on board December 5, 2025 FORM students have an intriguing contest to look forward to, when a dozen contenders line-up in the Chatham Handicap (8.40am) over six furlongs on the all-weather surface. Multiple dirt winners, including Group Three Korea Sprint winner Self Improvement, Capital Delight, Sing Dragon and Talents Ambition face off against some talented turf speedsters headed by Invincible [...]
