EP: 200 Ascot, Haydock & Hong Kong May 12, 2023 There are three competitive handicaps at Ascot on Saturday, culminating in the seven furlong Victoria Cup at 2.40pm. Haydock stage the Swinton Hurdle on the same afternoon. Lingfield host the Listed Derby and Oaks trial races, albeit on their Polytrack surface after the turf course meeting was called off earlier in the week. City AM [...]
Erimo to bring John Size closer to the Championship May 9, 2023 A FLURRY of winners for trainer John Size in the past fortnight, including a winning treble at Sha Tin on Sunday, has now put the ‘The Master Trainer’ firmly in control of winning his 12th Hong Kong trainers’ title. With his nearest pursuer, Frankie Lor, 10 winners behind in the championship race, it’s also worth pointing [...]
Ho to make some Billionaires out of Pierre Ng’s Secret May 9, 2023 MIDWEEK racing in Hong Kong is back at Sha Tin for a fiendishly difficult but exciting eight-race programme on the all-weather surface. Racing fans in the city will be hoping that life returns to some normality after a ‘Wet and Wild’ Sunday at Sha Tin. Weather conditions wreaked havoc with the racing surface during the [...]
Arron heading Straight for a purple Patch at Sha Tin May 5, 2023 HONG Kong racing fans had better keep a close eye on the weather when Sha Tin hosts a highly competitive and interesting card on Sunday morning. Despite the temperature being in the high 20’s, the forecast rain and possible thunderstorms would surely change conditions underfoot if they were to materialise. That will be music to [...]
Purton on the Express train to winning with Elegance May 5, 2023 IT LOOKS like reigning champion jockey Zac Purton will once again take centre stage on the 11-race programme at Sha Tin. A few months ago, the story was how many winners would Purton ride by the end of the season, with the Australian’s eyes firmly fixed on surpassing Joao Moreira’s all-time Hong Kong record of [...]
EP: 199 Newmarket & Hong Kong May 5, 2023 Saturday sees the first classic of the new flat season run at Newmarket when the 2,000 Guineas takes place with the unique World Pool markets in operation. Today we hear from master Irish trainer Aidan O’Brien who talks us through his runners in this important early season classic, plus we chat to Sam Hoskins from [...]
Hong Kong shows the world how it’s done May 4, 2023 HORSE racing in Hong Kong is more than a sport. It’s a passion, a way of life. The eye-watering figures that are bet into the Hong Kong Jockey Club’s pools each week illustrate just how popular it is amongst the locals. And they were out in force at Sha Tin last Sunday on FWD Champions [...]
Purton to get the winning Feeling on Richards’ Hoss May 2, 2023 THERE is no doubting the many thousands of Zac Purton fans will be on good terms with themselves when arriving for the mid-week nine-race programme at Happy Valley. Not only has the reigning five-time Hong Kong champion jockey just announced he will be riding in the territory again in the 2023-24 season, but he also [...]
Dragon can breathe fire and fly home under Bowman May 2, 2023 WITH trainer Danny Shum probably still on cloud nine after the success of Romantic Warrior in the FWD QEII Cup at Sha Tin on Sunday, expect more success for the stable with NORDIC DRAGON in the Wiltshire Handicap (3.50pm) over six furlongs. Shum rated this £700,000 purchase from the 2022 Hong Kong International Sales as [...]
Sixty spreads sprinkling of stardust on FWD Champions Day April 30, 2023 GOLDEN SIXTY became the highest earning racehorse of all time when winning £1.2 million after taking out the FWD Champions Mile at a packed Sha Tin Racecourse on Sunday morning. Francis Lui’s brilliant seven-year-old, who has won 25 of his 29 career starts, was always well placed by regular partner Vincent Ho and won comfortably [...]