Another Victory on the cards for Chadwick and So April 5, 2023 KEEP an eye on the weather when racing resumes with a nine-race programme at Happy Valley in Hong Kong for the start of the Easter Bank Holiday weekend. With plenty of rain in the vicinity over the past week, and the likelihood of showers and possible thunderstorms during the action at the city track, surface [...]
Currie Sizing up success with well-handicapped Elon April 5, 2023 WITH rookie trainer Jamie Richards’ stable in top-form at present, it makes sense to keep a close scrutiny on his raiders, especially when jockey Zac Purton climbs aboard at the city track. Richards and Purton already have a near 25 percent win strike-rate record and team up with four contenders, all of whom can be [...]
Fownes Pursuing a Dream with June Planet March 31, 2023 RACING is back at Sha Tin for the third time in a week on Sunday, with the track hosting a 10-race programme featuring plenty of inexperienced but potentially improving gallopers that are likely to do well in the latter stages of the season. Lightly-raced JUNE PLANET, a £130,000 purchase at the 2020 Magic Million Yearling [...]
Chow Spirit could be just the tic-Kit for Purton March 31, 2023 REIGNING champion jockey Zac Purton has found life tough in the past month. With only three wins in the past fortnight and surprisingly twice leaving Happy Valley with no wins to his name, you wouldn’t want to be his house cat! To make matters worse, he cried off after one ride at Sha Tin on [...]
EP: 192 Doncaster & Hong Kong March 31, 2023 The return of the turf flat racing season arrives on Saturday when Doncaster stages an eight race card featuring the exciting Lincoln Handicap run over their straight mile course. City AM Racing editor Bill Esdaile previews the best of Doncaster’s action, with Wally Pyrah discussing Sunday’s Sha Tin meeting in Hong Kong. Hosted by Chris [...]
Yung to Hava successful day with Gummy March 28, 2023 MID-WEEK racing in Hong Kong switches from Happy Valley to an eight-race programme on the All-Weather surface at Sha Tin. The majority of bettors will probably have left Sha Tin races last Sunday on good terms with themselves, with a number of well-fancied gallopers obliging on the 10-race programme. They now face a different test [...]
Anticipated Win on the way for Dennis Yip and Goko March 28, 2023 TRAINER Dennis Yip hasn’t had much to celebrate in recent weeks, but is certainly capable of causing a surprise when he saddles progressive light-weight GOKO WIN in the competitive Tung Wan Handicap (3.50pm) over six furlongs. This intriguing contest consists of a dozen contenders who have won 44 races between them in Hong Kong, and [...]
Keep your Wits about you and back Praise and County March 24, 2023 POOR jockey Derek Leung has felt the wrath of frustrated owners, who have dispensed with his services, after being beaten on the ironically named OWNERS’ PRAISE three weeks ago. Leung, who came from last to first when winning on the four-year-old last month, subsequently found himself all dressed up and nowhere to go behind Regent [...]
It could be a Winwin for Ricky Yiu and Hugh Bowman March 24, 2023 RACING resumes in Hong Kong on Sunday with a 10-race programme at Sha Tin, featuring a host of head-scratching handicaps for form book students to ponder over. Normally selections would come later on the card, when enthusiastic racing fans can enjoy watching the action on TV whilst having their Sunday morning cup of tea and [...]
EP: 191 Newbury, Kelso, Meydan & Hong Kong March 24, 2023 Mares feature at both Kelso and Newbury on Saturday where the ITV cameras will be rolling up to broadcast the weekend’s jumps racing action. It’s Dubai World Cup night at Meydan racecourse later that evening with a whole host of international horses aiming to win some amazing prize money. City AM Racing editor Bill Esdaile [...]