All will be Good as Gold for formidable partnership of Lui and Ho January 31, 2023 BANK on the partnership of trainer Francis Lui and jockey Vincent Ho to continue their run of good fortune with a winning double at Happy Valley. Lui and Ho have proved a formidable combination to follow this season, winning 14 times and recording a 32 percent win and place strike-rate when teaming up. Fresh from [...]
There’s no Romanticising Warrior’s Stewards’ Cup chances January 27, 2023 RACING enthusiasts from around the world will have their eyes firmly focused on Sha Tin on Sunday morning when three of the highest-rated horses in the world, according to official world rankings, line up in the £1.2 million Group One Stewards’ Cup (8.05am) over a mile. Rarely does a blockbuster of a race catch the [...]
Keefy may be the key to the Classic Mile for Lor January 27, 2023 IF THE local official handicap ratings are to be believed, Cordyceps Six should be a certainty in the £1.2 million Hong Kong Classic Mile (9.15am). A winner of six of his 17 career starts, he is rated 11lbs in front of his nearest rival, but there is a major problem – he has yet to [...]
EP: 179 Cheltenham, Doncaster & Hong Kong January 27, 2023 There are 9-races at Cheltenham on Saturday after the Clarence House Chase was rescheduled from Ascot, whilst Doncaster is the venue for more graded jumps action on the same afternoon. In Hong Kong, California Spangle, Golden Sixty and Romantic Warrior all take each other on in the much anticipated Group 1 Stewards’ Cup at Sha [...]
January 28th – Punter Podcast Summary January 27, 2023 There are 9-races at Cheltenham on Saturday after the Clarence House Chase was rescheduled from Ascot, whilst Doncaster is the venue for more graded jumps action on the same afternoon. In Hong Kong, California Spangle, Golden Sixty and Romantic Warrior all take each other on in the much anticipated Group 1 Stewards’ Cup at Sha [...]
Back Purton for a Healthy Happy New Year January 23, 2023 THE CHINESE New Year race day at Sha Tin on Tuesday is one of the most day popular days in the Hong Kong racing calendar, offering the public a chance to start the New Year with a bang and have plenty of dollars in their pocket. The year of the ‘Rabbit’ is seen as the [...]
Goko Win to be great Publicist for trainer Yip January 23, 2023 ALTHOUGH there will plenty of short-priced favourites on the 11-race card at Sha Tin – the majority of which will be ridden by Purton – it may pay to look elsewhere for some value-for-money selections. There are a couple that catch the eye, starting with the down-in-class PUBLICIST who lines up in the second division [...]
Eternal success on the cards for Size and Purton January 20, 2023 IT WILL be imperative for the majority of racegoers entering Sha Tin on Saturday to make some ’lucky’ money on the eve of the four-day Chinese New Year Festival. For the start of the ‘Year of the Rabbit’ celebration, Lucky Red Packets – red envelopes with dollars inside – will be exchanged between family and friends, [...]
Five G Patch to put up an Excellent Fight for Bowman January 20, 2023 THIS really looks like ‘last chance saloon’ for unpredictable but hugely talented FIVE G PATCH in the Azalea Handicap (8.25pm) over 10 furlongs. There is no doubt this son of Camelot can win off his present handicap mark, having won doing handsprings over the course and distance last May, but things haven’t gone according to [...]
EP: 178 Haydock & Hong Kong January 20, 2023 No racing at Ascot this weekend due to the frozen turf, but Haydock are optimistic that their Saturday card will go ahead as planned. City AM Racing editor Bill Esdaile previews the best of the Haydock Park action with Wally Pyrah discussing Saturday’s race meeting in Hong Kong. Hosted by Chris Barnett. The Punter ‘The [...]