Star should reward Lui’s patience with a Meaningful win April 18, 2023 BANK on trainer Francis Lui to continue his welcome change of fortune when he saddles top-weight MEANINGFUL STAR in the Yau Ma Tei Handicap (12.45pm), over the extended mile at Happy Valley today. With legendry stable star Golden Sixty destined to line-up in the Champions Mile on FWD Champions Day at the end of the [...]
Glory awaits Shum and Purton with well-drawn Bo Bo April 18, 2023 IT WAS good to see trainer Danny Shum and jockey Zac Purton all smiles again when they greeted one another in the winners’ circle following Victor The Winner’s success at Sha Tin last Sunday. Once upon a time, Shum and Purton were the go-to combination to follow for racegoers in Hong Kong, with plenty of [...]
Grand National stage looks set for Delta to Work his magic April 15, 2023 THERE’s nothing quite like the Randox Grand National (Saturday, 5:15pm) it’s a race that inspires dreams and writes its own script. It can change the careers of trainers and jockeys in an instant, or the approximate nine minutes that it takes to negotiate 30 formidable fences and four-miles two-furlongs around Aintree’s famous track. In recent [...]
Purton’s on the Express train to a Sha Tin treble April 14, 2023 ALTHOUGH jockey Zac Purton had no luck at Happy Valley in mid-week, the reigning champion should be back on track to the delight of his many thousands of supporters with a full book of fancied rides on the 10-race programme at Sha Tin on Saturday. As per normal, most of his mounts will be near [...]
Togepi ready to set Millard back on the winning track April 14, 2023 THE FEATURE race of the day has to be the £265,000 Class Two Nurturing Talent 1200M Handicap (10.10am), run over six furlongs and consisting of some of the best sprint handicappers, and rising stars, in town. Zac Purton has seemingly put his head on the block by persuading trainer Danny Shum to run highly-progressive Victor [...]
EP: 196 Aintree Grand National & Hong Kong April 14, 2023 The Grand National is the highlight of the three day festival on Saturday when a huge field of 40 hopefuls will take on the unique Aintree fences over the marathon four and a quarter mile course. Great British Racing invited both Sam Thomas and Tim Vaughan to their recent virtual media day and we get [...]
The Punter Summary Podcast 15 April April 14, 2023 You can now hear all of City AM racing editor Bill Esdaile’s best weekend tips, including the Grand National, in a short summary episode of ‘The Punter Podcast’ alongside Chris Barnett. The full weekend preview is also available on the City AM website. The Punter ‘The Punter’ has been City AM’s dedicated sports betting section [...]
EP: 195 Aintree – Friday April 13, 2023 Day two of Aintree’s Grand National Festival sees the famous fences in action for the exciting 2 Mile 5 Furlong Topham Chase, run alongside four Grade 1 races which include the Melling Chase and the Novices’ Hurdle where the Pay The Bill syndicate’s Rare Edition is due to return to the track under champion jockey [...]
Demachine a monster price at 25/1 to win Topham April 12, 2023 WITH plenty of rain in the air, the best short-priced bet on Friday’s Aintree card could well be GERRI COLOMBE in the opening Mildmay Novices’ Chase (1.45pm). Gordon Elliott’s seven-year-old was arguably unlucky not to reel in The Real Whacker at Cheltenham and the return to a more conventional track will help too. Davy Russell [...]
Zanahiyr to chase home superstar Constitution Hill April 12, 2023 YOU DON’T need me to tell you that the star of the show on Thursday is Constitution Hill, and barring one of the biggest shocks in living memory, he will win the William Hill Aintree Hurdle (3.30pm) with ease. His price of 1/8 suggests just that and the fact firms are betting on how far [...]