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 [...]
Dubai Honour and Tuchel set to impress April 28, 2023 SUNDAY’s flagship event on a 10-race programme is the £2.5 million QEII Cup (9.40am) over 10 furlongs, which looks an intriguing match between Hong Kong champion Romantic Warrior and the William Haggas-trained globetrotter Dubai Honour. James McDonald, who rode Romantic Warrior to victory twice earlier in the season, including a breath-taking victory in the Group [...]
It’s a Voyage to the top for Golden Sixty April 28, 2023 ALL EYES of the racing world will be on Hong Kong on Sunday morning, when Sha Tin features three international Group One contests with prize-money totalling around £6.6million. With the likes of legendary galloper Golden Sixty going for his 25th win from 29 races in the FWD Champions Mile, Romantic Warrior seeking to follow-up last [...]
EP: 198 Sandown & Hong Kong April 28, 2023 The official end of season jumps meeting takes place at Sandown on Saturday where the Celebration Chase and Gold Cup Handicap are two of their feature races. This episode also includes interviews with Paul Nicholls, Brian Hughes, Luca Morgan and Christian Williams. City AM Racing editor Bill Esdaile previews the best of Sandown’s racing action [...]