EP: 162 Newmarket, Ascot, Longchamp & Hong Kong September 30, 2022 What a magnificent couple of day’s racing we can look forward to this weekend. On Saturday, Newmarket stages the Group 1 Sun Chariot Stakes, whilst Ascot and Redcar complete the afternoon line-up. Saturday and Sunday sees the prestigious Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe meeting taking place in Paris. We speak to French trainer Francis Graffard [...]
Back Soldier to take High rank under in-form Vincent Ho September 27, 2022 JOCKEY Vincent Ho has started the season with a bang. The 32-year-old, and regular pilot of Hong Kong champion Golden Sixty, has started the campaign with a flurry of winners, partnering at least one at each of the five race meetings, with only Zac Purton above him in the jockeys’ championship. Half-a-dozen winners already this month suggests that Ho has got his [...]
Bentley can soar to victory aboard Comet Splendido September 27, 2022 HAPPY Valley hosts a fiendishly difficult eight-race programme today where it will be hard to predict who will start favourite in the majority of races, never mind who is going to win them! The big news to come out of Hong Kong racing this week was that ‘Magic Man’ jockey Joao Moreira will be sidelined for at least [...]
Some parts of UK to have zero trains this weekend with rail strike to disrupt London Marathon September 25, 2022 Passengers are warned that some parts of the UK will have zero trains during a strike by the rail unions in the long-running dispute over pay, jobs and conditions. Members of the Rail, Maritime and Transport union (RMT), Aslef, the Transport Salaried Staffs Association and Unite will walk out on Saturday October 1, with further [...]
EP: 161 Newmarket, Haydock & Hong Kong September 23, 2022 A truly exciting day’s racing takes place at Newmarket on Saturday where the Cambridgeshire Handicap is one of the feature races of the afternoon alongside the Middle Park Stakes for colts & the Cheveley Park Stakes for fillies. The Group 2 Royal Lodge Stakes gets the action underway at 1.50. Sean Woods will be looking [...]
Legend Moreira seeking Fortune on Valley return September 21, 2022 IT WILL be good to see former four-time Champion Jockey Joao Moreira back in action with a full-book of rides on an eight-race programme at Happy Valley today. Moreira made a belated return to the racetrack at Sha Tin last Sunday, and although only one of his seven rides made the frame, the Magic Man [...]
Queen Prawn holds Pretty tasty chance under Hewitson September 21, 2022 THERE was bad news for Karis Teetan on Monday, when the 32-year-old had to give up his intended six rides at the city track following a blood test which revealed a thyroid issue. It must have been particularly galling for the Mauritian Magician, who had already hit the ground running this season with a handful [...]
EP: 160 Ayr, Newbury & Hong Kong September 16, 2022 The Ayr Gold & Silver Cups are the feature races at the west Scottish track on Saturday as the sprinters line-up over 6-furlongs. Further south, Newbury stages a trio of Group races on the same afternoon. Trainer John Ryan steps Manaccan up to Group 3 company for the first time in the 5-furlong Newbury sprint [...]
County is capable of giving Fownes a Fine Valley start September 13, 2022 AFTER a two-month break, inner-city track Happy Valley hosts its first meeting of the 2022/23 season in Hong Kong on Wednesday, with an eight-race programme starting at 12.15pm. Most of the talk during the close season centred around the general wellbeing of champion jockeys Zac Purton and Joao Moreira, who both suffered health issues in [...]
Power-packed De Sousa can lift Hercules home to victory September 13, 2022 FORMER three-time British champion jockey Silvestre de Sousa’s return to Hong Kong began with a bang at Sha Tin on Sunday as he visited the winners’ circle on his first day back. An armchair ride on Lucky Sweynesse in the Chief Executive’s Cup was just the start the 41-year-old Brazilian needed, although it did cost [...]