EP: 163 Newmarket, York & Hong Kong October 7, 2022 The second leg of the Newmarket ‘Autumn Double’ takes place on Saturday when the jumps trainers try to mix it with the flat boys in the 2 mile 2 furlong Cesarewitch Handicap. The prestigious Group 1 Dewhurst Stakes for two year olds is also a feature on their card. York also race on Saturday, featuring [...]
Take the plunge on Yellowfin for Amigos Ho and Lui October 4, 2022 Vincent Ho is having his best ever beginning to a Hong Kong season.
In-form Hayes’ Capital finally ready to be crowned King again October 4, 2022 TAKE a chance that legendry Australian Hall of Fame trainer David Hayes continues his run of good fortune with KING’S CAPITAL in the feature race of the meeting, the Hong Kong Country Club Challenge Cup Handicap (2.15pm) over the extended mile. The former Melbourne Cup-winning trainer has started the current campaign on fire, with seven [...]
October 1st – Punter Podcast Summary September 30, 2022 In our new feature, get all of City AM racing editor Bill Esdaile’s weekend tips 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 for over a decade [...]
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 [...]