Handsome Rebel could bring change of fortune for Richards November 22, 2022 FORMER four-time New Zealand champion trainer Jamie Richards, with a host of big wins and Group triumphs to his credit, has found it tough going since joining the Hong Kong trainer ranks this season. Following a winner with only his second runner in the territory last month, the 33-year-old trainer hasn’t tasted success since – [...]
Love match for James McDonald and Romantic Warrior at Sha Tin? November 18, 2022 LAST season’s Hong Kong Derby and Group 1 QE II Cup winner Romantic Warrior makes a belated seasonal reappearance in the Bochk Jockey Club Cup (8:40am) over 10 furlongs. The son of Acclamation suffered a slight set-back in August and didn’t have his first serious gallop until near the end of September. Two subsequent winning trials, [...]
California Sparkle Could Outshine Golden Sixty November 18, 2022 THREE Group 2 contests feature in a 10-race programme at Sha Tin on Sunday, when the crème de la crème of the Hong Kong’s finest gallopers tune-up for next month’s Hong Kong International meeting. This is the last chance for local racing enthusiasts to pass judgement on whether their home stars are capable of fending [...]
EP: 170 Haydock, Ascot & Hong Kong November 18, 2022 The Grade 1 Betfair Chase is the feature race of the weekend, attracting a small but classy field to the Lancashire course. Irish raider A Plus Tard looks to follow up from his impressive win 12 months ago. Ascot also race on Saturday where the Ascot Hurdle is one of two Grade 2 races to [...]
November 19th – Punter Podcast Summary November 18, 2022 You can now hear 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 with [...]
Lightly-raced Atullibigeal offers Hall stable a path back to form November 15, 2022 BANK on David Hall’s lightly-raced speedster ATULLIBIGEAL to get his head in front for the first-time in Hong Kong, when he lines up in the Kyoto Handicap (1.45pm) over six furlongs. This Australian-bred gelding, and twice winner in New Zealand, has only raced a handful of times since his arrival in Hong Kong just over a year [...]
The Irishman looks a Rising star on first visit to the Valley November 15, 2022 BETTORS are faced with a quandary when racing gets under way with a nine-race programme at Happy Valley on Wednesday. Reigning champion jockey Zac Purton tested positive for Covid last Sunday, ruling him out of riding at Happy Valley, and meaning it’s in the balance whether he can ride at Sha Tin on Sunday. With [...]
Legend and Dragon can come Flying home November 11, 2022 IT’S EASY to be enthusiastic about the chances of bottom-weight CASA LEGEND, who will be on a retrieving mission, in the Panasonic IH Warm Jar Handicap (7.35am) over seven furlongs. Danny Shum’s son of Tavistock was quietly fancied – backed heavily just before the off – when never seeing daylight down the home straight, and [...]
De Sousa set to Enchant Sha Tin crowds once again November 11, 2022 BANK on former three-time British champion jockey Silvestre de Sousa to continue his winning streak, when he arrives at Sha Tin in Hong Kong on Saturday morning, with a full book of rides on the ten-race programme. De Sousa can’t stop riding winners at present, with six wins from his last 14 rides, and including [...]
EP: 169 Cheltenham, Lingfield & Hong Kong November 10, 2022 Cheltenham host a three-day meeting this weekend. On Saturday the Paddy Power Gold Cup is the feature race run over two and a half miles, whilst Lingfield is the venue for two listed All Weather Championship qualifying races on their polytrack surface. City AM Racing editor Bill Esdaile previews the best of the weekend’s racing [...]