EP: 89 Newmarket, Ascot & Longchamp October 1, 2021 Newmarket hosts the Group 1 Sun Chariot Stakes for fillies on Saturday, whilst Ascot is the venue for a couple of Group 3 contests. German trainer Marcel Weiss runs Torquator Tasso in the Arc and we chat to the Mulheim based team. We also catch up with French trainer Francois Rohaut about his star sprinter [...]
EP: 88 Newmarket, Haydock & Hong Kong September 24, 2021 Newmarket, the home of flat racing, stages some first-class Group 1 action for the 2-year olds on Saturday with the Middle Park & Cheveley Park Stakes featuring alongside the traditional mile & a furlong Cambridgeshire Heritage Handicap for older horses Ger Lyons sends over both Sacred Bridge & Dr. Zempf from his Irish base for [...]
Hong Kong Racing Tips: Take a chance on Transcendent swooping late in finale September 21, 2021 MANY of the punters at Happy Valley on Wednesday will nominate top-weight Decisive Twelve as their banker bet of the meeting, when the Chris So-trained five-year-old lines-up in the finale, the Cooper Handicap (3.50pm) over six furlongs. The Australian bred gelding was the easiest winner of the meeting, when dashing clear of his rivals over [...]
Hong Kong Racing Tips: Low draw can prove the key for progressive Fire September 21, 2021 IT LOOKS as if the gods of fortune have smiled on highly progressive galloper HARMONY FIRE, who has an all-important low-draw number in the Clementi Handicap (2.45pm) over five furlongs at Happy Valley. The action takes place on the infamous ‘C+3’ course, where the width of the track is only around the length of a cricket [...]
Hong Kong Racing Tips: Trust in Energy for top combination Moreira and Cruz September 14, 2021 FORM students will be licking their lips with anticipation when MIG ENERGY lines-up in the Tai Shue Wan Handicap over six furlongs at 3.15pm. The six-year-old, having been dropped 3lbs by the handicapper during the close-season, finds himself racing off an 8lb lower mark from last season’s track and trip victory. A closer inspection on [...]
Hong Kong Racing Tips: Fa Fa to deliver for Lor September 14, 2021 TRAINER Frankie Lor will be in the spotlight when he saddles progressive and talented FA FA in the feature race of the day, The Hong Kong Country Club Challenge Cup (2.45pm). Potential future champion trainer, Lor may not have visited the winners’ circle in the opening weeks, but it won’t be long before his stable, [...]
Hong Kong Racing Tips: Purton and Yip to whip up a Storm September 14, 2021 FORMER champion trainer Dennis Yip has burst out of the stalls in more ways than one this season. With his stable housing around seventy horses, Yip has already run nearly half of them at the first four meetings and has another handful lined up at the city track today. More importantly, he has already tasted [...]
Rivals to meet their Maker in consistent King September 10, 2021 BRITISH raiders have a surprisingly strong record in the Clipper Logistics Boomerang Mile (2.10pm), but this year’s renewal may be staying on home soil for the first time since 2018. Ger Lyon’s MAKER OF KINGS has been a model of consistency in four starts this season, winning once and finishing a narrow second on three other [...]
Mother to bring her rivals back down to Earth September 10, 2021 MOTHER EARTH landed her second Group One of the season when winning the Prix Rothschild at Deauville recently and the Coolmore America ‘Justify’ Matron Stakes (1.40pm) looks a fine opportunity for her to make it a hat-trick at the highest level. Aidan O’Brien’s filly will be running in her ninth straight Group One and eight of [...]
Take Tarnawa to triumph in Irish Champion Stakes September 10, 2021 SOME incredible horses have won the Irish Champion Stakes (2.45pm) in recent years – Magical, Roaring Lion, Golden Horn, Snow Fairy, the superstar names roll off the tongue. And despite the fact only four horses go to post, this year’s renewal is as intriguing as ever. Aidan O’Brien has won this Group One prize a [...]