Moon to Thunder home for O’Brien Jnr April 30, 2021 FROM Pinatubo last year to Frankel a decade ago, the Qipco 2000 Guineas (3.40pm) often features a short-priced favourite, who, according to the odds at least, is head and shoulders above his rivals. Pinatubo was sent off at 5/6 last year, while the likes of Churchill (6/4), Dawn Approach (11/8) and Frankel (1/2) have all [...]
EP: 55 Newmarket Guineas Weekend April 30, 2021 It’s the 2,000 Guineas at Newmarket on Saturday where the 3 year old colts will be trying to win their first classic of the season. A day later, the fillies run in the 1,000 Guineas and trainer Andrew Balding joins us to talk about his exciting filly Alcohol Free who runs over a mile for [...]
Hong Kong Racing Tips: Teetan to reignite partnership at Happy Valley April 27, 2021 ONE MILE three-furlong contests at Happy Valley are not normally betting mediums, with mid-race moves by jockeys changing the whole complexion of the race and question marks about horses staying the perceived marathon distance. There are only limited chances for out-and-out stayers in the territory with the majority of races framed for sprinters and middle-distance [...]
Hong Kong Racing Tips: Fortune has a Brilliant chance April 27, 2021 IT WAS good to see trainer Caspar Fownes finally break his run of bad fortune when saddling an early double at Sha Tin on Sunday. Fownes had suffered a torrid time in the past month, with a long losing sequence of 63 and being overtaken in the trainers’ championship by John Size. With the stable [...]
Hong Kong Racing Tips: Chadwick can continue fine form April 27, 2021 BANK on jockey Matthew Chadwick to continue his run of good fortune when racing resumes under floodlights, on the infamous C+3 track at Happy Valley on Wednesday. 30-year-old Chadwick collected his 400th winner in the territory at Sha Tin on Sunday and is in his best form physically and mentally. The former champion apprentice, who will [...]
Hong Kong Racing Tips: Japan to dominate QEII April 23, 2021 ALL EYES will be on Hong Kong Sunday morning when Sha Tin hosts FWD Champions Day, featuring three races worth over £5.8m in prize money and all live on Sky Sports Racing. There may be no European or Australian challengers due to Covid and quarantine restrictions, but Japan have unleashed some their heavy artillery to [...]
Hong Kong racing Tips: Danon to Smash the competition April 23, 2021 FOREIGN invaders taking on Hong Kong sprinters in their own backyard have faced near impossible tasks down the years – champions Lord Kanaloa and Chautauqua excluded – but if there is ever a time to take them on in the Chairman’s Sprint Prize (7.50am), it’s now. The sprinting ranks in Hong Kong are at their [...]
Hong Kong Racing Tips: Tourbillon has a Diamond chance at Sha Tin April 23, 2021 IF THERE is one horse who you can guarantee the local racing population will have their eye on it is the undisputed champion Golden Sixty who lines-up in the Champions Mile (8.55am). Ranked joint-fifth in the world’s best racehorses, the Francis Lui-trained five-year-old extended his winning sequence to 13 when winning the Group 1 Citi [...]
EP: 54 Hong Kong Champions Day & Sandown April 23, 2021 Saturday sees the final day of the jump season at Sandown and we chat to Glamorgan based trainer Christian Williams about his runners there. On Sunday in Hong Kong it’s the annual Champions Day meeting and the four-time champion jockey Zac Purton joins us to tell us about his chances of riding a winner or [...]
Hong Kong Racing Tips: Spicy could be So Good at Happy Valley April 20, 2021 LOCAL bettors will be whetting their lips with anticipation when they see the combination of Danny Shum and Zac Purton represented by SPICY SO GOOD in the Pedder Handicap (2:45pm) over five furlongs. Shum and Purton have been one of the dominant partnerships this season with a 25 per cent win strike-rate, one of the [...]