Hong Kong Racing Tips: Sun Of Makfi looking to go back-to-back July 13, 2021 JOCKEY Chad Schofield bounced back into the limelight with a double at Sha Tin on Sunday following a week of self-isolation with a bout of chickenpox. The former Australian champion apprentice and Group 1-winning jockey took his seasonal winning tally to 26, which is well down on previous years. This was due to the stylish [...]
Hong Kong Racing Tips: Chang lining up exciting sprinter July 13, 2021 TRAINER Michael Chang has had a season to forget. The likeable 59-year-old is currently propping up the trainers’ championship table with a lowly nine winners, but also an exasperating 48 places. There has been, however, a glimmer of light for Chang since the beginning of this month with his stable showing some signs of revival [...]
Hong Kong Racing Tips: A new champion to be crowned at the Valley July 13, 2021 EXPECT plenty of celebrations when Happy Valley hosts the final meeting of the 20/21 season in Hong Kong on Wednesday. With the obligatory firework display and a host of exotic bets estimated to reach around £2m on the nine-race programme, you can guarantee plenty of high-octane excitement. Both trainer Caspar Fownes and jockey Joao Moreira [...]
EP: 71 Newmarket, York, Ascot & Hong Kong July 9, 2021 The Newmarket July Cup is the feature race on Saturday where Roger Teal’s Oxted looks to win the Group 1 sprint for a second year in a row. Ed Walker has been looking for better ground for Starman, and both trainers join us today. City A.M. racing editor Bill Esdaile previews the best of Saturday’s [...]
Teetan to continue his great Valley form July 6, 2021 IT’S BEEN another good campaign for jockey Karis Teetan. The Mauritian Magician has consistently hit the bullseye throughout the season with 76 winners to his name and firmly cementing his position as the third best jockey in the territory behind Moreira and Purton. Teetan has been particularly accomplished at Happy Valley, with a record of 35 victories [...]
Hong Kong looks a cracking Bet July 6, 2021 FOLLOWING Zac Purton’s great ride on HONG KONG BET a fortnight ago, the crushing experience of being so near yet so far sprung to mind when, from an awkward draw, he couldn’t quite catch Jolly Good Heart in the closing stages, conceding 18lbs This time, with an inside draw in his favour, the partnership has bright prospects [...]
Bentley to be back among the winners July 6, 2021 HARRY Bentley gets a vote of confidence to ride his fourth Hong Kong winner when he resumes his winning partnership with CLASSIC POSH in the first division of the Hawthorne Handicap (2:45pm). Sussex born, and former six-time Qatar champion Bentley, took a gamble by accepting the challenge in March to leave the UK and join the jockeys’ roster in the red-hot [...]
Arecibo to continue remarkable renaissance July 2, 2021 WHEN ARECIBO won a nice pot at Ayr over this 5f trip two years ago this week he looked to have the world at his feet, and a race like the Coral Charge (1:50pm) would have been a reasonable future target. Even if somebody had said then that he’d go on to run second in a King’s [...]
In theory Pythagoras is up for the Challenge July 2, 2021 WILLIAM Haggas has won the last two runnings of the Coral Challenge (2.25pm) and he will be hoping to land the hat-trick with last year’s winner Montatham. The son of Showcasing arrived here 12 months ago on the back of a fine second to Dark Vision in the Royal Hunt Cup. He got his revenge [...]
Mishriff set to Eclipse his younger rival July 2, 2021 MUCH has been made of the fact that just four horses will line up for the Coral-Eclipse (3.35pm), meaning it’s the smallest field for a decade. It’s obviously disappointing that so few have been declared for the flagship race on the World Pool card, given its stature and the calibre of horses that usually turn [...]