Hong Kong Racing Tips: Purton has Two Size-able chances at the Valley February 16, 2021 PUNTERS must be rubbing their hands with anticipation as the unusual combination of trainer John Size and jockey Zac Purton team up on a highly-competitive nine-race programme at Happy Valley on Wednesday. This is a rare occurrence which has only happened twice this season, with Size and leading jockey Joao Moreira normally glued together throughout [...]
EP:39 Hong Kong & Cheltenham Outsiders February 12, 2021 Unfortunately, the weather is the winner this weekend, with both Newbury & Warwick calling off their meetings. Warwick will now race on Monday with Newbury being transferred to next Sunday. Trainer Harry Fry still intends to run a couple of his horses in the re-arranged fixtures and we talk to him today. We also discuss [...]
Hong Kong Racing Tips: Millard’s Land to Power home February 11, 2021 FORMER South African champion trainer Tony Millard has his stable firing on all cylinders at present. Gallant Crown’s success at Happy Valley on Wednesday took the 59-year-old’s total to 15 winners for the season, with three of them coming at the last four meetings. Millard is renowned for paying particular care and attention to his [...]
Hong Kong Racing Tips: Missile can surge to victory for Purton February 11, 2021 WITH arch-rival Joao Moreira sitting out the New Year celebrations at Sha Tin, reigning champ Zac Purton must be looking to make inroads into what appears to be an unassailable lead of thirty in the jockeys’ title race. The Australian has a couple of high-profile mounts on the Richard Gibson-trained Wellington, who faces tough opposition [...]
Hong Kong Racing Tips: California Rad to kick off Chinese New Year in style February 11, 2021 SHA TIN in Hong Kong hosts its annual Chinese New Year race-day on Sunday with an 11-race programme, worth around £1.7millon in prize-money. This is the one day in the Hong Kong racing calendar when the majority of the local population will be seeking to make ‘lucky money’ and start their New Year off with [...]
Hong Kong Racing Tips: Royal Bomb can give the King of the Valley another winner February 9, 2021 IT’S STILL nip and tuck at the top of the trainers’ championship table. With John Size’s stable in sizzling form and saddling winners for fun, it looked likely he would overtake Caspar Fownes and be top of the leaderboard come Sunday evening. Surprisingly it didn’t happen, with Fownes saddling winners at the Valley and Sha [...]
Hong Kong Racing Tips: Shum and Purton set to Star February 9, 2021 TRAINER Danny Shum’s stable are continuing to churn out winners at regular intervals. Records show the stable hit the bullseye five times, with nine places, from just 32 runners in the past fortnight. Statistics read even better when reigning champion jockey Zac Purton climbs aboard Shum’s gallopers. The Australian has ridden four winners from his [...]
Hong Kong Racing Tips: Moreira to prove he’s a Legend again February 9, 2021 EXPECTATIONS are high that jockey Joao Moreira is going to produce a masterclass at Happy Valley on Wednesday. The Brazilian has his card marked in all of the nine races and all are capable of winning. The ‘Magic Man’ looks to hold a virtually unassailable lead with regards to the jockeys’ championship. He is currently [...]
UK’s gambling black market has doubled since 2018: PwC February 5, 2021 The number of British consumers gambling on unlicensed websites has doubled in the last three years, according to a new study by PwC. The report found a steep rise in customers using offshore websites, despite these platforms being less visible on Google and with little evidence of growing public awareness of black market brands. PwC [...]
The City A.M. Punter Podcast EP:38 Sandown, Wetherby, Leopardstown & Hong Kong February 5, 2021 Trainer Gary Moore has a couple of runners at Sandown on Saturday and he joins us as our special guest today City AM racing editor Bill Esdaile previews the best of the jumps action at Sandown, Wetherby and the prestigious Dublin Racing festival in Leopardstown with Wally Pyrah looking at Saturday’s Hong Kong race meeting. [...]