Moreira’s Warm can keep Purton cold November 17, 2020 IT’S SAFE to assume the last household you would want to visit in Hong Kong at present is Zac Purton’s apartment. The reigning champ is suffering a nightmare, with just three wins from his last 40 rides, and only one winner at the last three race meetings. Remembering that Purton’s mounts are mostly at the [...]
Hong Kong Racing Tips: Fownes’ contender to put a smile on your face November 17, 2020 TRAINER Caspar Fownes arrives at his favourite track Happy Valley on Wednesday with his stable in the form of their lives. The cheerful Australian can’t stop training winners at present with half-a-dozen saluting the judge in the past fortnight and 23 successes to his name since the season begun in September, he already finds himself [...]
The City A.M. Punter Podcast EP:26 Cheltenham November Meeting November 13, 2020 Trainer Kerry Lee is our guest today, discussing a trio of her weekend runners at Cheltenham where Happy Diva looks to win the Paddy Power Gold Cup for the second year in a row. Racing editor Bill Esdaile looks at the best of the weekend action at jumps HQ, and Wally Pyrah talks us through [...]
Hong Kong Racing Tips: Kin a Super bet in six-furlong sprint November 10, 2020 HERE Comes Ted is going to be a popular choice with punters when he seeks to follow-up last month’s track and trip win in the Sai Ying Pun Handicap (12.15pm). Karis Teetan’s mount has been a model of consistency at Happy Valley with a record of two wins and two places from just a handful [...]
Hong Kong Racing Tips: Maldives can give Callan a dream trip November 10, 2020 POPULAR jockey Neil Callan has a chance of putting his name in the spotlight when he climbs aboard a couple of horses with genuine chances at Happy Valley. Callan, nicknamed the ‘Iron Man’ by the locals for his no-nonsense approach and his famous gruelling early morning keep-fit regime, has found it tough going over the [...]
Hong Kong Racing Tips: Moreira’s supporters could be Smiling again November 10, 2020 RACING makes a quick return to Happy Valley on Wednesday after the city track hosted a 10-race programme last Sunday. It’s worth noting that the newly laid winter grass on the circuit may have had something to do with the winning times in all the races on Sunday being above average, indicating the track was [...]
Hong Kong Racing Tips: It could be a Red letter day at Sha Tin November 3, 2020 FORMBOOK students always have a degree of suspicion about all-weather racing in Hong Kong, especially when held under floodlights. Whether it’s the humidity getting into the surface or the track being rolled at different times during racing, there are always a number of surprise results which have no rhyme or reason. Past records on the [...]
Hong Kong Racing Tips: Resolute the pick of Teetan’s crack set of rides November 3, 2020 AS THE POPULAR saying goes “when the cats away the mice will play”, and that’s exactly what springs to mind with jockey Karis Teetan at Sha Tin on Wednesday. With a full-book of rides in the eight races on the all-weather surface, here is a chance for Teetan, currently trailing runaway leader but suspended Joao [...]
Hong Kong Racing Tips: Chau can reign Supreme on Lui’s contender November 3, 2020 TOP APPRENTICE jockey Jerry Chau is nearing a milestone of 20 winners in Hong Kong. The former HKJC apprentice graduate has been an instant success since joining the jockey ranks back in May and needs only another two wins before his allowance drops from 10 to seven pounds. Having already ridden 11 winners and 22 [...]
The City A.M. Punter Podcast EP:24 Ascot, Wetherby & Hong Kong October 30, 2020 Today trainer Kim Bailey joins us to talk about his exciting Vinndication who runs at Wetherby on Saturday in the Grade 2 Charlie Hall Chase over 3 miles. Racing editor Bill Esdaile looks at the best of the weekend action at Ascot & Wetherby and Wally Pyrah talks us through some of the Hong Kong [...]