The City A.M. Punter Podcast EP:37 Doncaster, Cheltenham & Hong Kong January 29, 2021 The rain continues to fall and Cheltenham’s Trials Day is not certain to go ahead on Saturday, but Doncaster are confident that they will be able to race on the same day. Jockey and assistant trainer Chester Williams joins us to talk about his intended weekend runners. City AM racing editor Bill Esdaile previews the [...]
Hong Kong Racing Tips: Royal Bomb to finish the night in style January 26, 2021 LEADING trainers’ championship trainer Caspar Fownes, who only a couple of weeks back held a commanding lead in the title race, suddenly finds himself under pressure from former 11-times champion John Size. While Fownes has found winners hard to come by recently, having only struck once in the last fortnight, Size has produced an impressive mid-season surge, saddling [...]
Hong Kong Racing Tips: Force to be as good as Ever January 26, 2021 ONE OF Hong Kong’s most successful partnerships of trainer Danny Shum and jockey Zac Purton look set for another winner when they team up with improving three-year-old EVER FORCE in the Ice House Handicap (12.15pm). Shum is in red-hot form at present, saddling seven winners and 11 places from his last 45 runners, and his record reads even [...]
Hong Kong Racing Tips: Lui can continue purple patch with Alpha Hedge January 26, 2021 FRANCIS Lui is the trainer to follow at Happy Valley on Wednesday, with nine races set to take place under the lights. Lui is in the middle of a purple patch at present. Two winners for the stable at Sha Tin on Sunday, including super-star Golden Sixty, was following on from a winning treble at [...]
The City A.M. Punter Podcast EP:36 Ascot, Haydock Park & Hong Kong January 22, 2021 The rain has been relentless over the past few days in the UK, but Ascot seem confident that their meeting will go ahead on Saturday and Haydock Park passed an early inspection on Thursday, so fingers crossed for both meetings this weekend Trainer Ruth Jefferson has supplemented Waiting Patiently for the Grade 1 Clarence House [...]
Hong Kong Racing Tips: Old Lad Winston can get the Teetan show back on the road January 19, 2021 POPULAR light-weight jockey Karis Teetan has found it tough going in Hong Kong over the past couple of months. The ‘Mauritian Magician’ may still be lying third in the jockeys’ championship, but he is under threat from the likes of Alexis Badel and top seven-pound claimer Jerry Chau, who have been riding winners for fun [...]
Hong Kong Racing Tips: Lover a Glorious best January 19, 2021 TRAINER Me Tsui finally looks set for a change of fortune when he saddles GLORIOUS LOVER in the competitive Sze Mei Handicap (12.45pm) over the extended mile. Tsui, who has saddled a dozen winners this season, last visited the winners’ circle over the Christmas period, but most of his horses have still performed with credit since, and [...]
Hong Kong Racing Tips: Purton to notch up 50th winner of the season aboard Oversubscribed January 19, 2021 EXPECT reigning champion jockey Zac Purton to bounce back to form when racing resumes with a nine-race programme at Happy Valley on Wednesday. Purton had a nightmare at Sha Tin last Sunday, with the four-time Champion a short-priced favourite to be leading jockey at the meeting, but was beaten on all his nine rides, including [...]
The City A.M. Punter Podcast EP:35 Warwick & Market Rasen January 15, 2021 The cold weather has been dominating racing again during the week, but both Warwick and Market Rasen are fairly confident of staging meetings this weekend Trainer Tom Lacey joins to chat about Adrimel who has won his last two races and goes for a hat-trick of wins at Warwick on Saturday. City AM racing editor [...]
Hong Kong Racing Tips: Lor’s Runner looks a strong contender in finale January 12, 2021 IN-FORM trainer Frankie Lor sends a handful of raiders to Happy Valley in an attempt to close the six-winner gap, currently held by Caspar Fownes with 38 wins, in the trainers’ title race. Lor’s stable has been the most consistent in town since the season started, and not a week goes by without him seemingly [...]